Mizutani review

Are there any reviews for Jun Mizutani? If not, I am suprised that not too many people gave this blade a chance. I played with this blade over the weekend and last night and have made a decision to adhere to the JM as my primary shakehand blade. Fatt was right, this blade is the best shakehand blade that I have ever played with.

My first prolonged session of coaching was with this blade, but equipped with Dinic Coppa X1 and Donic Traction (horrible rubber). With the Coppa X1, driving and blocking against forehand topspin were a breeze. I had more than 85 rallies to block forehand loops. So that right there says a lot about control. Speed is between Off - Off+. Blocks against the forehand loops were effortless, and the speed was good in not leaving the table.

FH loops: the JM made it very easy to loop like driving. I had about 38 forehand loop rallies and every one of them were very easy to execute.

Counter-loop: Also quite easy to perform compared to other carbon and ALC blades that I have used. With carbon blades, counter loops were quite linear, and not much throw on the loops even though thr speed is there. There just wasnt enough emphasis on spin. With my Viscaria it is the other way around for me. While spin is present, speed was lacking. With the JM however, everything felt right. Majority of the shots land, and I was able to assert more spin on the ball because of thr blade's softness.

Backhand blocks - also easy to execute. Because the Traction was such a bad rubber, I used the Coppa for both sides of testing. Backhand blocks were fun and easy to execute as well. I hitted the ball to forehand and backhand in alternates, and my friend had a good time with the drill.

I made the rubber switch to T05 and T64 last night. Although I had no one to practice with, I eas able to serve and loop from mid distance by dropping the ball with one hand. T05 to me feels like the more superior option than Coppa.

Serving was a bit of a challenge since I am not too good with serving with shakehand. But majority of my underspin all bounced onthr table at least twice with the T05.

I hope to do more follow up review with the Tenergy tonight on the JM. Thus blade definitely deaervrs more recognition.

piligrim wrote: liulin04 wrote: I am suprised that not too many people gave this blade a chance. expensive ...

There's one person selling the blade for $130 just now.  Perhaps you can track him down

Not to mention that I recall hearing same words ("best I have ever played with") from liulin a couple of times before...

Which doesn't mean it's not great for him... it just means that at that particular moment he really liked it. Then a month later he will really like another one.

I know because I've been there and did the same thing a few times

JimT wrote: Not to mention that I recall hearing same words ("best I have ever played with") from liulin a couple of times before... Which doesn't mean it's not great for him... it just means that at that particular moment he really liked it. Then a month later he will really like another one. I know because I've been there and did the same thing a few times

Haha thr JM is by far the best ZLC blades I have played with. Amultart - too fast and thick. TB ZLC - too stiff. IF ZLC - too woody. Havent played with ZJK ZLC or SZLC. So JM is the clear winner from this group. ALC blades are ok. But I like BTY carbon blades more

Like You said MJ is rly nice blade I had a chance to play with 4 diferent Mizutanis and they played rly similar, You can feel the difference in quality of equipment. IMO like You reviewed MJ has more control than TB ZLC, Amultart, Gergely, PC. The soft outer ply give You and extra dwell time. I liked MJ with soft rubbers, blade is fast but IMO when You use soft rubbers You receive some balance of speed and control.

If some1 like to have a fast blade, and TBS/ Viscaria is not that they are looking for I can recommend a MJ blade as a more dwell and spin oriented blade.

IF someone is interested i have JM paired with t64 both sides-used for 5hrs

I use now for over 2 years and I have tried many over the best tires were the baracuda the tin arc3 and now use the m2 the baracuda is the most reliable in the field but not so bad, the arc 3 excellent tin but without the booster vs not forward ...While with the m2 I found the right compromise certole tgy is tgy but too much money

Edited by guruzz - 12/19/2013 at 9:21am

The best rubber I found for the MJ is the Xiom OM Elite. It allows you to release the MJ beast but with control. Also it's a great weight unlike the Tenergy series.

With money, zjk szlc is the right choice for people who find the mj too wild on certain shots; 

silva7 wrote: the reason i did not like this blade much is that it is quite a heavy blade. if i had one around 86g like my ZJK and TBS then the JM would be a viable blade for me.

Baal wrote: vvk1 wrote: With money, zjk szlc is the right choice for people who find the mj too wild on certain shots;  Bollocks. Even if you're Bill Gates or Susan Sarandon, you don't need any blade that costs $356.99  or £341.9 ...  One of my regular practice partners started playing with a ZJK SZLC a month ago. We had several extended practice sessions since then (read 5 or 6 best of 5s in a row in one evening), and I had a couple of knocks with this blade (and it had different rubber combos at each session :-) - tuned DHS national hurricane, T05, Calibra Tour M, T05FX). Let me assure you there is nothing special about this blade aside from the price tag. Anything it does, can be done with a TB ALC or a Viscaria - if you're a diehard BTY fan.  Sorry for the off-topic  rant. I actually prefer the Viscaria.  So apparently does ZJK.

fatt wrote: vvk1 wrote: With money, zjk szlc is the right choice for people who find the mj too wild on certain shots;  Bollocks. Even if you're Bill Gates or Susan Sarandon, you don't need any blade that costs $356.99  or £341.9 ...  One of my regular practice partners started playing with a ZJK SZLC a month ago. We had several extended practice sessions since then (read 5 or 6 best of 5s in a row in one evening), and I had a couple of knocks with this blade (and it had different rubber combos at each session :-) - tuned DHS national hurricane, T05, Calibra Tour M, T05FX). Let me assure you there is nothing special about this blade aside from the price tag. Anything it does, can be done with a TB ALC or a Viscaria - if you're a diehard BTY fan.  Sorry for the off-topic  rant. talk about taking something out of context; going all broke on a small sentence -that does not lack sense- out of a rather long post that makes some; if that's not bollocks, what is? Anyway after a bit of thinking I understand your perfect logic; we can do everything a Ferrari does with a honda nsx so buying a ferrari is bollocks; why would we drink chateau Lafite Rothschild when we can enjoy a very nice Argentinian Malbec? silly me! you got it right and I was blind. thank you thank you thank you

It looks like Cory Eider was using MJ at the US Nationals and Tim Wang beat him with a Viscaria.