Very interesting video, I'll put it on my blog. I tried once a sandpaper bat, the sensations where very interesting, with a great control, but the ball became...
Hi Pete, that's a great video! You and the other players have some great rallies. Hard hitting and good defense -- it's quite impressive, and looks like a lot...
A good way to reduce the abrasion on the ball is to take a small sharpening stone or some sandpaper wrapped around a small block of wood and rub the entire...
glad you like it reverend. these are just samples, yet regular sponge players that happen to 'convert 'themselves into liha play. for example, im a chinese...
Are there any official liha events in Philippines, like in hardbat in the USA ? By the way, if you're interested, there are some sandpaper bats pics on my blog...
I very much enjoyed watching your liha video. I appreciate the effort you used to edit it to keep the action moving. The players were very talented and I loved...
... in ... = only now sir .after i made loud 'wake up call 'a few months about having to be proud of own culture and not always the culture of other lands. ...
... = thank you. liha events are very confidential here because its a betting game. it doesnt have anyhing to do with the outsdie world. or even jsut ...
Hey Pete, Sounds great, sounds very much like what we were doing at Reismans, on 96th St. & Broadway in the seventies. Best Regards, Peter ... = thank you. ...
"The right track" means doing good things that should be done. In this case, I meant that we are all working to preserve a wonderful version of the game - the...
yes sir just the same if you have places like that we have that too here in this country and perhaps even more location since sandpaper is a banned item in...
that was some fine sandpaaper play reverend i was trying to find of such. hope one day white man team vs. brown man team soon about this , perhaps in our...
... = i see reverend In ... = you are absolutley right reverened the game before sponge that had such a natural ... = exactly. xxxxxxxxxxxxx why dont the...
My understanding, although I wasn't there (I'm old, but not that old), is that the first international meeting(s) to settle on standardization of equipment...
David Kent
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Sep 4, 2008 3:56 pm
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Right, although I hadn't heard that it had anything to do with the U.S. not sending a representative. Racquets could have any surface a player wanted until...
--This sandpaper or "liha" is really great to watch,not just miles better than sponge but also seems to have more developed rallys than most present day...
FWIW, the rule change to a choice of either pimples out rubber with no sponge or sandwich rubber with pimples in or out occured on 1959 according to the ITTFs...
For those interested, you can get some sense of what was going on by reading chapters of Tim Boggan's History of U.S. Table Tennis. There are reports telling...
brainstorming...... Â Â Â My understanding, although I wasn't there (I'm old, but not that old), is that the first international meeting(s) to settle on...
This quote from Bogen's Chapter 26 gives a little insight as to what players in the U.S. were thinking. Note that sandpaper is actually mentioned in the...
At 1:26, we can see Marty Reisman's victory against Barna at the English Open, If I remember correctly (sorry Marty, I don't remeber the year [;)] )....
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