View Single Post Old 10-29-2007, 05:13 PM   #5 A Reed Join Date:
Nov 2005 Posts: 4 United Kingdom Re: Resistance training
overview: the four basic levels  Thanks Aran  If
resistance=local muscle then I would agree with you about it
being against the idea of using ki. But I was trying to point
out that in my limited experience I think it is possible for
someone skilled enough with ki to stop a technique completely
using only those internal skills and not local muscle.  What
they are doing physically might appear to an onlooker no
different to physical resistance that a complete beginner could
offer. Even a tori who has not had much exposure to being
stopped with ki might confuse this for local muscle resistance.
But a tori who knows the feel of the difference between local
resistance and being stopped with ki may be able to use the
situation to improve their own internal skills.  In that case it
could be argued that the uke is practicing using their ki and
giving the tori the opportunity to feel and work out h