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2026 US Championships: Practice notes!

January 6, 2026

WOMEN

Completed practice: 1/7 3pm

Liu: 2A, 3T, 3F, 3Lo, 3F, 3Lz, 3Lz3Lo, runthru (marked F, 2A, 3Lz3Lo)

Glenn: 2A, 3Lo, 3F, 3F3T, 3F3T, 1A, 3A(hangs on), 3A, 3A, 3Lo, runthru (3A(step), 3F3T, marked Lo), 3A, 3F3T, 3F3T

Levito: 2A, 3T, 3F(ftdwn), 3F, 3F3T(q?), 3Lo, runthru (3F(hangs on), marked Lo), 3F3T(ur?), 3F3T, 2A

Tennell: 2A, 2A, 3Lo, runthru (marked Lz, 2A, 3Lo), 3T, 3T, 3Lz3T(q?)

Everhardt: marked runthru, 2A, 3Lo, 2A, 3Lo, 3Lo, 3T, 3Lz2T, 3Lz(step), 3Lz3T, 3Lz3T(ur?)

Lin-Gracey: 2A, runthru (marked Lz, 2A, 3Lz out of program pattern, marked F), 3F(step), 3F, 3Lo, 3T(step), 3T, 3Lz3T(q?), 3Lz2T, 3Lz3T(hangs on), 3F, 3F2T, 3F(hangs on)

Hilmer: 2A, 3F2T, runthru (3F2T, 3Lo, 2A), 3T(<<,step), 3T

Bonillo: 2A, 2A, 3F, runthru (3Lz(q,fall), 2A), 3Lz3T(ur?), 2A, 2A, 3Lz2A2T

von Felten: 2A, 3S, 3F, 3Lz, 3Lz3T, 3Lz3T, runthru (3A, 3F, 3Lz(step)), 3Lz3T(ur?)

Zhang: 2A, 3F, runthru (2A, 3T3T(ur,fall), 3F(q)), 3T(hangs on), 3F

Lee: 2A, 3Lo, 3F, 3F3T(q), runthru (3F3T(<<?step,hand), 3Lo(q?), 2A), 3F3T(ur), 3F2T(fall)

Andrews: 2A, 2A, 3Lo, 3T, 3T3T, 3T3T, 3F, runthru (3T3T, 3Lo)

Wallace: runthru (3F(ur)2T, 3Lz(q), 2A(q)), 3Lz, 2A, 3Lz2T

Machida: 2A(ftdwn), 2A, 3T, 3T, 3Lo, runthru (1A, 3Lo), 2A, 2A

Nemirovsky: 2A, 2A, 3F, 3Lz, 3Lz2T, 3T, runthru (2Lz3T, 2A, 3Lo), 3Lz3T(fall)

Higase-Chen: 2A, 3S(hangs on), 3S(<<,fall), 3F(fall), 3F, 3Lz(q,fall), 3Lz, 3Lz2T, 3F3T, 3Lo, runthru (3F3T(<<), 2A, 3Lo)

Shen: 2A, 2A, 3Lo, runthru (3Lz(ur,fall), 2A), 3Lz(ur,fall)

Gewalt: runthru (3T), 3S, 3Lo, 3S2TCompleted practice: 1/6 12pm

Liu: 2A, 2A, 3S, 3S, 3T, 3T, 3Lo, 3Lo, 3F, 3F2T, marked runthru, 3Lz, 3Lz2A2T, 3Lz3T, 3Lz2T, 3Lz3T, 3Lz(turn), 3Lz3Lo, 3F1Eu2S

Everhardt: marked runthru, 3Lo, 3Lo2A, 3Lo, 3Lz(q)2T2Lo, 3T, 1Lz, 3Lz3T, 3Lz1T, 3Lz3T(ur?2ft?), 3Lz3T, 3S

von Felten: 2A, 3F, 3A, runthru (3A, 3F, 2Lz(step), 3Lz3T(q,step), 3Lz(hangs on), 3Lz3T, 3Lz2T, 3S, 3A, 3Lz3T(fall), 3Lz3T(q?), 3Lz2A2A

