Course:
Date:
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 20:00 to 21:45
Room:
Large Classroom
Student should bring:
nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, harder "kashi" wood)
earplugs
Class syllabus:
Welcome
- Course goals quiz
-- grip
-- stance
-- intro to the three strike types
-- learn and perform the Kuyou Oroshi
-- love taiko, get to know one another
- today's goal: medium strike practice, large strike, first oroshi
Warmup: call and answer ("serial sticking")
Individual feedback on grip and medium strike
- Grip - side view, lighted bachi
-- first priority: relaxation
-- handshake position of wrist
-- thumb and the "V"
Individual feedback on stance
- use post-its
16s Drill run
Large strike
- using gravity
- letting the bachi "whip"
Kuyou Oroshi demo
first oroshi
Clean, close
Teacher(s):
Kris Bergstrom
Attendance:
Adam Piandes
Ray Klein