THE WHAT:
A fundmental context of practice to develop both a conceptual & applied understanding of 'force-generation & transmission' ('FG&T'). It is expressed in the execution of basic arm-swing coordinations, a practice also to itself, now with the addition of "organic" stepping (i.e., the basic forward/back steps which naturally connect - either produced BY or producING - the arm-swings). The arm-patterns and fundamental principle of "driving" (the energy) "from the ground" should already be consolidated & embodied from the static contexts of practice here: https://www.movemorevrl.com/videos/arm-coordination-force-generation-2024

Ultimately, in "live" movement scenarios (e.g. athletic, sporting, environmental...), the expression of force with the arms as "transmission-cables" extends invariably beyond the static - throwing a ball whilst being chased, swinging a racket whilst changing direction, jumping whilst being on the run, punching whilst shifting position - these all require the most basic embodied understanding of transmitting force from the ground whilst the feet move in space.

As a most general context of practice, specific steps give way to a request for the practitioner to refine their SENSE of what steps fit which patterns - just as we are not taught how to coordinate the arms whilst walking, and yet all follow the same contralateral uniformity, it is the innate constitution, structure, and mechanics of the body which lead one to find these "natural" steps. In progressing, this can naturally develop to a skip, and eventually changing of direction, although beyond the scope of these basic drills.

As per the static work, this practice simultaneously SERVES to "empty" the arms of residual tension, and for this reason is well placed at both the beginning and end of activities in which the arms are innately "filled" with tension as part of the practice. At the same time, it also expresses the natural ELASTICITY no only of the arms, but the entire fascial lines from fingers-through-to-toes, crossing both diagonally across the torso (emphasised in 'contralateral'/'unsynchronised patterns) and laterally along the body (emphasised in 'ipsilateral'/'synchronised' patterns).

This makes these protocols also a valuable introduction to FASCIAL-training, expressing the holistically-integrated structure of the body as a whole in the practice of generating and transmitting force from and to it's most distal ends (i.e. toes to fingertips). It also helps to establish the fundamental concept of the structural vertical-"axis", around which the torso & pelvis rotate in coordinated relationship to further generate & transmit force in an expression of "torsion".

Resource contents:
0:05 - Stepping & 'Single-arm switch'
1:08 - Adding 'Double-infinity' and 'reversed'
1:47 - Adding 'Kidney-taps'
2:13 - Adding 'Radial-break' and 'Kidney-brushing'

PROGRAMMING:
The context should be practiced only once proficient with the stationary variations. As it serves the same purpose, it can simply replace how & wherever in programming the stationary context was used.

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