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This means, first, that the nerves and muscles develop the memory to accelerate instantly to the
contraction point of the isometric exercise, and secondly, the fast twitch muscle fibers are
conditioned to maximize the speed of the muscle contraction.
By strengthening the fast twitch muscle fibers, you have increased the speed at which the muscles
contract or move.
When this application is applied to your thigh flexor and extensor muscles, for example, the result is
an explosive increase in your running/kicking speed and power!
But there is more. Kenji Tomiki gave an interview to Stanley Pranin, editor of Aiki News, and Tomiki
spoke about isometrics and in some way he is also talking about intent.
Interview with Kenji Tomiki
by Stanley Pranin
Aiki News #44 (January 1982)
SP : .....Weve actually come to an important point. I have in my possession films of Ueshiba
Sensei. He takes a jo about 3 and feet long and holds it out to his side. People come and push
on it and he can hold them here from the side; from a perpendicular angle! Thats one thing.
Another is this. He sits with his feet crossed underneath, hands relaxed three men come close
before him and try to push him over. They cant. ......
KT : This problem is one of modern physical educations muscle training. Its called isometrics.
That is to say, by pushing or pulling you train either the outer muscles or the inner muscles. When
you get perfect at this form of training you can hardly see any muscle movement at all during the
exercise. When you cant see any movement you are using the muscle very skillfully. But, in the
educational field if you demand a similar level of perfection then you are making a big mistake. If
anyone trains sufficiently it is possible to do it to some degree, but, of course, there are limits what
a human being can do. Perfection is a problem of belief.