Nov

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Here is a video of Wang Hao, current Table Tennis World Champ, in action with his "penhold" grip.

Around the 2:20 and 3:30 marks on the following clip there are good
points played but not exactly, one presumes, a probing "dialogue" like
the old masters.

And here are some more ping pong links for fun and comparison: 

Hardbat play for comparison

Mr. Riesmann apologizes for the "inacessabillty of tickets" to his match


Practicing against the robot while getting ready to "beat the hell" out of a 20-yr old!


The good old days


1952 Silient Sponge

I had not seen the old days before. It's nice to learn a little bit about hardbat play and Mr. Riesman. He's quite a fun character. His playing is much more like true table tennis. Long rallies, lots of cuts and spins, tactics, mental games, history…neat film noir lighting…jazz cool.

It's too bad about the intro of sponge and short rally smash play… strange now to think of the spongiform game in retrospect as the diplomatic foray with China for Nixon/Kissinger. A metaphor for shaking hands with vinyl medical gloves on. Add the solvents and glue for antiseptic…now the ads on TV for China "owning" us in the future…


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