12 - PEAC

Date: 
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 20:00 to 21:45
Room: 
Small Classroom
Student should bring: 

tsukeshime bachi (usually smaller diameter, softer "hou" wood)
nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, harder "kashi" wood)
earplugs

Class syllabus: 

welcome
- personal updates
- coaching period feedback

revisit goals
- stance
-- confidence, balance
-- proper shoulder height
-- "mesen"
- medium strike grip
-- relaxed
-- proper wrist angle
-- bachi bounce
- understand the beauty of the large strike
-- simplicity
-- relaxation
-- acceleration
- small strike
-- even timing
-- equal heights of bachi
-- single hitting spot
-- no bachi clicking
- kuchishoga: "do, go, tsu, ku, da, ga, su, n"
- be able to play confident oroshi as group

warmup: 4-8-16-32

Call and response
- "Say, repeat, play" C&R
-- Focused practice on difficult rhythms
-- Play with straight and swing ji
-- Play two-beat (1eau2eau) and four-beat (1eau...4eau) versions
- Regular C&R

Each student leads oroshi
- photo shoot

wrap-up
- revisit goals
- next steps
- dinner at Musha?

Teacher(s): 
Kris Bergstrom

Classes in this Course

Date Title
Tue, August 11, 2015 01
Tue, August 18, 2015 02
Tue, August 25, 2015 03
Tue, September 01, 2015 04
Tue, September 08, 2015 05
Tue, September 15, 2015 06
Tue, September 22, 2015 07
Tue, September 29, 2015 08 - coach
Tue, October 06, 2015 09 - coach
Tue, October 13, 2015 10 - coach
Tue, October 20, 2015 11 - coach
Tue, October 27, 2015 12 - PEAC
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