About UFSTJ
UFSTJ stands for “The Ultimate Figure Skating Techniques from Japan.”
We are a team of figure skating specialists dedicated to making technical development more understandable, measurable, and actionable, rather than relying on experience or feel alone.
Our research and coaching work began in the 1990s. For more than 30 years, we have refined and tested our approach in real coaching environments, with a particular focus on jump technique.
We support skaters at every stage, from those entering competition for the first time to skaters competing at the highest levels of the sport, as well as the parents and coaches who support their development. Our focus is helping each of them understand what is happening, what can be improved, and what to do next.
Our Expertise
UFSTJ is not simply about analyzing form or reading scores.
Our strength is connecting technical movement, competitive evaluation, and improvement as one continuous process.
Through decades of coaching experience, we have supported skaters by examining both jump mechanics and competition scoring. Today, we are turning that accumulated expertise into digital tools designed to be practical and accessible for skaters, parents, and coaches around the world.
Turning Coaching Experience into Repeatable Analysis
In figure skating jumps, what a skater feels and what the body is actually doing do not always match.
A skater may feel that the jump was higher, the rotation axis was precise, or the body movement was efficient. Video analysis can reveal a different picture.
UFSTJ is designed to reduce that uncertainty by making important aspects of body movement easier to see and understand.
The same applies after a competition. Numbers on a protocol alone do not always make it clear what should be improved next. What matters is understanding the differences behind the scores and turning them into clear priorities for the next stage of training.
JumpEye
JumpEye is an analysis tool that uses jump video to visualize air position and body alignment.
Skeleton tracking, rotation axis visualization, and body-part assessments help make movement patterns that are difficult to see with the naked eye easier to understand.
The goal is not to produce more numbers. The goal is to help skaters and coaches identify useful improvement points quickly.
ScoreEye
ScoreEye analyzes competition Judges Details PDFs and compares scoring across jumps, spins, PCS, and other scored elements.
Rather than presenting scores as a simple list, it helps identify where scoring opportunities may exist, which elements deserve closer attention, and how competition results can be turned into practical priorities for future training.
The goal is to make each competition more than a record of what has already happened. It should become information that can support the next stage of development.
Bringing Expertise to Skaters Around the World
For many years, specialized analysis and high-level coaching have often been available only in certain training environments or through a limited number of coaches.
UFSTJ aims to reduce that distance.
Wherever they train, skaters from beginners to those competing at the highest levels should be able to access useful information and develop a deeper understanding of both their technique and their competition results.
That is why we build digital tools.
Before the competition. After the competition. One improvement loop.
Before competition, use JumpEye to see the movement.
After competition, use ScoreEye to understand the result.
Then turn both into the next improvement.
Built on decades of coaching experience and technical analysis, UFSTJ is designed to bring that continuous improvement process to skaters, parents, and coaches around the world.
