Course:
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