Differential Position One (Patreon)

• LMA Curriculum

Now that you've marched with Position One, let's make it adaptive.

We'll make it differential by constantly moving around the room, switching from L-stance to Position One to J-stance, and making your movement chaotic and unpredictable. By "differential," I mean:

• Make every transition to Position One different.
• Constantly vary.

Rather than following an invisible opponent, change your movement patterns so you can practice every way to move into Position One. You want to explore this movement space by practicing every possible combination and scenario. That way, however there is to move in this sequence, you've already done it.

Notice how chaotic yet fluid my movement is. The point is to make adaptive movements as natural as possible. If it's hard for you to see when I get into Position One or switch stances, imagine how hard it is for an opponent.

Whether L or J-stance, your rear foot is already in Position One—turned to the outside and checking a calf kick. Whenever your lead foot gets into Position One, it automatically becomes your new rear foot. This is what allows me to walk into new stances without having to reorganize my feet to get back into stance. This is essential scaffolding for other movements.

Make sure you're always breathing on the back of one of your hands (something I even lost track of).

– Sam