Definition(s):

The lowest level of the Stages of Internalization paradigm where a particular maneuver or method requires a high degree of mental input.

Comments:

At this level, the specific maneuver or method requires a large amount of mental processing to be enacted efficiently and effectively.

Often embryonic maneuvers are new or not well practiced, but this is not a requirement.

Maneuvers or methods at this stage may give the appearance externally to being well internalized, but the practitioner and/or seasoned instructor will understand that is not so.

Often a Stage of Internalization for specific maneuvers or methods are assigned by either the practitioner or an instructor.

See Embryonic for more information.

Opposite(s):

Mechanical Stage, Spontaneous Stage

Related Definition(s):

Conscious, Elementary, Embryonic, Mechanical, Move, Primitive, Sophisticated, Spontaneous, Subconscious

Related Term(s):

Comparisons of Motion, Degree of, Embryonic Stage, Stages of Internalization, Stages of Learning, States of Motion