Dyad Open Source Training System — Description
The Dyad Open Source Training System is a foundational, open-ended training framework designed to be built upon rather than followed as a fixed method.
At the core of the system is weight shift, understood not as whole-body mass, but as the movement of the hips in space. Within the Dyad method, weight shift refers specifically to moving the hip from behind the heel to over the toes, and back again. Terms such as shift weight back, hold weight behind the heel, or hold weight over the heel describe the hip’s position relative to the foot, not a pushing action or pressure cue. This forward and backward repositioning occurs through the pitch of the thigh, rather than through leaning, bracing, or driving off the foot.
This system includes three PDF manuals:
1. The Dyad Manual
Introduces the core concepts of dyads, asymmetry, and ipsilateral/contralateral relationships in movement. Movement is organized through paired relationships where one element functions as an anchor while another travels around or through it. Weight shift is presented as the primary driver of movement, with the hips acting as the weight that reorganizes around the foot and leg through thigh pitch rather than force production.
2. The Open Source Manual
Outlines the philosophy of the system as an open structure. Instead of prescribing exercises or outcomes, it provides adaptable principles the user can modify, expand, or reconfigure. The intent is to give the user a framework they can develop into their own training system rather than a method to copy.
3. The Visual Coaching Manual
Focuses on coaching through imagery and from the visual perspective of the athlete. Movement is guided using images where the body moves around or through itself, reinforcing anchor-and-traveler relationships and clarifying weight shift as the hips passing relative to the foot, rather than external shape-based cues.
Incomplete by Design
This is an incomplete product by design. It does not present a finished program, certification, or step-by-step method.
The manuals intentionally contain gaps, unresolved ideas, and purposeful mistakes. These are meant to be identified, tested, and flushed out by the user as part of refining their understanding of the Dyad method. Critical engagement and experimentation are considered essential to learning the system.
Disclaimer
This product is not a finished training system and is not intended to replace professional judgment, formal education, or medical advice.
By purchasing this product, the user acknowledges that:
The system is exploratory and unfinished
Interpretation and experimentation are required
Responsibility for application rests with the user
What This Is / What This Is Not
This
Is
:
A conceptual foundation for understanding movement through dyads
A system centered on weight shift via hip repositioning
An open-source framework meant to be adapted and evolved
A visual and internally oriented approach to coaching
This
Is Not
:
A complete or polished method
A certification or credentialing program
A list of exercises or protocols
A plug-and-play solution or guaranteed outcome