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Foundational square breathing and unclenched breath holds
Wednesday · 2026-04-01 · 63 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:
- Opening breath drill · opening posture and pace · 7:38–20:42 · 9 moments
- Pin setup for breath observation · technique comparison discussion · 26:06–37:25 · 8 moments
- Arm path refinement · muscular recruitment shift · 41:49–46:15 · 3 moments
- Reading opponent breath in exchange · shomen uchi to shihanage and kino nagari · 50:08–63:08 · 7 moments
The library grouped the moments into sections and named them. The boundaries and the names are proposals until Brandon approves them.
The class centers on integrating breath control with movement and partner work, moving from foundational square breathing into technical applications and self-defense transitions. Across the session, the instructor repeatedly frames breathing as a structural tool for alignment, calm under pressure, and tactical clarity rather than a fixed technique, and repeatedly returns to safety and adaptability in live partner exchanges. The session closes by reinforcing relaxed, non-clenched breath mechanics and the importance of timing, choice, and uke/partner safety.
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 breath drill · opening posture and pace · 7:38–20:42 · 9 moments
- Pin setup for breath observation · technique comparison discussion · 26:06–37:25 · 8 moments
- Arm path refinement · muscular recruitment shift · 41:49–46:15 · 3 moments
- Reading opponent breath in exchange · shomen uchi to shihanage and kino nagari · 50:08–63:08 · 7 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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