I know this guy is weird..

But seriously, those exercises totally work.
I found a couple of his videos back when I was into sleight of hand and they definitely helped.

My fingers were slow and I could barely isolate my ring finger and pinkie.

If you practice guitar or piano or anything that calls for nimble fingers..
your life will be so much easier if you perform those exercises before your session.

I wish I add $50 bucks to waste on the dvd. =/

Yes, I have to admit that as a Pianist I am intrigued by this. However, I have several warm up exercises already that I find very useful indeed that increase strength and dexterity. These ones might help though. But I won't know until I try! >> ^GenjiKilpatrick:

I know this guy is weird..
But seriously, those exercises totally work.
I found a couple of his videos back when I was into sleight of hand and they definitely helped.
My fingers were slow and I could barely isolate my ring finger and pinkie.
If you practice guitar or piano or anything that calls for nimble fingers..
your life will be so much easier if you perform those exercises before your session.
I wish I add $50 bucks to waste on the dvd. =/

I'm a pianist too but it's the martial application that intrigues me. Still, he gives a premise then jumps to the conclusion. I'll remain skeptical until he can show that it works.

Woohoo, I guess I can lose some weight with this method. And look, Lakers colored hands in the beginning! Even more awesome! [grin]

I just spent 10 minutes doing his exercises (from his book) then did an advanced 600 word typing speed test. Well, I set a new personal best at 69 wpm from 65 on this particular test typing cold, and I haven't tried it for the better part of a year. More importantly however, my left hand usually aches after typing strenuously, but doesn't now. I broke my wrist and ulna in a few places in high school and lost some range of motion and complex tasks usually causes it to ache. Looks like I'm doing these exercises every day.

This is anecdotal, I can't really tell if it was the warm up exercises that had the majority effect or not. The book basically just has pictures of hand positions and basically says, do this. Meh, I'm sure if I practice this it would increase finger independence. I can't do all of the exercises without my left hand hurting, but we'll see. I subjectively feel like I have quicker, freer finger movement at least. And generally if you think you can do something better, you can for as long as you think it. Yay for placebo.

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