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Partnering: Partner

Concepts detected 14 occurrences

Part of the domain Partner Ecology and Communication · see the whole map

In Brandon's own words

Every tagged moment, by class. Click a quote to land at the exact moment.

Conscious body-directed movement and turning 2 moments

“If you do these with a partner, and they go forward, and you go backwards, and you're doing the book in Suburi, you're just facing somebody, it's called an Awase. Awwase. Yeah. Just means blending.”
Open at 49:57
“"Everything was taught right-handed... train the other side" ... "with your friends and seeing if it still works"; "increased your proprioception" from two-sided work.”
Open at 1:04:17
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Whole-Body Push Quality Over Arm Strength 2 moments

“"Furniture moving, wall moving, partner moving technique." ... "What do you see?" ... "I'm listening"”
Open at 20:26
“"Push your turn... Don't lean" ... repeated cueing and checking: "What do you see?" with instructor listening feedback.”
Open at 21:56
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Aikido yielding framework over forceful possession 3 moments

“"There's also… you're leading and I'm following, which are… we're doing different halves of something" ... "I'm pulling all the way into this foot..." ... "all my weight is on my... one foot" ... "my stance is relatively narrow, and that's when I do my crossing"”
Open at 13:19
“I add a little more... little more... What would I do for the TainoHenko... like I do a Shihonagi? ... changing position, changing timings... Buke changes the dial, Nage changes the dial... Awareness between the two of us, and connection, and... discernment.”
Open at 34:59
“"going peripheral with my vision at the end of every throw" ... "And if I'm in the right spot, and connected to them..."”
Open at 51:15
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Simplicity vs Complexity in Technique and Expression 1 moment

“"So let's, let's, set it up... pause... I am here... Excuse me... I'm in... I'm out... I'm behind you... I'm listening... What do you see?... Where?..."”
Open at 33:23
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Partner safety, restraint, and timing cues 4 moments

“"You can't be touching each other, because you're not the center. You can only point." ... "I will wait a long time before I say hi... call" ... "Yame, Yame for the gang, come on back to the middle."”
Open at 17:51
“"I'm behind you. ... Who's there?" ... "I'm out. I'm out." ... "I'm out... Who's there?" ... "come all the way to the middle again."”
Open at 22:16
“"But don't go when I go, stop and start. Stop me, stop me." ... "basic, because you stopped me, and then you started me up again, and then you stopped again."”
Open at 37:11
“"Put your heel in the corner of the mat. Okay, stop-start, so you stop me" ... "you're dropping, but I'm not dropping" ... "If you don't put your power, your extension in your hands, you go down"”
Open at 40:06
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Conflict-Safe Exit Strategy and Avoiding Entanglement 1 moment

“"we were going… we were just sitting on the floor... Opening of the hands... And then we’re doing that standing up with our feet side by side..." ... "I’m gonna be this… you’re gonna be the push guy..."”
Open at 14:42
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Intentional slowing as strategic timing 1 moment

“"I'm always borrowing to see if I can get what I'm doing closer to what he's doing" ... "If I just do the same things I do all the time... it doesn't really help me out very much" ... "I then try to do that same thing"”
Open at 30:21

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