Koki Niwa - The Art Of Chop Block (Unique Style)

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  • Опубліковано 15 вер 2017
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    / top8tt Koki Niwa (丹羽 孝希) is a left-handed Japanese table tennis player. He has a unique style of play, close to the table counter-attacking, with great variety. His chop block is just amazing, sometimes is with have underspin, sometimes just with have sidespin. All these things make Koki Niwa very entertaining to watch and difficult to play against. He won a gold medal at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games and the World Junior Table Tennis Championships in 2010 and 2011.
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    Koki Niwa Bio:
    Born: October 10, 1994 age 22, Tomakomai, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
    Height: 1.62 m
    Weight: 51 kg
    Nationality: Japanese
    Highest ranking: 9 June 2017
    Equipment(s) BH: Victas V 15 Extra, FH: Victas V 15 Extra, Blade: TSP Swat Power
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  • @guyfromBR
    @guyfromBR 6 років тому +221

    +Top 8 TT
    Another fabulous compilation, thanks a lot.
    Your shot selection & edition are compelling and unique, with a keen eye for detail - and always top notch.
    Just feel free to make a "Part 2" with "updates", when you consider that you've already did videos about all of major players.
    I'm sure most around would be grateful if you do so.
    Again, thank you very much!

  • @ericrahman7932
    @ericrahman7932 3 роки тому +171

    So this is what ultra instinct in real life looks like

  • @larrymar19
    @larrymar19 5 років тому +50

    I think Koki Niwa is the smartest player in the game right now, it's a true pleasure to watch him because his ideas are so out of the box they just leave you (and the opponents) amazed.... plus he just looks so relaxed, unlike the other pros who always look super intense

  • @LL-nw6cd
    @LL-nw6cd Рік тому +21

    I think Koki is the most gifted table tennis player. His shots are fun, skillful and even humorous to watch. Thank you, Koki Niwa!

  • @rodrigorodriguez7401
    @rodrigorodriguez7401 4 роки тому +105

    0:58 Koki Niwa already know that the shot it was going direclty to the net so he put his arms down like "I already win"

  • @Echizenwd
    @Echizenwd 6 років тому +186

    I Love Koki Niwa's play style

    • @FBR2169
      @FBR2169 3 роки тому +1

      @Sultan Sarsenbayev well BH flicks are not as fast as smash.... cant compare those 2. If niwa is in a good position for bh flick then im pretty sure he will go for that. In most of the scenario the ball was too deep on his bh or too close to his body making good stroke impossible. A plain block would be countered easily but that small addition of spin really screw up the ball trajectory...

  • @PatrickChoi
    @PatrickChoi 6 років тому +239

    His style is indeed very entertaining!
    6:28 What? He can roar?! xDD

    • @levinko5291
      @levinko5291 4 роки тому

      He even screamed "cho"

    • @bayazidzaman5664
      @bayazidzaman5664 4 роки тому +1

      Simply amazing, amazing and fabulous. Masterpiece of art of table tennis. Each and every part of this match was the best example of masterpiece of art.

  • @KEmil-zl7xp
    @KEmil-zl7xp 6 років тому +383

    He's like the guy in training you don't like to train with because he just wants to play the most spectacular points and fails, with the exception that he delivers these shots ;)

    • @Kevin-zl3ci
      @Kevin-zl3ci 5 років тому +10

      I'm that guy and I make it 7 out of 10

    • @shotarolee5021
      @shotarolee5021 5 років тому +83

      @@Kevin-zl3ci nobody fuckin asked

    • @Chizypuff
      @Chizypuff 5 років тому +17

      @@adrianruelas1812 Why are you guys so hostile? Some people value losing in a fun way over winning in an optimal way.

    • @cr_cycle7987
      @cr_cycle7987 4 роки тому +3

      @@Kevin-zl3ci its ok avoid them.😀

    • @Kevin-zl3ci
      @Kevin-zl3ci 4 роки тому +4

      Hahaha, yeah it's not we are becoming pro, so just having fun is more important 😁

  • @knotwilg3596
    @knotwilg3596 5 років тому +134

    0:40 Koki Niwa can see the future

  • @x.x.7646
    @x.x.7646 6 років тому +26

    So loose, so playful, so inspiring - what a joy to watch this guy. Thanks

  • @LaZanzaraReturn
    @LaZanzaraReturn 5 років тому +40

    Koki Niwa isn't a normal human...he is an artist.

