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Intentional slowing as strategic timing
Saturday · 2026-05-16 · 60 min auto-detected · proposed name · Reset card order
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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:
- Mentions of transition anxiety and choosing slower timing · Thoughtful pacing prevents impulsive mis-choices · 11:26–12:02 · 2 moments
- Choosing Tai Sabaki basics for advanced learners · Advanced techniques explored with slowness around transitions · 20:37–22:25 · 2 moments
- “Double weight” as diagnostic and tactical target · 25:44–27:05 · 1 moment
- Following partner movement to preserve useful detail · 30:21–31:18 · 1 moment
- Center, hips, and directional switching · 33:13–33:58 · 1 moment
- Removing sloppy middle phase instead of increasing speed · 38:04–39:10 · 1 moment
- Cue explanation and immediate role change · Requesting typed cue due to comms failure · 41:26–48:33 · 5 moments
- Choosing moments to respond vs escalate · 50:53–51:54 · 1 moment
- Hard-won self-defense and avoiding habitual harm · Group-level response and slowing for inclusion · 54:06–60:53 · 4 moments
The library grouped the moments into sections and named them. The boundaries and the names are proposals until Brandon approves them.
Class combines a physical warm-up and technical drills with a longer teaching arc about pacing, intent, and conflict literacy. Across the recording, the instructor moves from grounded body calibration to partner-based technical work (grips, balance, hips/center) while repeatedly framing slower, structured movement and deliberate decision-making as the bridge between martial efficiency and non-harmful behavior in and out of training.
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).
- Opening warm-up with floor-based setup and star-pattern transitions · Breath support language during mobility drills · 2:49–6:14 · 2 moments
- Mentions of transition anxiety and choosing slower timing · Thoughtful pacing prevents impulsive mis-choices · 11:26–12:02 · 2 moments
- Choosing Tai Sabaki basics for advanced learners · Advanced techniques explored with slowness around transitions · 20:37–22:25 · 2 moments
- “Double weight” as diagnostic and tactical target · 25:44–27:05 · 1 moment
- Following partner movement to preserve useful detail · 30:21–31:18 · 1 moment
- Center, hips, and directional switching · 33:13–33:58 · 1 moment
- Removing sloppy middle phase instead of increasing speed · 38:04–39:10 · 1 moment
- Cue explanation and immediate role change · Requesting typed cue due to comms failure · 41:26–48:33 · 5 moments
- Choosing moments to respond vs escalate · 50:53–51:54 · 1 moment
- Hard-won self-defense and avoiding habitual harm · Group-level response and slowing for inclusion · 54:06–60:53 · 4 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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