I seem to remember a while back, there was a discussion about Nariyama Tetsuo's use of the word "timing" to explain what he does -- if memory serves, the conversation was between PeterR and Ellis Amdur. Anyways, for those who are still interested, here's a video I found where Naryiama discusses/demonstrates timing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TGFDL1bb7c