Nemirovsky: 2A, 3S(step), 3Lo, 3Lz(step), runthru (3Lz3T, 2A, 3Lo)

Wallace: 2A, 3Lo(turn), 3F2T, runthru (3F(fall). 3Lz2T, 2A)

Lee: 3F3T(ur), 3F3T(ur?fall), runthru (3F3T(ur), 3Lo(ur?step), 1A(fall)), 2A, 3Lo, 3F3T(ur), 2Lz, 2Lz, 3Lz(ur,step), 1Lz, 3Lz, 3S, 3Lo2T

Glenn: 2A, 3Lo, 3F3T, 3A(hangs on), runthru (3A, 3F(hangs on), 3Lo), 3F2T, 3F3T, 3F3T, 3Lz2T, 3Lo2A2A, 3F, 3Lo, 3F3T, 3F(hangs on), 3F3T, 3F3T

Tennell: 2A, 3Lo, 3Lo, 3T, 3Lz3T(ur), 3Lz3T(q?), runthru (3Lz3T(q), 2A, 3Lo), 3Lo(q)2A, 3S, 3Lo

Higase-Chen: 3F3T, runthru (3F(fall), 2A, 3Lo2T), 3F2A2T, 3Lz, 3Lo

Bonillo: 3T, runthru (3T), 3F, 3Lo(fall), 2A

Gewalt: marked runthru, 1Lo, 3Lz2T, 3S2T, 3T

Zhang: 3F, 2A3T, 3S, 3Lz2T, runthru (3F, 3T, 3S, 3Lz2T, 3F2A2A, marked Lz, 3Lo), 3Lz2T, 3T3T(ur?)

Levito: 3Lo, 3Lz(e?), 3F2A, 3F3T(ur?), runthru (2F1T(marked?), 2A, marked Lo, 3S, 3F2A, 3Lo2T2Lo, 3Lz(e?)), 3F3T, 3F3T(ur?)

Hilmer: 3F(q?)2T, runthru (3F(ur?hangs on)2T, 2Lo, 2A), 3Lo2T, 3Lo2T, 3T, 3S, 3S2A2S, 3Lo, 3T, 2A

Andrews: 2A, 3T3T, runthru (3T2T(step), 2A, 3Lo), 3T2T(step), 3T3T, 3T3T(step), 3T3T, 3Lo2T, 3T2A2A, 3Lz(e), 3Lz(e?), 3Lz(e?), 3F(q), 3Lo2T

Shen: 2A, 3S, 3T, 3Lo, 3F, 3T2A2A, runthru (3Lz(fall), 3Lz2T, 3Lo2T, 3F(e?fall), 3T2A1A, 2S), 2Lz, 1F, 3F(e?step,hand), 3T(hangs on)2A2A(ur?), 3S

Machida: 2A, 3T, 1Lo(step), 3Lo(step,hand), 3Lo, 3Lz2T, runthru (3Lz(q,fall), 2A, 1Lo), 3Lz2T, 2A, 3Lo, 3F, 3Lo, 2A3T(ur?)

Lin-Gracey: 2A, 1Lz, 3Lz, 3F, 3Lo(q), 3Lo2T, 3T, 3Lz3T(ur,step), runthru (3Lz3T(q), 2A, 3F), 1Lo, 3Lo, 3F2A2T, 3F, 3Lz, 2A

MEN

Completed practice: 1/7 10am

Naumov: marked runthru, 3Lz3T, 1A, 2A, 3A(ftdwn), 2S, 3S, 4S, 1A, 3A, 3A

Torgashev: 3A, 3F, 2T, runthru (3T, 3A(turn), 3F3T), 3A(hangs on), 4T, 4T, 3A(q), 3A, 3A2A

Kazanecki: 3Lo(q), 3A, 3Lz3T, 4T(q?), runthru (4T(step), 4T3T, 1A, 3Lz(step), 3F, 3Lo)

Kovar: 3A, runthru (2Lz3T, 3A, 3Lo)

