We return to swordsman Isao Machii, who was mentioned briefly in the chapter "Could We Ever Become Jedi?" He is a Japanese Iaido master who holds many records for his skills. He manages to cut the BB pellet, which is traveling at roughly 350 kilometers per hour (97 meters per second). He can also cut a tennis ball traveling at 820 kilometers per hour, which is 4.8 times faster than the fastest baseball pitch ever recorded (169 kilometers per hour). Just like the Jedi, he had to train for many years to develop his expertise. However, he proves that a tiny object traveling at almost one hundred
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