Coordination 16/30 - Forth Principle

Difficulty: none

Guys, we are half-way through the challenge and the next three days I want to show three more principles that help understand, learn, and analyze patterns.

We already had 3 Principles:

So here we go with the FOURTH PRINCIPLE

A) If you look at arm/leg-coordination look if you can see contralateral, ipsilateral or bilateral motions

B) Contralateral means “opposite sides”. The right arm moves with the left leg for example.

C) Ipsilateral means “same sides”. The right arm moves with the right leg for example.

D) Notice you can look at Contra- and Ipsilateral in two ways:
1) Looking at arms and legs
2) Look at the torso and its position in relation to arms and feet.
2.1) Contralateral creates a twisted torso
2.2) Ipsilateral creates an open torso

D.1) These two ways can happen together, but they do not have to. For example, you can move the legs and feet in a Contralateral fashion without twisting the torso.

Okay, so today is about consciously practicing Contralateral and Ipsilateral motion. I show first relaxed walking but with increased pronunciation and awareness of the Contralateral and Ipsilateral. After that, I go into a playful mode with both. Think about Monty Python’s Silly Walking while practicing lots of variations of Contralateral and Ipsilateral Walking.

Also, practice the transition between Contralateral and Ipsilateral. How do you switch gracefully from one to another in the walk? Try often switching back and forth.

music courtesy of Creator Studio⁠
Mike Block - Vivaldi Winter 3 ⁠

Coordination 16/30 Auxiliary

⁠This is today’s Auxiliary Video for the Coordination Challenge, where we show regressions, progressions and variations.⁠

Here I show a few more movements to let you experience Ipsi and Contra with the Contra-Armswing (or we often call it “Windmill”)

music courtesy of Creator Studio⁠
Mike Block - Vivaldi Winter 3⁠

2020–04–29

Joseph Bartz