{"id":3466,"date":"2017-08-31T11:37:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T10:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impro.org.uk\/?p=3466"},"modified":"2017-07-28T16:50:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T15:50:45","slug":"applying-improvisation-on-the-battlefield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impro.org.uk\/applying-improvisation-on-the-battlefield\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying Improvisation on the battlefield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e04223&#8243; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;15px|0px|15px|0px&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; 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