Originally posted by Jeff Cook
Now take a carpenter, an expert with a hammer. Same nail. He can drive it in with 8 whacks. Take that carpenter, put him through some weight training specific to the job of swinging a hammer and driving nails, and let him pound that same nail.
Because he was already skilled with the hammer, his accuracy and timing is impeccable. Make him stronger, and he can slam it in with one whack - getting the same job done, but in a fraction of the time.
Jeff Cook
Wabujitsu
My grandfather was a master carpenter and cabinetmaker, trained in England in the 'teens.
A man of slender build, he never did any formal exercise, much less weightlifting.
Driving a nail in one whack was a matter of course for him.
One of his sons (my Uncle Fred) is likewise a slimly built master carpenter with no history of weight training.
One whack--no more. All waza; no muscle.
Then again, they both learned their trade in the days before pneumatic nailguns
Yours in Judo,
Brian P. Griffin