Results for: "Sensorimotor Learning"
Asia Shcherbakova demonstrating a suspended Baseworks From in a large white room

Do More by Doing Less. Do Less by Doing More

When we reduce the intensity of muscular contractions and combine them with Micromovements, we increase the amount of sensory feedback from the muscles, engage finer muscle fibers, and have more attentional resources to allocate to our muscles without fatigue. At the same time, by engaging more muscles then necessary to perform a particular movement (and

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Drawing of a karate practitioner.

Quest For: The meaning of form

So we always try to clarify what the purpose of our form practice is in Baseworks. Let’s see how the continuity of form practice can lead to a better understanding of movement all around.

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The Mystery of Proprioceptive Awareness

A commonly recognized category/keyword which overlaps with my #1 is “body awareness.” There’s quite a bit written about “the benefits of body awareness”. However, the term is used inconsistently and a clear definition is rarely provided. It may refer to a range of things –

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Photo of the inside of the Panasonic design studio in Tokyo Japan. In the photo, there is a large projection on the wall with a workstation in front with computers and directional cameras for motion tracking situated around. the studio for the purpose of motion capture. On the screen is a projection of Asia Shcherbakova during the prototype phase of the project performing movements specific to the project.

Panasonic Motion Tracking & Emotion Visualizer

We were invited to participate in a project to design an experience-based demonstration to showcase a combination of two Panasonic technologies: one which evaluates emotional strain based on the reading of the face and the other which evaluates mechanical strain based on a computerized analysis of movement biomechanics.

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