06

Date: 
Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 12:00 to 13:00
Room: 
Large Classroom
Student should bring: 

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

Class syllabus: 

Welcome
"Yoroshiku onegaishimasu"

1-minute Drills:
Wrist - grip bachi so that there is one definite fulcrum - choose from pinky/ring/middle finger
Elbow - look at yourself in the mirror from the side and make sure to make "triangle" with arm and bachi
Arm (Individual) - Elbow bends fully towards drum, don't bend wrist at this point, let it shoot forward to complete hit
Arm (Simultaneous) - work on isolation - elbow should bend on the hitting motion, arm should be straight on the up. Think of reaching forward with arm instead of thinking "up".

4 -8 - 16 - 32
4 - Individual Arms
8 - Simultaneous Arms
16 - Elbows
32 - Wrist

DoGoPoKo (DoRoTsuKu) Basics

Closing

Teacher(s): 
Yuta Kato
Attendance: 
Desmond Tamaki
Deborah Fukumoto

Classes in this Course

Date Title
Thu, February 20, 2014 01
Thu, February 27, 2014 02
Thu, March 06, 2014 03
Thu, March 13, 2014 04
Thu, March 20, 2014 05
Thu, March 27, 2014 06
Thu, April 03, 2014 07
Thu, April 10, 2014 08
Thu, April 17, 2014 09
Thu, April 24, 2014 10
Thu, May 08, 2014 11
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