Mindra: 3Lo, 3Lo, 3Lz(fall), 3Lz3T, runthru (marked A, 3Lz2T, 1Lo), 3Lo(ur,2ft,step)

Sanchez: marked runthru, 3F(hand), 3F3T, 3F3T, 3A, 3A3T(step), 4S(ur,fall)

Brown: 3Lo, 3F, 3Lz3T, 3F2A2A, 3A, runthru (3F, 3A(q,fall), 3Lz3T(q)), 3A

Kapeikis: 3T, 3F, runthru (3A(fall), 3F(step), 3Lz(turn))

Hiwatashi: 3Lz3T, 3T, runthru (4T(q?), 3A(hangs on), 3Lz3T(ur,fall)), 3A(q,hangs on), 3Lz3T, 3S, 3Lo, 3A2A

Endo: 3Lz3T, 3A, runthru (3A, 3Lz(hand), 3F3T), 3Lz3T, 3Lz3T

Annis: 3Lz3T, runthru (3A(step), 3Lz(fall), 3F3T, 3A, 4T(fall), 4T(fall)

Martynov: runthru (4T(ur?), 3Lz3T, 3A(step)), 3F1Eu3S, 3A2A)

Malinin: marked runthru, 3Lz, 2A, 2A, 4S, 4T, 3Lo(turn), 4Lo

Elano: 2A, 3S, 2Lo, 3Lo, 1A, runthru (3A(ur,fall), 3Lz, 3F2T, 3Lo)

Mikawa: runthru (2A, 3T3T(fall), 3F), 3Lz, 3Lz2A2A, 3F(ur,fall))

Savary: marked runthru, 3T, 3T, 3F

Ma: 3F, 3Lz1Eu3S, 3A2A, 3A, 3T, 4T2T, runthru (4T(step,hand), 4T(hand), marked Lo, 2A2A, 3A(ur,fall), 3F)

Xie: 2A, 3Lz, runthru (3Lo, 3A(<<,2ft), 3Lz3T(ur), 3Lz(turn)3T(ur), 3Lo

Completed practice: 1/6 1:15pm

Sanchez: 3Lo, 3F, 3F2T, 3Lz3T, 3A(hand), 3A3T, 3A, 3S, 2S, 4S(ur,fall), 2S, 2S, 4S(fall), 4S(ur,fall)

Kazanecki: marked runthru, 3A(ftdwn), 3A, 4T(step,hand), 4T, 4T

Mindra: 3Lz, runthru (1Lz, 3T(turn), 3Lz2T, 3Lo2A), 3Lz2T2Lo, 2S, 3S, 3T(step), 3T, 3Lz(fall), 3Lz2T, 2A

Kovar: marked runthru

Brown: 3S, 3Lz3T, 3A, 3A2T, runthru (3A(ur,step), 3A(step), 3Lo, 3S, 3Lz3T(q,fall), 3F2A2A, 3F), 1A, 3A

Hiwatashi: 2A, 3S, 3S, runthru (4T, 4T(q)2T, 3A, 3S, 3A2A, 3Lz1Eu3F(q?)), 4T(hand), 2T

Kapeikis: 3Lz3T, 3F, runthru (3A2T, 3S, 3A, 3Lz3T, 3F, 3Lz(q,fall), 3Lo), 3Lz2A2A

Endo: 3S, 3F, 3Lz3T, runthru(3A2T, 3Lz3T, 3Lo, 1Lz, 3F(e?), 3Lz2A, 3A, 3S, 3F(turn)

Annis: marked runthru, 3Lz, 3Lz3T(hangs on), 3Lz(step), 3A(step), 3A(fall), 3A(hangs on), 3A

Elano: runthru (2A), 2A, 3F, 3Lz3T, 3A(ur,fall), 3A(q,step), 3A(q,step), 3A3T, 3F, 3Lz2A2A, 3Lo

Ma: marked runthru, 2A, 3Lz, 3Lo(step), 3Lo(step), 3A, 3A, 3Lz3T

Xie: 3Lo, 3Lo, 2A, runthru (3Lo, 3A(ur,fall), 3Lz3T), 3Lz2T, 1F

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