⏚Body Charge Labv1.25.5?

Everything here happens in the Builder tab of the side panel and on the stage. A build is a list of steps that play top to bottom. Each step is one of three things: a ready stance, a technique (a catalog movement you set up from menus) or a pose (the figure exactly as you placed it). Nothing you do here changes the catalog until you submit it and Brian approves it.

Before you start

• Pick the move from the catalog's dashed Planned · not built yet list and tap Build. The Builder opens with the name filled in and a starting stance in place: Parallel ready stance for martial arts, Mountain for yoga and cheer. Not on the list? Start from Submit a move in the catalog, or just add a ready stance from the catalog yourself.
• Find the closest move that already exists. Search the catalog for it and play it. Most new moves are an existing one with a different stance, a different hand, a turn or an extra position.
• Know your directions. The figure starts facing D (the front). C is behind, B is to its left and A to its right. E and F are left and right on the rear line, and pairs such as DE or CF are the diagonals.

Model a technique

Use this for a single movement: a strike, a block, a kick, a step.

1. Start from the nearest one. In the catalog, open the closest technique and tap Add to builder. It lands under the ready stance.
2. Open it. Tap ✎ on the step. You get the full set of menus:
   • Technique: the hand or foot action (low block, middle punch, side piercing kick and so on).
   • Stance: where the feet end up (walking, L-stance, straddle, fixed, rear foot, close, one-leg and more).
   • Footwork and Front foot: which foot steps, and which one ends in front.
   • Hand or foot: front side, rear side, left or right.
   • Direction and Aimed toward: where the body faces after the move, and where the strike goes if that's different.
   • Step type: step, slip, pull back, stamp, pivot, jump, or jump and spin.
   • Kick height, Turn (shortest way, clockwise, counterclockwise), Speed (normal, fast, slow, connecting, continuous) and Close feet first.
3. Play it. Tap Play on stage. Watch it at a slow Speed and step with ◀ Back and Next ▶.
4. No menu matches? Pose it by hand instead. Pause on the closest movement, drag the hands, feet, knees, elbows, head or hips into place, then More ▾ → + Keyframe. Do this for each position the move passes through: the chamber, the strike and the return are usually enough. Each keyframe becomes a pose step. Open it to set Move into it (seconds to get there) and Hold (seconds to stay), and the hand shape and palm on each side.
5. Name it. Give the build the move's name and a sentence on what it does in Description.

Model a form or pattern

Use this for a hyung, tul, poomsae, kata or any fixed sequence.

1. Set the start. Open the ready stance step and choose the form's Ready stance (parallel, close ready A to D, warrior, heaven hand and others) and its Facing.
2. Add one step per movement, in order. Add a technique, open it, set it up as above, then use ⧉ to duplicate it for the next movement and change only what's different. A punch that follows a block in the same stance is usually just a new Technique with Footwork set to No step.
3. Get the turns right. Set Direction to the letter the movement faces (B, A, C…), or use Turn left 90°, Turn right 90° and Turn around. Set Turn when the form says which way to spin, and pick the stepping foot under Footwork.
4. Mark the timing. Use Speed for slow motion, connecting and continuous movements, and Close feet first where the form brings the feet together before stepping out.
5. Use what's built. A section shared with another form can be added from that form with Add to builder, then trimmed with ✕. Reorder with the arrows or by dragging the ⋮⋮ handle.
6. Finish where you began. Most forms end on the starting spot. Play it through and check the last step lands there; if it drifts, a footwork or direction setting is off.
7. Save as you go. Save to library keeps it in this browser, and JSON shows the full build if you want a copy.

Model a pose or a skill

Use this for a yoga pose, a hold, or a cheer skill that the menus can't describe.

1. Load the closest pose from the catalog and tap ❚❚ Pause on the frame nearest to what you want.
2. Drag the figure into shape. Pull a hand, foot or the head past where the limb can reach and the body follows, keeping its balance from the planted foot. The handle on the middle of the back rounds or arches the spine. Watch the floor: the shaded base and the contact marks show what carries the weight, and the readouts show the balance margin.
3. Add a keyframe at each stage: the way in, the shape itself, and the way out. Give the shape a longer Hold.
4. Turn on Shove and push the figure to test that the pose actually balances.

Check it

• Play it at full speed once and at a slow speed once. Look from the side and from above (drag empty space to turn the camera).
• Check the feet: the right one steps, it lands where the form puts it, and nothing slides that shouldn't.
• Check the hands: the right side strikes, and the other hand is where it belongs (chambered, guarding or pulling back).
• If a step needs something the lab can't show yet, say so in the notes when you submit. A good description helps as much as a perfect model.

Submit it

• Tap Submit to catalog at the bottom of the Builder. Add the style, the kind, any other name it goes by, and notes on how it goes or where it comes from.
• What goes along: the whole build when the Builder has steps; otherwise the figure as you posed it on stage.
• Your email is required so Brian can reply. It's never published. Your credit name, if you give one, shows on the move as "Submitted by".
• To fix a move that's already in the catalog, load it, pose the figure the way it should be, and use More ▾ → Suggest a fix → Send fix.
• Brian reviews every submission. Once approved, it goes live in the catalog on its own and drops off the planned list.