| | | Mao news - as we head into the 2009-10 season |  Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:16 am by Batsuchan | Ok, so since all these articles talk about future things, I thought I would start a new news thread. 
1) Mao will study ballet in Russia
http://www.daily.co.jp/general/2009/04/20/0001841214.shtml
This article says Mao is going to go to to Russia to study ballet and polish her expression. Mao said, "Russia is the best place for ballet. I want to learn fr...
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| ~Mao and TAT~ | | Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:20 am by Batsuchan | After reading that nice interview with TAT, I thought I'd finally start a thread on TAT and Mao. 
Unfortunately, I don't have my 'Mao Asada, Miracle Seventeen' book with me now, so I can't translate that, but I will share a quote from TAT from the 'Mao Rashiku' book.
Mao Rashiku [Mao-like], pg 80:
Teaching an athlete like Asada who is already standing...
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| Some tidbits from "Mao Rashiku" | | Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:42 am by Batsuchan | Well, I finally got around to reading Mao Rashiku [Mao-like] and Mao Asada, 15 years old, so I thought I'd share some interesting stuff I learned!
Mao Rashiku has a collection of articles written in the Asahi newspaper - it's a column by Takeshi Sakagami. I've translated at least one of the full articles (the one on Mao's off-ice training).
 On pg 54, in ...
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| A little request | | Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:31 pm by summervie | | roma wrote: | Somebody posted this question on Twitter:
| Quote: | | My question for you guys: Is it even possible for Yu-na Kim to NOT win the Olympics next year?? She seems so far ahead of everybody else. |
Well, anything can happen. Just look at what happened to MK in two Olympics.
I wanted to add that anything can happen esp. if Mao gets back on track... (and i'm sure she will... |
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| Mao, The Japanese Ambassador For All Times | | Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:58 am by juliet | Well, I just don't know where to post this, so I started a new thread. Should the moderators/admin think that this should belong to some other thread, please do so. So here goes my thoughts on MAO. THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR FOR ALL TIMES.....With Mao's figure Skating, she has gone a long way wherein the world is very much aware and also being informed about what Japan is. Thanks to the Japanese me...
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| The 'subjective side' in f.s., going into the OG 2010 | | Fri May 22, 2009 6:09 am by summervie | Here's a couple of quite interesting quotes from an NTV+ commentator Vasiliy Soloviev (the man who usually comments together with TAT) taken from his personal website (http://www.solovieff.ru/).
(Someone asks him if TAT thinks that Rochette is overscored by judges, because it seems that Tatiana usually talks about Rochette somewhat reservedly.)
- "It seems to me Tatiana...
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| | Poll | | | What do you think Mao should do for the Olympic season? | | Get two new programs | | 85% | [ 30 ] | | Keep her long and change her short (or vice-versa) | | 14% | [ 5 ] | | Go back to old programs | | 0% | [ 0 ] |
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