  • @user-ed9ew8zs3h
    @user-ed9ew8zs3h 6 років тому +87

    かっこよ

  • @victornoboru
    @victornoboru 6 років тому +11

    Koki Niwa is so fun to watch! Thanks for yet another great compilation!

  • @brandonlacey8112
    @brandonlacey8112 6 років тому +233

    1:47 The disrespect was too strong lol

  • @ochagasukida
    @ochagasukida 3 роки тому +9

    3:50コキニワまさかの右手にシフトチェンジして草

  • @prabhatparalkar3726
    @prabhatparalkar3726 6 років тому +27

    The most chilled out player
    I like koki niwa's style

  • @yusufyattobi8599
    @yusufyattobi8599 4 роки тому +5

    When i get bored watching other tt games , i always come to this .. so entertaining 🤩

  • @user-ld8xu4lh6j
    @user-ld8xu4lh6j 4 роки тому +146

    5:50 カットマンになってて草

    • @user-wl4rl8km2o
      @user-wl4rl8km2o 3 роки тому +6

      しかも普通に精度高いというw

  • @uwvab
    @uwvab 6 років тому +4

    做的真不错,感谢作者的辛苦收集和剪辑。谢谢!!

  • @CottonBoxer
    @CottonBoxer 6 років тому +8

    i have never heard of this player or seen his style in table tennis. truly a master player. just a joy to watch. i can't play competitively anymore but he has given me some ideas. though i am naturally an attacker and can hit/loop from both wings i also can and do chop to mix things up and keep my opponents off guard.
    i will study hos play more and incorporate some of his stroke ideas in my repertoire. besides since my mobility is limited it will actually help me stay in a game or win it somewhat easier.

  • @bombylius4868
    @bombylius4868 6 років тому +55

    1:06 floating heads XD

    • @skinach
      @skinach 4 роки тому

      Wtf is that, seriously?

  • @x0cx102
    @x0cx102 2 роки тому

    so glad i got recommended this again liked this video several year back

  • @hyultracolor
    @hyultracolor 6 років тому +53

    japanese players have their own unique individual creative style n skill. very entertaining.

  • @dxspex2292
    @dxspex2292 2 роки тому +7

    マジモンの天才で草

  • @essencepinguin7194
    @essencepinguin7194 6 років тому +3

    Nice Video, i rly enjoyed it! I love seeing the chop Block, imo u need a great feeling to play that Ball!

  • @robertrowles5450
    @robertrowles5450 6 років тому +40

    Some of these chop block then smash combos show a skill level that's off the planet. Particularly sweet when it's done to Dima. Effing ITTF - with a 38mm ball both Niwa and Matsudaira could have bagged a World Cup or two. And remember, both of them were World Junior Champions.

    • @FBR2169
      @FBR2169 3 роки тому

      Watching matsudaira play with 38mm is just magical. His blocks are just perfect especially against malin, xx and samsonov. I wonder why 40mm ball makes blocking less powerful...?

    • @bobmalack481
      @bobmalack481 3 роки тому

      Dam those 40mm plus plastic balls...

  • @yangguan4070
    @yangguan4070 6 років тому +6

    Talented. Such good feel for the ball

  • @alisunjaya
    @alisunjaya 6 років тому +61

    3:49, he can play both hands

  • @shankariyer8181
    @shankariyer8181 6 років тому +2

    +Top 8 TT
    Another brilliant video as always, it would be amazing if you could make videos of older players such as Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui as well

  • @SpaceInteresting
    @SpaceInteresting 5 місяців тому

    Beatiful examples for chop variations

  • @johncole118
    @johncole118 3 роки тому +4

    Love your game love how you fake the opposition out love how by your spin you know exactly where they are going to hit the ball keep safe keep well 🤠

  • @suginami123
    @suginami123 5 років тому +4

    Exceptional. Superb.

  • @adityavora007
    @adityavora007 2 роки тому

    i swaw the video on slow motion just to be able to see the ball and the strokes - its crazy - wow inhuman reflexes and stroke making

  • @wagyu2733
    @wagyu2733 4 роки тому +2

    Chop smashes r the most satisfying thing ever the ball basically floats in a straight line straight into the table

  • @MonkeyDLuffy-os5sf
    @MonkeyDLuffy-os5sf 4 роки тому +8

    1:34 NANIIIIII?!!! O.o

  • @memofrf
    @memofrf Рік тому

    Epic . Thank you.

