4 3 2 1. Not counting down to anything, but... this lesson is based on AY16, originally called Four Points. And actually this episode is the first installment. I'm just doing the first half of AY16 in this episode. Plus I added a little bit I thought was relevant. I'll do the second half of AY16 in the next episode.
I posted a video of myself on Facebook doing a little piece of AY16, and another practitioner gave me some tips on how to do it. He mentioned a lot of these early AY lessons are actually based on judo groundwork that Feldenkrais was very familiar with based on all of his judo experience. Before he started elaborating his own approach to movement and learning, he was a really experienced judo practitioner and teacher.
Another thing my colleague pointed out is that a lot of these early lessons don't have a lot of frills. They're not slowed down. They aren’t chunked into smaller pieces that people can easily understand. There's like a lot of information that comes quickly. So I tried to go a little bit more slowly in this lesson. And that's why I chose to break it into two.
I hope you enjoy.
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