The history of Zhao Jian Hua

[Pakito]

Though I know many of you Zhao fans have watched this classic video of the 1985 All England match with Frost before, but I thought you might like this vid as it is commented by the englishman. Enjoy.

[kwun]

lovely historical Wembley stadium.

we should have a collection of all these matches on youtube.

[R20190]

lovely historical Wembley stadium.

we should have a collection of all these matches on youtube.

Me too, I drive past it all the time as it's not far from me.

Agreed, we should have a collection of these but most of the old videos on youtube are pretty poor low res conversions. Surely better VHS copies exist somewhere stored in people's loft or basement!

[Qidong]

Me too, I drive past it all the time as it's not far from me.

Agreed, we should have a collection of these but most of the old videos on youtube are pretty poor low res conversions. Surely better VHS copies exist somewhere stored in people's loft or basement!

Haha. That makes me think of blu-ray vs dvd. After watching blu-rays for 1 year, I went back to watch a dvd last weekend, it seemed so blurry. I thought the dvd was damaged but actually it's not. Not to mention go back to watch my VHS in my garage. I think we are already spoiled already.

[Pakito]

Gosh, wouldn't it be nice to have new Zhaos, Yang Yangs, Lin Dans in the upcoming new era? All of them in the same era. Damn, that would be spectacular! Wishful thinking.

[Pakito]

Another rare occasion where Foo Kok Keong defeats the crafty Zhao. Besides winning the match with grit and determination, it seems that Foo had to have known where Zhao's shots were going to land beforehand, probably studied his play by monitoring vids over and over again, which is necessary if you want to beat someone like Zhao. You can't really put yourself in an attacking position if your feet can't get you to where you want in the first place right? I think this is one of the few and rare cases where true grit triumphs over talent. On the other hand, Zhao was probably mesmerized that Foo returned all his deceptive shots and Zhao had to utilized his backhand smash at times. A rare video to enjoy but you need to squint your eyes to guess where the shuttle is, but enjoyable nevertheless. Click on the link below:



Footnote: Xiong Guobao and Yang Yang are the ones who has the upper hand when facing Foo.