  • @ottopeeazarashi1078
    @ottopeeazarashi1078 4 роки тому +46

    6:00
    は?w

  • @williamxu4135
    @williamxu4135 4 роки тому +16

    0:47 The other guys like: Am I a joke to you?

  • @CTFlink
    @CTFlink 3 роки тому +3

    WHAT! Nobody does this but Koki Niwa!!!

  • @diegoangeles5030
    @diegoangeles5030 6 років тому +35

    It's so funny how everybody look at their paddle like wtf is wrong with you after missing a point due to that block.

  • @tabletenniswebcast
    @tabletenniswebcast 4 роки тому +3

    Fantastic!

  • @PawelTableTennisenglish
    @PawelTableTennisenglish 5 років тому +3

    Fantastic player❗️

  • @johngrad01
    @johngrad01 6 років тому +11

    Koki is a wizard

  • @fernandoxislas
    @fernandoxislas 6 років тому

    Very interesting shot... this a well used resource for playing TT.

  • @cageybee777
    @cageybee777 6 років тому +16

    0:48 wow

  • @pakkipremkiranrao7081
    @pakkipremkiranrao7081 6 років тому +412

    He changed his hand at 3:49

    • @naqibkkml
      @naqibkkml 6 років тому +1

      Pakki Premkiran Rao h

    • @anishbatki8756
      @anishbatki8756 6 років тому +9

      Haha interesting.... good catch didn’t notice that the first time.

    • @somduttasarkar396
      @somduttasarkar396 6 років тому +1

      And lost the point

    • @sodado6989
      @sodado6989 5 років тому +26

      "I'd rather use my *other* forehand than my backhand"

    • @larrymar19
      @larrymar19 5 років тому +9

      Pakki Premkiran Rao @ I’ve found that lots of left handed people are essentially ambidextrous

  • @gustavoc6812
    @gustavoc6812 6 років тому +45

    Like a boss

  • @invictuz4803
    @invictuz4803 6 років тому +34

    Did this guy just switch hands on defense? He is so damn calm and so freaking fast.

  • @ericdeng4030
    @ericdeng4030 4 роки тому +14

    5:52 apparently Koki is a chopper

  • @Danilo-ri8gh
    @Danilo-ri8gh 6 років тому +1

    Hi Top 8 TT! Thanks for another great video!
    Can I give a sugestion? It would be great if you could do a compilation of Zhang Yining!
    She has one of the most effortless style and an incredible backhand block, I've heard about her not a long time ago but I'm already a fan!

  • @larryteslaspacexboringlawr739
    @larryteslaspacexboringlawr739 5 років тому

    thank you

  • @dfrees42
    @dfrees42 3 роки тому +2

    Best reflexes 💯🏆

  • @ardor8362
    @ardor8362 4 роки тому +1

    1:33 いやいいサーブだわ。ここまで投げやりサーブの落下スピードを威力に変えてるサーブはなかなか見たことない。

  • @fsdfmsbcxx
    @fsdfmsbcxx 2 роки тому +1

    An exceptional Player

  • @MaxIronsThird
    @MaxIronsThird 6 років тому +59

    0:47 booooomm!!!!

  • @ricardovicentedealmeida2125
    @ricardovicentedealmeida2125 5 років тому +14

    5:09....-Oia!

  • @subhrahalder4107
    @subhrahalder4107 3 роки тому +3

    Anyone can not beat Koki Niwa in this style

  • @user-wi5cn4bi4f
    @user-wi5cn4bi4f 6 років тому +4

    かっこよすぎ

  • @starkjames5392
    @starkjames5392 4 роки тому +5

    卓球のボールにも野球ボールみたいに
    縫い目みたいな山(はムリでも谷?)あったら
    めちゃくちゃ変化してもっと面白くなりそう。
    そうなったら益々丹羽さん無双しそう。

  • @ThePatrickb33
    @ThePatrickb33 6 років тому +14

    This move is so good, ma long learned it and does it now

    • @larrymar19
      @larrymar19 5 років тому +4

      true, I did notice that too

  • @orionbelt1663
    @orionbelt1663 5 років тому +2

    Fancy good tech n skill player💪

  • @StephenChapman
    @StephenChapman 5 років тому +6

    Man, Adam Bobrow is the best announcer for this sport!

