Japan at Interski

The NZSIA team catch up with the Japanese Demo Team to attend their Short Turn Evolution clinic at the 2019 Interski Congress in Pamporovo, Bulgaria.
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[@alexioflexio8818]

i had an instructor in italy who taught this style.. he mentioned once something about japan but until today, 20 years since my lessons.. i had not understood the style i have been practicing all these years. people tell me my skiing is different, like a dance.. but i never knew where to learn and improve what my instructor taught me. now i know where the style comes from .. i am so happy because now i can find new information to improve.

[@rustyme1122]

I skied in Japan in the early 2000's. I have never seen so many technically proficient skiers. Far better than Europe and N. America.

[@profpat70]

Yep !!

[@mahdip.4674]

I am new to ski, but I have watched almost all the Ski related videos on KZbin with guys more proficient in English, but honestly none of them have managed to emphasise how hips works rotation works and can make life easier. Thanks a lot.

[@billarmatage5858]

Excellent presentation! Kudos to the NZSIA for introducing the Japan ski technique to the world through this video. It is unfortunate that CSIA members did not attend the presentation. They could have learned a lot. C'est la vie.

[@profpat70]

Fantastic precision skiing. The Americans could learn a lot from the Japanese!

[@RedFlowerMountain]

Awesome! Takao's English is gettting better and better! :-)

[@davidlaidler475]

He's Amazing Skier & Ski Instructer World Class !!!!

[@angusgrizzly1730]

What I have found fascinating is to go and have another look at the Japan ski team in St Anton in 2011. The style is completely different. No other nation seems to have refined its skiing style as dramatically as Japan. It used to be over stylised (in my opinion) but has transformed into a really beautiful, flowing but strong style of skiing. Does anyone know what has been going on in Japan to make this happen? Thanks NZSIA for the videos.

[@nzsiaski]

Thank you for the comment, you will have to ask a memeber of the Japanese team for the detailed and truely accurate answer, however we believe they have put higher emphasis on the technical benefits of the ski racing technical model. I hope that helps answer your question.

[@yellowbroken7288]

I'm a Korean. Maruyama Takao is also famous in Korea. We are sharing with each other because we are close neighbor countries. So, Korea and Japan skill are similar. If you compare the Korean ski video, with the Japanese ski video, there will be little difference.

[@hiroshi_of7227]

Mr. Maruyama is the one of the best ski demonstrator in Japan. I am not the fan of SAJ (Ski Association Japan) but like SIA(Professional Ski Instructors Association of Japan) method. Even so Top SAJ players (like Mr. Maruyama) provide their great ski technic which is not following SAJ method :-)

[@karlo407]

Listening to what he says and looking at 5:25, he is asking us to initiate the turn by turning the pelvis, a rotation of the spine?

[@chrisroblin3320]

Need some help please ! I'm french and I just can't understand the word Takao says at 3:58 and 4:55. He talks about four points of a turn, first point is about the ankle position, second point is about moving from the hip joint... and the word he uses is a complete mystery to me (kind of ''lorry'', ''norry'' ? But I know it makes no sense, so...). Somebody ?

[@JanosKoranyi]

He says probably rolling, and I think it means tipping or edging the skis by rolling the hips into the turn and tipping the skis simultaneously. 1 ankle flex, 2. edging the skis, 3 apex, maximum pressure point, 4. release of the pressures on the skis. In Europe usually we stress the edging movement itself as the most important part of the turn initiation. But he means that the rolling of the hips into the turn is just as important, or more important. And I am willing to agree with him but as always with live videos there are some important factors that are missing, so it is hard to understand the whole thing.

[@roblindebora5401]

@@JanosKoranyi Thank you ! And yes, you may be right. What you say reminds me what Deb Armstrong shows and explains in one of her videos : she calls it ''Hip to tip''. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2nHqHaCf9-sd7M The way she does it in her demo looks (a bit) like Takao's demo. Adding this hip move (Armstrong, Maruyma) to tipping (Harb's obsession...) could be the whole thing. I guess you're right ! Thanks again.

[@davesmulders3931]

I think the talks about lowering. You are upright to be able to turn your hips easy, he says turn initiation should not be with ankle or knees, but from the hip. Then as soon as you are halfway in the corner, the lowering of your body starts which will engage grip on the snow. You build this pressure until the ski's stop sliding sideways in the apex. Then you release, turn body from the hip, and start lowering for the next turn. This is what I get from his explanation, and it kinda goes against what other teachers say. A lot of people say turn should be all legs, no hips. And you see it in their skiing style: they rotate quite a bit, where others try to keep their upper body almost stationary towards the fall line.

[@sdy764]

rolling

[@sdy764]

Takao also said his video about "rolling". That is key point about his latest video.