About the XIOM RSM Athena Platinum JPen Table Tennis Blade

July 27, 2008

I’m not a JPen style player. I have not used a Hinoki blade before. I’m a modern defensive player, and have not come across a blade made of Hinoki before for my style of play. So, I’m not able to provide you a review on a Hinoki blade’s performance - I may do it in the future [...]

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Comparing various defensive blades

July 25, 2008

The various defensive blades compared in this review are:
1. Matsushita Pro Special
Weight: 96 gm
2. Joo Se Hyuk
Weight: 102 gm
3. Joola Chen Weixing
Joola Chen Weixing defensive+ blade is always my favorite blade. I’m using my third Joola Chen Weixing which I have bought at the Joola Rockville club where the Chen Weixing table tennis training camp [...]

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Looping Heavy Underspin coming from the Long Pips

July 25, 2008
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TSP Balsa Fiber Series Blades Review

July 19, 2008

I have a real passion for table tennis blades made of balsa. The reasons - they are light and have the best soft feeling. I’ve raised my USATT rating from 1300 to 1750 by playing with Balsa blades. I have been using Dr.Neubauer Combination Effect balsa blade for a while. They are my favorite blades, [...]

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JOOLA Drum & Drum CWX Table Tennis Rubber review

July 17, 2008

There are two Joola Drum versions available in the market. One is Joola Drum and the other is Joola Drum CWX – CWX stands for Chen Wei Xing. The Austrian player and previous Chinese National Team member Chen Weixing was involved in the development of both the rubbers.
The Joola Drum is a medium hard sponge [...]

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XIOM True Innovation Table Tennis Rubber review

July 15, 2008

The XIOM True Innovation has lost its attention among the XIOM fans while the XIOM Omega series have received so much attention worldwide. Now XIOM ZETA is being released in 2008, the XIOM True Innovation is struggling again to get an attention.
I have been using the XIOM True Innovation Asian & Euro version for few [...]

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TSP Real & Actor Table Tennis Rubber Reviews

July 9, 2008

I have tried TSP BalsaFiber 3.5 Plus, XIOM Aigis, Butterfly Joo Se Hyuk, TSP Yanagi Alpha and Joola Chen Weixing. The best combination I’ve liked is with Joola Chen Weixing. The TSP Real is a highly offensive rubber and it needs the right blade to generate its full potential. The Joola Chen Weixing blade is [...]

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US Open Table Tennis 2008

July 6, 2008

The US Open Table Tennis 2008 Men’s championship goes to Chen Weixing, the Joola sponsored player, once ranked 10 th in the world and now the 37 th player in the world. The Women’s championship goes to Gao Jun of America.
Just imagine this. You are put a in a cage, locked up and asked you [...]

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US Open Table Tennis 2008 still rocks

July 5, 2008

Yesterday was an amazing day. Gerry Chua – dad of Ethan Chua - showed some signals with his hand to come and watch a game going on between an Indian boy named Sathiyna Ganasekaranand of Madras who may be 15 years old and Mengel of Germany. Gerry told me this Indian boy beat Stephan Feth [...]

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A horrible day at the US Open 2008 with two wins

July 3, 2008

I have played two events yesterday – under 2600 and under 2050. I knew I was not going to do well yesterday morning itself. I felt so stiff in my body. I could not move and my upper body was really hurting. I think I have not recovered from the Joola Super Camp completely – [...]

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