Mizutani John's profile
| Gender | Male |
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| Experience | １１〜２０ years |
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- TENERGY 05 has a unique feeling using a combination of Spring Sponge technology, High Tension rub...
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2025/11/30
It was cheap and the grip design was nice, so it was basically an impulse buy, but it's turned out to be an outstandingly well-balanced blade. On hard hits it feels like a 7-ply blade with a wide sweet spot, while for the short game it's exquisite, like a 5-ply blade with flex and a soft hitting feel. It sits somewhere between inner and outer carbon, yet you don't get that typical carbon hardness. In normal use it has more bounce than an inner ALC blade, but when you're pushed back from the table, the inner ALC might actually give more sense of speed. Another big strength is that the blade is light on average, which makes it easy to handle and easy to generate spin with. Even though it's light, it has enough thickness that blocking is easy too. With Butterfly's fiber-composite blades I usually find it hard to feel much difference from pure wood, but maybe because the fiber is placed on the outer layer here, this blade lets you clearly feel the difference, and in a good way. This is a blade I'd recommend, and one I hope becomes a long-selling classic. It really takes the best of both wood and composite-material blades.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Soft
Recommend rubber(Front) Tenergy 64
Recommend rubber(Back) Tenergy 05 FX
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2024/09/30
It's a 5-ply blade with a hard top ply, so a lot of reviews call it fairly hard, but the ply is thin and flexes well, so personally I don't feel it as that hard. That might also be because, between carbons, I prefer ZLC over ALC anyway. Comparing it among STIGA blades, the Clipper Wood is softer but bounces more, while the Offensive Classic 5 is harder but flexes and doesn't bounce as much. This blade really goes well with a hard rubber like tacky rubber on the forehand and a comparatively softer rubber on the backhand. Glayzer 09C suits the forehand really well, you get plenty of spin without even needing Dignics. The grip is like every STIGA Flare, on the thinner side. But honestly, its biggest feature is the looks. The atmosphere the ebony wood gives off is fantastic, and it draws attention when you swap blades with your opponent before a match. (Maybe even more so these days, given how rare it's become???)
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little hard
Recommend rubber(Front) GLAYZER09C
Recommend rubber(Back) ROZENA
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2017/09/11
This is a great blade for intermediate players who've gotten fairly comfortable with table tennis and feel like they've improved. Since it's not too expensive, it might be worth buying a few and using the Swat as a baseline while you look for the rubber that suits you. Even though it's 7-ply, the feel is soft and the control is on par with a 5-ply. That said, it still has decent pop when you hit it firmly... though it's tough once you back away from the table. If you start to feel like it's not quite enough, that might be your cue to move on to a special-material blade. Performance-wise, I'd recommend choosing one in the 87-93g range. If you go too light for the sake of handling, for some reason you lose that flex feel and it ends up feeling stiff instead, which isn't great, so be careful. If anything, a heavier one brings out the blade's character more. The grip is a bit on the thick side, so shaving it down a bit is part of the fun too. If you're starting in middle school, instead of buying an expensive 5-ply from Butterfly or the like, going straight for a Swat with a mid-thickness rubber (to keep the overall weight lighter) is also a good option.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommend rubber(Front) TENERGY 05
Recommend rubber(Back) Booster SA
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2017/09/11
This is on par with the STIGA Allround Evolution as a top choice for table tennis beginners. It doesn't have that runaway bounce, so you can practice really holding the ball on the blade and driving properly. It's also affordable. Once you've practiced enough that your drives start catching in the net a lot, or the speed and power start feeling lacking, that's when it's time to move on to a new blade.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Soft
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