12 - PEAC

Date: 
Tuesday, August 2, 2016 - 20:00 to 21:45
Room: 
Small Classroom
Student should bring: 

nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, harder "kashi" wood)
earplugs

Class syllabus: 

on board
- schedule
- Renshuu arrangement

Lec-dem for guests!

8:00 welcome
- personal updates
- coach feedback
- PEAC class plan (while doing warmup)

quick warmup
- arm swings
- body circles
- boxes
-- Lf Rf C C Lb Rb C C
-- widen
-- Lf Rb C C Rf Lb C C
-- widen

8:15 last-minute practice
- runthrough Renshuu arrangement
-- say-it, play-it
-- normal
-- quiet
-- offset say-it
-- offset play-it
-- normal fast
- personal answer to: challenges of taiko and why I tackle them
- purpose of 4-8-16-32 drill
- personal answer to: why is oroshi compelling?
- runthrough oroshi

8:40 welcome guests

taiko explanation and drills demo
- students clarify these statements
-- "Taiko is an ancient art form."
-- "Taiko is Japanese."
- challenges of taiko: personal experiences
- 4-8-16-32 demonstration

audience participation
- stance, grip, and copycat
- teach Renshu line A with kuchishoga

Renshuu demo by students

9:30 final circle
- clean
- upcoming Tue 8 course: Beta Fund for CicLAvia
- close

dinner at Musha

Teacher(s): 
Kris Bergstrom
Attendance: 
Hiroka Fujimoto
James Yamanoha
Nancy Morishita

Classes in this Course

Date Title
Tue, May 10, 2016 01
Tue, May 17, 2016 02
Tue, May 24, 2016 03
Tue, June 07, 2016 04
Tue, June 14, 2016 05
Tue, June 21, 2016 06
Tue, June 28, 2016 07
Tue, July 05, 2016 08 - coach
Tue, July 12, 2016 09 - coach
Tue, July 19, 2016 10 - coach
Tue, July 26, 2016 11 - coach
Tue, August 02, 2016 12 - PEAC