Hi George,
Yes I researched that a little bit. Many of the Thomas Myers anatomy trains crowd are also fans of Biotensegrity. In fact i think the Myofascial movement sprung, in part, from that model. Also i seem to remember Scott Sonnon mentioning in a couple of his videos at one point.
Cheers.
Graham.
But are you? Or is one side of the body opening while the other closes what is actually happening? It might seem inconsequential how you label things, but when you're dealing with developing connections that are gossamer thin initially, into something more real and tangible, where you direct your efforts is pretty important. For example, if there are no muscle tendon channels that go 'across' the body (say, from opposite hand to foot), it's pretty difficult to develop them...
I agree it is very important. Hence the need to be clear.
For instance are you talking about actual Muscles and Tendons when you say 'Muscle Tendon Channel' or are you talking about the lines depicted in the diagram? tendons attach muscle to bone. Ligaments link bone to bone. Sheets of Fascia often link muscle to muscle as seen in the abdomen or in the Lumbar as well as a multitude of other roles. As i said earlier, it is much more detailed and there are obviously exceptions but that's a good basic idea. So we need to be clear what is meant by 'Muscle Tendon Channel' because those lines don't represent those two tissues very well.
If you are interested, it is worth looking at how the Internal and external obliques and the serratus work in harmony across the body.
But failing that, it is pretty easy to test if there are is a viable connection between the two half's of the body in a X. Simply get someone to push on your right shoulder and hold that push, touch your lower abdomen on your left side and you will feel it engage. The more they push the more you will feel the line from that shoulder running across the abdomen to the opposite hip. Why is your lower left abdomen engaging as a result of an upper right push? Which foot goes light once your structure is compromised? why is it the opposite foot that goes light? What tissues are engaging to hold the push? Which way to they run?... there are lots of details that easily demonstrate that i viable connection exists between the sides of the body.
With that said, I am not married to any idea, if new ideas are better i will adopt them and bin the others. If people are happy with that they do then it really doesn't matter to me at all, and when people are completely convinced of anything to the point where a wall goes up, I tend to just wander back off to keep training and exploring these ideas.
Cheers
Chris