Post by YGK on May 24, 2018 20:27:09 GMT -5
Either they started competing at a much later age than most others and did well or took quite a while, failed stage 1 many times before they started doing much better.
for me the ultimate late bloomer is Okuyama. Started competing around 36/37 and kept up a high level of performance all the way into his early 40s. Very durable and managed to clear stage 1 even at 43 (SASUKE 29). Oldest person to clear stage 3, beating out nagano.
Before SASUKE 29 i didn't think too much about Hioki. Mostly associated him with his SASUKE 25 and 27 stage 1 failures. His first time clearing stage 1 was quite an emotional moment and since then he's been really consistent, especially when he's usually the first to make it deep into stage 1 and clear.
Tomo is another one. Only passed stage 1 once before SASUKE 30 but broke through to the final stage in SASUKE 30, and he's got a good chance to go back there again, i'd say.
What do you guys think? who else do you think is a good example of a late bloomer on SASUKE?
for me the ultimate late bloomer is Okuyama. Started competing around 36/37 and kept up a high level of performance all the way into his early 40s. Very durable and managed to clear stage 1 even at 43 (SASUKE 29). Oldest person to clear stage 3, beating out nagano.
Before SASUKE 29 i didn't think too much about Hioki. Mostly associated him with his SASUKE 25 and 27 stage 1 failures. His first time clearing stage 1 was quite an emotional moment and since then he's been really consistent, especially when he's usually the first to make it deep into stage 1 and clear.
Tomo is another one. Only passed stage 1 once before SASUKE 30 but broke through to the final stage in SASUKE 30, and he's got a good chance to go back there again, i'd say.
What do you guys think? who else do you think is a good example of a late bloomer on SASUKE?
