Hello everybody. For a while now I have been trying to learn rpb with a cpen blade and I have learned that the best setups always come heavy. Because I have relatively (who am I kidding, very) weak arms I have found that the best solution is simply to step away from the table so I have time to complete a full swing when I make contact with the ball. Surprisingly, when this does work, it manages to put my club opponents in very difficult situations because most of them are inexperienced with counterlooping, etc. but there is my problem: I am using a relatively stiff blade with a hard feel designed for mid-distance (at most) quick attack style, and since I’m quite an EJ (still don’t know what EJ stands for) I think it’s time for me to start shopping again. So my question is, to the intelligent folks of OOAK TT Forum: What type of blade/specific model will particularly excel at full-swing, long distance-mid distance, Chinese style brush loops? I know already that Xu Xin, whose style is much like the one I just described, uses Stiga Intensity NCT, but that blade costs almost $100, and I’m hoping to find something less expensive.
Thank you in advance,
Coymanneemus
