[Japanese Edition] Love at First Kiss] Female Supporting Struggle

On the light beige gymnastics mat, girls in black tights stood scattered in twos and threes, practicing movements in front of the mirror with the ballet instructor.

This is a newly added course after Yoshiko Yamazaki joined the New Gymnastics Club of Shengdu Nan Academy, and it is used to enhance the artistic expression ability of the players.

Rhythmic gymnastics scores are divided into three parts, technical points, artistic performance points and execution points.Among them, the technical score is the foundation, and the artistic expression is the improvement.

Yoshiko Yamazaki played with other foreign players in the international arena in her early years, and found that the expressiveness of foreign players is always outstanding.Even though Japanese players can complete very difficult technical moves through hard training, they will always score one or two levels lower than Western players of the same technical difficulty because of unsatisfactory artistic performance.

Later, when she went to Bulgaria for further studies, Yoshiko Yamazaki discovered that the local rhythmic gymnastics club would conduct special ballet training for the players to improve the players' sense of rhythm and musical expression.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that rhythmic gymnastics itself was developed by Jacques Dalcroze on the basis of absorbing the nutrition of ballet. Many movements and requirements of rhythmic gymnastics even come directly from ballet.

Europeans practice new gymnastics as an art and beauty, but Japan simply regards new gymnastics as a complete movement.Yoshiko Yamazaki believes that in order to train Japanese athletes who can compete with European athletes, it is necessary to learn from the new gymnastics powerhouse and improve the artistic expression ability of the students from the foundation.

Therefore, the new gymnastics department will have a fixed ballet literacy class every week, and professional teachers invited from the ballet school will give professional guidance to the students; the daily training also includes the basics of ballet.According to Yoshiko Yamazaki's ideas, students will be regularly organized to enjoy ballet and classical music in the future.

"...Five épaulement croisé front the right leg, change to demiplié," Asakawa, the teacher of the ballet literacy class, stood in front of the mirror and carefully guided the students to practice, "...then the five jumped up and moved forward effacé... Pause for a moment," Asakawa clapped his hands, signaling the students to pause, "Pay attention to this place, don't over-extend your knees... Noda, you have to pay attention to the toes of your feet. Stay tight in the air, remember to keep your body under control at all times, and remember to keep your feet firmly tucked in five."

After finishing speaking, Mr. Asakawa pointed to Matsumoto Reiko again, "Matsumoto, please come and demonstrate to everyone."

Ever since Reiko Matsumoto took her first class, she has been the ballet teacher's favorite.Every time she was asked to step forward to demonstrate, and every time she was not stingy to praise her movements as standard as a textbook, so that other seniors simply nicknamed her "textbook" in private.

Reiko Matsumoto walked to the center very freely, her torso was slightly bent back, her left leg lightly landed on the demiplié, and her right leg stretched out effacé forward to tiptoe the ground. . . . . .

"Everyone pay attention to Matsumoto's movements, they are very light! At this point, you should pay attention to the legs not to be blunt, but not like sissonneouverte. You can see that Matsumoto handles it very well here!" Asakawa explained Matsumoto to the students Reiko's movements, words are full of satisfaction for her, "Attention, here she bends her knees to open her legs through surlecoudepied, and then brings out her legs only with the tips of her toes, the movements made by this way can appear very soft! "

"She's doing really well!" Noda Momoko couldn't help but said standing behind.

Excellent indeed, but not surprising either.

Before Reiko Matsumoto was reborn, the group of little girls who studied rhythmic gymnastics would basically learn ballet as an extra, and figure skating if they had more energy.The same goes for the little girl learning figure skating.

Ballet, rhythmic gymnastics, figure skating, three-piece suit.No matter what kind of girl you are learning at the beginning, as you learn, it may be under the Amway of your friends, or under the recommendation of the teacher, and you will often learn these three together in the end.This should be learned from Russia.

After rebirth, when Reiko Matsumoto practiced rhythmic gymnastics, she naturally did not forget ballet.Therefore, adding up and down, she has practiced ballet for more than 20 years.

Although it is impossible to transfer the results of previous life practice to this new body, the previous experience will never be forgotten.Re-study again, to some extent can avoid some of the mistakes made in the past, coupled with strong self-control, willing to work hard, Matsumoto Reiko naturally behaved like a genius.

She has been praised by some teachers, participated in some competitions, and won some awards. Some people around her and her mother suggested that she take a professional path, but Matsumoto Reiko is obsessed with rhythmic gymnastics. She practices ballet just for rhythmic gymnastics Therefore, after entering middle school, she no longer has professional ballet training.But even so, she looks more professional than others who train with her.

"That is, textbooks." Several people who heard it sighed, but they were not jealous at all.

