Weight
70g
Thickness
11.2mm
Plies
5-ply
Handles
FL / ST
Material
AllWood
Head Shape
Oversized
Balance
Balanced
TSUNAMI COMBI ATTACK
Nimatsu Tsunami Combi Attack is a specialized table tennis blade engineered for players who employ a combi-style strategy, featuring distinct playing characteristics on the forehand and backhand sides. It provides substantial power and dynamism on the forehand for aggressive attacks, while maintaining exceptional control and precision on the backhand, particularly for players using long pimples or anti-spin rubbers. The blade's construction emphasizes a low weight and high stiffness, achieved through a balsa wood core combined with carefully selected outer veneers. This design facilitates excellent vibration feedback, allowing players to feel the ball's impact for enhanced accuracy and placement.
The blade features a thick balsa core, known for its lightness and stiffness, sandwiched between select wood outer plies. The forehand side uses an Ayous veneer for power and an OFF- characteristic, while the backhand side utilizes a more controlled Limba veneer, offering ALL+ characteristics and suitability for long pimples.
TT Sensei Ratings
✦Our expert analysis of this blade's performance characteristics
The blade exhibits a clear difference in speed between its sides. The forehand is rated as OFF- to OFF, providing sufficient power for attacking shots. The backhand is significantly more controlled, rated around ALL+, making it suitable for defensive play and blocking, especially with disruptive rubbers. This dual-speed characteristic is central to its combi-attack design.
Nimatsu Tsunami Combi Attack offers excellent control, particularly on the backhand side, which is crucial for players using long pimples or anti-spin. Even the forehand side, despite its offensive capabilities, provides a high degree of control due to the balsa core and carefully selected veneers, allowing for precise placement and soft touch shots.
The balsa core provides a distinct feel, offering a good sense of the ball's impact and allowing for precise control. The forehand side with its Ayous veneer offers a slightly softer touch for power, while the backhand side with Limba provides a more controlled and stable feel ideal for disruptive play.
The forehand side, designed for attacking, produces a medium-high throw angle to facilitate powerful topspin shots. The backhand side, focused on control and disruptive play with pimples, maintains a more medium throw angle for precise placement and blocking.
The balsa core, combined with specific outer veneers, contributes to a good dwell time, allowing players to impart spin and control the ball effectively, especially on the forehand side. The controlled nature of the backhand further enhances dwell time for defensive shots and pushes.
While featuring a thick construction with a balsa core, the blade maintains a relatively stiff profile that offers a direct response. There's enough inherent flexibility from the wood layers to allow for spin generation and a comfortable feel during play.
The Tsunami series is known for its vibration feedback, which is meticulously managed through its construction. The balsa core and carefully chosen veneers transmit vibrations efficiently, providing players with a clear sense of ball contact without being overly harsh.
The blade is generally regarded as high-quality, with a focus on precise feedback and excellent craftsmanship, typical of specialized blades. The use of balsa and carefully selected veneers suggests a thoughtful construction aimed at optimizing the unique combi-characteristics.
Technology
Nimatsu Tsunami Combi Attack utilizes the 'Tsunami System,' which applies vibration theory to surface oscillations. This system aims to achieve low weight while maintaining high stiffness and allowing for clean dissipation of impact vibrations toward the edges of the blade. This is accomplished through a construction that uses a thick balsa core sandwiched between thin, hard outer layers, creating an overall extreme thickness. This design keeps the center of gravity within the sweet spot and provides excellent feedback to the player, allowing for precise feel of the ball's impact and return.
Similar Blades
Nimatsu Tsunami Combi Safe
Nimatsu Tsunami Combi Safe is very similar in concept and construction to the Combi Attack, also designed for combi-style play with a focus on control for the backhand and dynamism for the forehand. It is also an excellent choice for material players and might offer slightly different nuances in speed and control, with a slightly lower weight.
Rendler blades
Some players have compared the feel and playability of the Tsunami Combi Attack to descriptions of Rendler blades, particularly for spin-offensive players seeking similar feedback and control characteristics.