  • @buivinh7969
    @buivinh7969 5 місяців тому

    Table tennis is an art and koki is an artist

  • @abahsholeh1870
    @abahsholeh1870 5 років тому

    Impresive

  • @-danR
    @-danR 6 років тому +17

    1:29 Hou Ying-chao

  • @orekihoutarou9553
    @orekihoutarou9553 5 років тому +7

    He is so unorthodox
    But still so good

  • @orionbelt1663
    @orionbelt1663 4 роки тому +2

    3:20...what a magic hand trick!!😆😆👍

  • @wallacegrommet9343
    @wallacegrommet9343 4 роки тому +4

    Most inventive style! I play that way but without his mastery☹️😢

  • @its_summer68
    @its_summer68 6 років тому +24

    His chop blocks are so laden with spin.

  • @Yeediatable
    @Yeediatable 6 років тому +4

    This is absolutely mind-blowing....:\

  • @settharu
    @settharu 5 років тому +3

    Cool!!!!!!

  • @icelolliyt6357
    @icelolliyt6357 4 роки тому +3

    Koki should be god of chop block🏓

  • @toekneema
    @toekneema 5 років тому

    I need to learn this shot

  • @kuma3288
    @kuma3288 4 роки тому +19

    5:09 愛や!

  • @ramonbannister9498
    @ramonbannister9498 6 років тому +2

    Good compilation. The question now is how many of those matches did the man win?

  • @sarangcemut
    @sarangcemut 4 роки тому +2

    I’d like to see Niwa play Jan Ove Waldner in Waldner’s prime. Must be one helluva match

  • @markcoen1875
    @markcoen1875 6 років тому +95

    He has the best ball feeling among all. But he lacks power which is the most dominant factor in the game nowadays.

    • @rolandosalvioli8888
      @rolandosalvioli8888 6 років тому +6

      Niwa y.y.sik and samsonov. The rest are robots

    • @crisnguyen301
      @crisnguyen301 6 років тому +4

      All thanks to the new ball

    • @ttime9947
      @ttime9947 2 роки тому +1

      @@rolandosalvioli8888 Moregardh and Xu Xin aren't "robots"

    • @KingGGthe1st
      @KingGGthe1st 9 місяців тому +1

      yea but a feel of the game is much better than anything else, i believe

  • @daniel-oc6pp
    @daniel-oc6pp 6 років тому +64

    0:55 That feeling when you're French and you get out-French'd by Koki Niwa.

    • @adrianruelas1812
      @adrianruelas1812 6 років тому +1

      oh fuck off... hahahahaha

    • @MysticRain1212
      @MysticRain1212 6 років тому +20

      cant stand the french dude's serve it looks so fucking stupid

    • @daniel-oc6pp
      @daniel-oc6pp 6 років тому +3

      Lots of people make different service movements after the toss. I copy many of my pre-service actions off of Dima and Fan Zhendong. I can not speak for Tristan Flore, but I find it helps me loosen up a bit and also helps me build up power for the serve itself. It is no good being stiff and rigid for the serve or the point thereafter. This appears to be purpose of Tristan Flore's serve motions which I imagine works quite well for that. I'm pretty sure he's not being 'stupid.'

    • @edwardshowden5511
      @edwardshowden5511 6 років тому

      xu xin asked who is the best server said shang kun, maybe you should copy him :P
      his serves arent spectacular, but maybe inconvenient and thats why :)
      to me most beautiful technique has zhang jike :)
      i love how he serves and also his backhand technique, pleasuer to watch him

    • @SylvainProov
      @SylvainProov 6 років тому +1

      Lol u know all frenchs doesnt serve like this :D this serve is rly ridiculous :p

  • @bernardlang
    @bernardlang 5 років тому +8

    Xu Xin and Koki Niwa are by far the two most talented and entertaining players of their generation, nobody is coming close. Even looking in the past, only Walder comes to mind.

    • @yue-zi7rj
      @yue-zi7rj 11 місяців тому

      Xu Xin and Koki Niwa are two table tennis artists.

