ABSTRACT
In the stage of bodily development and growth, basic skills develop in contrasts. One side of the body learns to stabilize so that the other can become more mobile. Preferences in handedness develop—she becomes a “righty,” he becomes a “lefty.” Dominant and non-dominant sides of the brain pattern their activity to function for the whole. Even at advanced levels of movement proficiency, Body-Half is an important part of many training processes—particularly in the highly articulated Martial Arts. Many of the training sequences (called “Katas” in some forms) are almost totally organized from Body-Half. Many times when teaching university students or adults in the community, the author has found that working with color helps solidify the nature of sidedness and makes it easier for students to give one side of the body a specific task and the other side a different task; for instance, Stable vs. Mobile.
