For sure. I think defoliating was less problematic for me, maybe take off a bit less fan leaves early on.
As far as training goes, I think I had too many branches off of the main truck of the plant and two of the main colas got close to the light with a week of flower stage left. Will lollipop a lot more in late veg to push the energy up to the top with less branches.
I will use magnetic hooks and will probably take off more branches early to create a thicker base and have more control over the way the branches go.
I really had zero experience with what this plan can tolerate so I went easy the first time. Now I somewhat understand what I can get away with in training. Its just so different, with bonsai you can spend 3 years before touching a branch with these girls you have to check on them every day.