Seidokan Saturday 215, 1st kyu Brown belt - connecting yakusoku to jiyu kumite

Of all the karate teaching methods that get criticized, prearranged techniques as a method seems the least understood.
As stand alone "self-defense" techniques, some are better than others. But the larger issue is how they function as learning mnemonic devices, both for how to move one's own body as well as the potential manipulations of an opponent.
I attempt here to give some context to the formal methodology.