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Footwork, Line Management, and Space Occupancy
Wednesday · 2026-05-06 · 61 min auto-detected · proposed name · Reset card order
Library access viewThe class nameThe library drafted this name from the class itself. Brandon has not approved it; he can approve it, replace it, or leave it.
Every class opens with check-in, bow-in and stretching and closes with a bow-out. The class backbone is the same every time. This is what this class does with the rest of the hour:
- Initial breath + body check setup · floor-based mobility sequence · 4:30–14:59 · 7 moments
- Choosing a technique and defining reps · 16:52–19:20 · 1 moment
- Repeat structures and option testing · pining pathways and kihon nagari baseline · 21:28–25:30 · 3 moments
- Core principle: center work over injury · 27:08–27:34 · 1 moment
- Correction-driven progression and side resets · 32:21–33:07 · 1 moment
- Line shifts and off-line entry control · weighted feet and strategic retreat · 49:39–55:18 · 5 moments
- Narrative flexibility and outcome branches · explicit continuity and strategic calling of shots · 58:12–61:25 · 2 moments
The library grouped the moments into sections and named them. The boundaries and the names are proposals until Brandon approves them.
The class is a partnered Aikido-oriented technical session moving from global body preparation into wrist/arm control entries, then toward tactical decision-making in conflict. The instructor alternates movement drilling (breath, mobility, footwork, seiza transitions) with technique refinement (especially shoulder/wrist grabs, omote/ura/kihon structures, pin options, and side-switch variants), and repeatedly ties execution to strategy: spacing, timing, and force management. The latter section transitions into verbal scripting and conflict-process framing, emphasizing flexible responses over fixed scripts, with a recurring safety/continuum mindset around dominance, control, and de-escalation.
The library wrote this description from the transcript. Brandon has not written it and can rewrite it at any time.
Names are drafted from what happens inside each one (proposed, awaiting Sensei's approval).
- Initial breath + body check setup · floor-based mobility sequence · 4:30–14:59 · 7 moments
- Choosing a technique and defining reps · 16:52–19:20 · 1 moment
- Repeat structures and option testing · pining pathways and kihon nagari baseline · 21:28–25:30 · 3 moments
- Core principle: center work over injury · 27:08–27:34 · 1 moment
- Correction-driven progression and side resets · 32:21–33:07 · 1 moment
- Line shifts and off-line entry control · weighted feet and strategic retreat · 49:39–55:18 · 5 moments
- Narrative flexibility and outcome branches · explicit continuity and strategic calling of shots · 58:12–61:25 · 2 moments
The library grouped the moments into sections and named them. The boundaries and the names are proposals until Brandon approves them.
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