08 - coach

Date: 
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 - 20:00 to 21:45
Room: 
Small Classroom
Student should bring: 

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

Class syllabus: 

Aisatsu

Warm-up
8x2 Drill
- Watch bachi bounce to make sure we're hitting directly into the drum
- Variation: during second time through each sequence, add the off-hand in between (last hit for this variation is on beat 8)

Basic Strike Technique
Relaxed strike concept
Practiced 5-point technique in reverse
- Practiced each point beginning with just after having hit the drum and ending with how to do the drawback

Oroshi
Consider transition between big-, medium-, and small-strike technique during oroshi
Play various types of oroshi together and solo as warm-up
Practice Kuyou oroshi #3 extensively
- Today's number of hits before slow-down: 10 x 8

Clean

Aisatsu

Teacher(s): 
David Wells
Attendance: 
Dina Aubrey
James Yamanoha
Michael Okuda
Adam Escobedo

Classes in this Course

Date Title
Tue, February 16, 2016 01
Tue, February 23, 2016 02
Tue, March 01, 2016 03
Tue, March 08, 2016 04
Tue, March 15, 2016 05
Tue, March 22, 2016 06
Tue, March 29, 2016 07
Tue, April 05, 2016 08 - coach
Tue, April 12, 2016 09 - coach
Tue, April 19, 2016 10 - coach
Tue, April 26, 2016 11 - coach
Tue, May 03, 2016 12 - PEAC