To all who have been interested in my methodology for working with the sources, I have decided (thanks to some insightful questions by my colleagues) that it is necessary to include more explicitely the phase for verification of a given technique.
Therefore, the new phases are:
1. Analysis (as before)
2. Divide into groups (new letter for a nicer acronym
plus see below)
3. Verification (see description below)
4. Interpolation (nothing changed)
5. Synthesis (nothing changed but see below)
6. Extrapolation (nothing changed)
Ad 2. During grouping of the techniques a side-effect is the understanding of their tactical application and creation of a decision tree (if he does it like that, use this technique, if he does it a little differently, use another).
Ad 3.
This is the phase where you throw everything at the interpreted technique. After having practiced it so that you are confident with the movements, you try it out with different agents (the ones who execute the technique), opponents of different physique and skill, willing and unwilling, you try it out in test-cutting, try to replicate the weapon used, circumstances of the fight (context), state of mind.
The main question here is - does the technique do what it is supposed to? Does it work as it should? What are the weak points? What seem to be the counters? When it doesn't work?
Some questions from Synthesis phase can be used here also.
After this extensive testing we should gain much better understanding of this technique, the underlying principles and of its application and limitations.
I chose to include it more explicitly before Interpolation phase, just to make sure that you don't go into Interpolation with poorly interpreted techniques.
Ad. 5 Here the whole system is put to a test, not just single techniques.
If you have any comments please post them here or privately to feniks@arma.lh.pl
