#ki control

Another neat thing about "Spirit Control" is that the word "spirit" is written using katakana due to it being an English loan word. So, when Paibara says this...

Paibara refers to ki by using the foreign English word "spirit." Meanwhile, Goku and the others use the Japanese term "ki" instead of "spirit."

So, Spirit Control is literally Ki Control. Paibara is just saying it in English & it's supposed to sound foreign to Japanese readers. It's like how Dr. Gero & Cell say "energy/enerugi" instead of "ki." They have a scientific perspective of "spiritual energy" rather than a spiritual understanding. Or how Toriyama wrote for Vegeta to name his attacks in English for it to sound foreign to Japanese readers to make Vegeta come off as alien. However, attacks from Goku are written to sound Japanese by using kanji & hirigana.

ALSO...

This implies that DBS manga Vegeta did not have proper ki control until training with the Yardrats despite him being trained by Whis; the strongest godly being in the universe. How are you gonna learn god ki, but not have ki control? Because apparently in the DBS manga continuity, god ki is not about ki control like it is in the DBS anime. In the DBS anime, it explains that you raise your ki internally and keep it focused and refined. The manga version doesn't have that. Its just different ki that can't be sensed by those untrained.

Why is Ki Control so important?

Vegeta has been getting stronger, but because he doesn't have good Ki Control, he isn't as strong as he could be. But, once he learns Ki Control on an expert level like the other Z Fighters have, Vegeta can finally catch up to Goku & even possibly surpass him.

DBS ANIME EP 16

Vegeta learns Ki Control from Whis.

Ki Control is the part that Vegeta neglects because he has had zero training to understand it nor truly cared to learn until he talked with Whis. This takes Vegeta a while to learn. But, lucky for Vegeta he has the strongest teacher to appear in DB to train him. Over the span of 6 months, Vegeta learned Ki Control & over time obtained a deeper level of understanding of Ki Control on a godly level. Thanks to Whis' training over the years, Vegeta is able to use Ki Control to overcome his the limit of SSB & tap into a power beyond with SSBE.

Later in DBS: Super Hero of the anime continuity, Vegeta is seen in a meditative position for the first time & is able to slightly improve his fighting style.

DBS MANGA CH 52

Vegeta learns Ki Control from the Yardrats.

Since Whis apparently didn't teach Ki Control to Vegeta in the DBS manga continuity & since god ki functions differently in the DBS manga continuity, Vegeta learns Ki Control from the Yardrats instead of Whis. The Yardrats call it "Spirit Control." However, the Yardrats explain that what they call "spirit" Goku called "ki." So, they are literally teaching Vegeta "Ki Control."

This "Spirit Control/Ki Control" is something the other Z Warriors of Earth are all too familiar with. The Z Warriors can even do most of the techniques that the Yardrats told Vegeta about 20+ years prior to the Galactic Prisoner Arc.

The first time we see Vegeta in a meditative position in this continuity is with the Yardrats. After a little over 20 day of training under the Yardrats, Vegeta became significantly stronger.

Which did it best? Anime or Manga?