STAGE 2 · RETARGET PROOF

KAGE — REAL MOCAP RETARGET PROOF

Real humanoid martial-arts mocap (CMU Graphics Lab, free) retargeted onto the existing AUTO-RIG KAGE 22-bone skeleton. Rotation-only channels · no scale · no root translation · KAGE proportions preserved by construction. This tests whether the AUTO-RIG correctly accepts professional humanoid combat animations.

CLIP:

RETARGETING MOCAP → KAGE

SOURCE: CMU 49_01 — boxing stanceRETARGET: rotation-only · KAGE rest × BVH deltaRIG: FIGHTERS/kage/rigged/rigged_v1.glb (AUTO-RIG, UNCHANGED)

WHAT THIS PROVES

The AUTO-RIG KAGE skeleton accepts real professional humanoid mocap.
Bone topology + naming correctly map to a standard humanoid (CMU/Mixamo).
Proportions preserved — no bone scaling, no limb-length changes.
Body mechanics (hips, shoulders, spine, planted foot, weight transfer) come from the mocap, not hand-authored.

HONEST CAVEATS

Root translation is dropped — KAGE plays in place (no sliding).
Rest-pose offset is handled by KAGE_rest × BVH_delta; if a local axis mismatch appears, report it (do not fake).
If any clip deforms badly, that indicates a rig deficiency — report it, do not hide it.