Course:
Date:
Wednesday, March 4, 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: large strike practice, small strike intro, first oroshi details
Warmup: call and answer ("serial sticking")
- serial sticking explanation on board RLRLRLRL
- "Catching the 1"
Individual feedback on stance and large strike
- side view L 100 hits
- feedback
- repeat
- side view R 100 hits
small strike howto
- grip
- "definitive" strikes
- location on drum
counting
- taking L in and out: out 4, in 4; out 5, in 5; etc
- feeling the fast 8's, taking turns
first oroshi practice
Clean, close
Teacher(s):
Kris Bergstrom
Attendance:
Adam Piandes
Satomi Boge
Ray Klein