  • @AnOnymOus-vt8hn
    @AnOnymOus-vt8hn 4 роки тому +31

    3:30 Rarest moment in ITTF

  • @angelma9087
    @angelma9087 2 роки тому +1

    Mi jugador favorito

  • @ponta1549
    @ponta1549 5 років тому +11

    0:49

  • @TripleTreuViet
    @TripleTreuViet 5 років тому +6

    my kind of player. plays exactly like me

  • @tiujay
    @tiujay 5 років тому +3

    The magician kid from japan!

    • @bayazidzaman5664
      @bayazidzaman5664 4 роки тому

      Simply amazing, amazing and fabulous. Masterpiece of art of table tennis. Each and every part of this match was the best example of masterpiece of art.

  • @dr.sansthescientist2670
    @dr.sansthescientist2670 6 років тому +1

    Master

  • @bobmalack481
    @bobmalack481 3 роки тому +1

    Koki blows me away, even though I use the RVP grip, his floor presense, his non chalant/aloof deameanor. His 'if I win the point, great!..if I dont, so what, play the next one'..LOL!!..too much!

  • @kalashnikovcortez1380
    @kalashnikovcortez1380 5 років тому +2

    damn these guys are lightning speed, half the times I can't even see the ball

  • @gaoshanr
    @gaoshanr 4 роки тому +2

    The benefits of being left handed is that u can forehand the opposite corner really easy

  • @jeffreyhan5549
    @jeffreyhan5549 5 років тому +7

    lol niwa and matsudaira look so similar from behind during the doubles

  • @user-pz6ud6th5k
    @user-pz6ud6th5k 4 роки тому +4

    卓球素人ですが、こういう華やかな魅せるプレーで強い選手、凄く好きです。丹羽選手、カッコいい。名前を覚えました。6:38とか、もう漫画の世界ですね。色々プレーしてるの追って行きたいと思います。いい動画を上げてくださって感謝します。

  • @FiFiFilth
    @FiFiFilth 6 років тому +1

    genius.

  • @aara6420
    @aara6420 5 років тому +2

    ゼロバウンドドライブ凄い

  • @garelkongo8535
    @garelkongo8535 5 років тому

    War machine!!

  • @imperialmarchinhumanbowels5726
    @imperialmarchinhumanbowels5726 6 років тому +3

    This kind of play seems to be very common amongst Japanese players. Kenta Matsudaira and Asuka Sakai also have a similar style where they often intercept the ball very close to the table with blocks to create unexpected fast returns where most players praefer to give themselves (and thus their opponent) more time away from the time; they're also all primarily forehand loop players who will mix in interesting often fast chops from time to time returning a ball with backspin all of the sudden.

  • @sursurrus
    @sursurrus 9 місяців тому

    The chop block (and sidespin block) have been around forever. It's similar in concept to a slice return in tennis, an unexpected change of pace shot to surprise the opponent into a weak return.
    I'm sure all the world top 100 players can do it, most just haven't practiced it to the point where it's comfortable in a high-level match.

  • @SolomonW
    @SolomonW 3 роки тому +2

    Can somebody explain this to me? I’m a casual garage ping pong player at best. Some of these are completely stunning just straight up visually.
    But then some are even more dumbfounding on another level, in the sense that he fires away and just leans or turns away knowing the play had ended, yet the way the ball is going it looks completely returnable (more or less down the middle, doesn’t seem to have a tricky spin or trajectory, and/or well within forehand reach). Obviously the opponent then fails to return it. But I don’t see how he’s so sure that he just ended it. The play at 0:24 is the first of many examples. Has he done a feint that is so convincing he knows he doesn’t even need to prep for a return (yet at the same time imperceptible to my untrained eye) or is he just watching where his opponent is going and knows he won’t be able to react? Or is it something else? Genuinely amazed by both the skill and confidence here.

  • @garylist9
    @garylist9 4 роки тому

    Those touches are leathal. Enormous spin I bet. And very disguised at last moment.

  • @tttoan
    @tttoan 2 роки тому +1

    1:02 & 1:20 great points

  • @dr.sansthescientist2670
    @dr.sansthescientist2670 6 років тому +2

    Best champion in the world

  • @konichiwa4339
    @konichiwa4339 3 роки тому +8

    0:40 漫画みたいなプレーすなw