As one progresses through the landscape of the fictional world ofPokémon , lover are introduce to a telephone number of increasingly telling trainers and gym leaders who all have one end : be the very best . However , only one of them test early on in the anime that they have what it assume to win every Pokémon battle – though their methods are go steady by some to be incredibly savage .

When Ash Ketchem ventured out into the worldly concern to become a Pokémon trainer , he was determined – like every other novel trainer – to be the good there ever was . Unfortunately , he did n’t start off too strong . for sure , Ash is the heavy in currentPokémoncontinuity , but back at the beginning of his journey , Ash did n’t even know how to beguile a wild Pokémon , have alone right a seasoned flight simulator or gym drawing card . However , whether it was destiny or beginner ’s luck , Ash realise himself two badge from gym leader within the first ten episodes of the anime , which made it seem as though Ash was off to a passably good start . Although , the two gym leaders he bested were Brock and Misty aka his travel companions , so everyone was in spades on some unelaborated basis , ethically speaking . Despite that , Ash ’s sureness was through the roof , and he think he could beat anybody – until Ash was proven embarrassingly wrong by a really skilled gym leader : AJ .

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AJ was the First Major Challenge for Ash, & His Pokémon Training Method Explains Why

InPokémon : Indigo Leagueepisode 8 ( written by Atsuhiro Tomioka and guide by Masamitsu Hidaka ) , Ash and the bunch come across AJ ’s gymnasium andAsh challenges him to a battlein an endeavor to get one more badge . However , AJ is on a mission of his own : win one hundred Pokémon fight in a run-in before leaving his gym and begin earning badges himself . When Ash challenges him , AJ is on winnings phone number ninety - eight , and Ash ’s loss puts AJ at ninety - nine . After he fall behind , Ash is infuriate and thrust ahead into AJ ’s collapsible shelter where he was training his Pokémon – and Ash is horrified by what he sees .

AJ is putting his Pokémon through incredibly rigorous education government that force each Pokémon to stand their one weakness until they are no longer weakened by it in struggle . For instance , AJ ’s principal Pokémon , Sandshrew , is forced to swim in a pool of water with a weighted contraption around his torso . The weights beef up Sandshrew ’s body while the exposure to water eliminate that fussy impuissance , as Sandshrews are inherently weakened by water system . The Pokémon training under AJ look exhausted when Ash sees them , and the untried trainer feel so spoilt for them , thatAsh actually adjudicate to slip AJ ’s Pokémonfrom him . However , as unknown as it was for Ash to hear , the Pokémon in reality liked being push to their terminus ad quem , as it made them so much stronger than they could have ever become on their own or with another flight simulator .

After beating Team Rocket in a Pokémon conflict by the end of the instalment , AJ earns his one centesimal winnings and sets off to be the verybest Pokémon trainer in the world , and it ’s no surprise that he was able to gain his finish , as AJ ’s apparently cruel method acting of pic and endurance training with hisPokémonwas his secret to winning every battle he record .

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