People who study well, exercise well, and are strong everywhere, this kind of person really can't be jealous, only envious.

"Hey, Reiko!" Noda Momo called Matsumoto Reiko over.

They had just finished the ballet literacy class and had a 10-minute break. Noda Momoko wanted to ask Matsumoto Reiko for advice on the movement just now.

Reiko Matsumoto asked Noda Momoko to do it for her first, and then she said, "Ballotte is a movement that comes from the French ballotter, which means 'to shake'. So when you do it, you must first have it in your mind. This shaking concept can probably be imagined as a boat rippling with the waves.”

While speaking, Matsumoto Reiko also demonstrated simply, "If you want to do this action beautifully, you must tighten your body and legs extremely, but you can't show any signs of exertion."

After finishing speaking, he said to Noda Momoko, "Do it again and show me...Okay, be careful not to stay on the demiplié here. When dealing with this action, you have to make it clear to the naked eye. Just barely notice the demiplié."

After finishing speaking, Reiko Matsumoto demonstrated the set of movements just now, "You can imagine that you are in the air freely and calmly, swinging in the air, just like flying back and forth without your feet touching the ground."

After Noda Momoko did it again according to Matsumoto Reiko's request, she really felt different, and her posture in the mirror was more elegant and graceful.

Momoko Noda felt that Reiko Matsumoto was indeed worthy of her nickname of "textbook". She explained in great detail, and she also noticed many details that the teacher didn't talk about. Abstract, but more targeted.

Seeing Reiko Matsumoto helping and guiding so earnestly, the other students were also a little moved.

"Ahem, well, Reiko, can I trouble you to see what's wrong with my movements?" Yamada Yuka said a little embarrassed.

Yamada Yuka's artistic expression has always been a problem, her technique is solid, but always lacks aesthetics, and her movements look stiff and like gymnastics.

Matsumoto Reiko doesn't mind helping Yamada Yuka. Although they are competitors to a certain extent, they cannot make themselves better if they don't help others.

After watching Yamada Yuka's movements, Matsumoto Reiko nodded and said, "The main reason why your movements are not good-looking is that when jumping, the transition of the trunk posture is not very smooth. There are also the movements of the legs, arms and head. coordination of movements,"

Speaking of this, Reiko Matsumoto opened her arms from top to back, like the wings of a swan, "No movement is isolated, you have to look at it as a whole, you see, although it is just the movement of opening your arms, But in fact, the neck and the head must cooperate, only in this way can the beautiful lines be displayed."

After finishing speaking, Reiko Matsumoto moved Yuka Yamada's back and hips again, "One more thing, your back and hip joints are a little loose, you must remember to lift them firmly when you practice in the future. Keep your back and hips tight. Only in this way will you look tall and graceful.

Also, when you are doing a ballotte with your right leg along the slant from six o'clock to two o'clock, you should pay attention to keeping your shoulders flat when you jump forward and stretch your right leg forward. "

Yamada Yuka nodded, walked to the six o'clock direction of the gymnastics mat, and did the same movement just now according to Matsumoto Reiko's request, but she couldn't handle the posture of her shoulders well, and she looked stiff and ugly.

After thinking for a while, Matsumoto Reiko said decisively to her, "Tighten your right rib hard and try again."

Yuka Yamada did the movement again and found that it really worked, and the shoulder line looked much more beautiful.

"Yeah," Matsumoto Reiko was very happy to see the effect so obvious, "Then you do the backward posture again, when you jump backward and stretch your left leg, try to tighten the left rib, so it should also It can prevent the backward deflection of your left shoulder."

Yamada Yuka quickly performed these two movements again. Although she was panting from exhaustion, it was indeed much more beautiful than the posture just now.

Seeing Reiko Matsumoto explaining to herself so patiently, and thinking that she had suspected that she would pour dirty water on herself before, Yuka Yamada felt a burst of shame, which made her face turn red quickly, but fortunately she now He was also panting heavily, but he couldn't tell that something was wrong.

"Thank you, Reiko." Yuka Yamada said sincerely.

"You're welcome, let's learn from each other." Reiko Matsumoto tilted her head and said with a smile.

Yamada Yuka only thought it was a kind gesture from Matsumoto Reiko.But Reiko Matsumoto really thought so.Even before her rebirth, her father had taught her not to mind mentoring others.The process of tutoring others is actually a process of re-learning, which can deepen one's ability to understand problems.

"If you can explain it clearly to others, it means that you really have no problem with this knowledge point." This is how her father educated her.

Therefore, as long as her time permits, Matsumoto Reiko never minds helping others—of course, this may also have something to do with the fact that she helps people who are a little bit thorough.

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By the way, ballet isn't all about pointe shoes.

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