02

Date: 
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 - 20:00 to 21:45
Student should bring: 

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

Class syllabus: 

My name is __________.
I love the sound of __________.

warmup/stretches
- tai chi warmup (arm swing)
- lower body stretches (Carrie Carter and Ryo Shimamoto)

Light Saber Exercise
- 1st round focus on simulating the feeling of "letting go" with reference to the tai chi warmup
- review breathing exercise (Jelly fish!)
- 2nd round focus on the breathing with reference to the core/jellyfish motion

Oroshi
-goals: focus on breathing, bring awareness to where tension happened throughout the body, breath into the tension spot

- 2 mins roll
- R.H. fist grip
- R.H. shime grip

- crescendo/decrescendo roll
- each person takes turn to play crescendo/decrescendo

- kara "surya" doro
- each person takes turn to lead and the group respond by playing crescendo/decrescendo
- think of the wobbly inflatable tube man at car sales

su Don su Don
- focus on utilizing the breath to bring up both arms from the core rather than the shoulders
--R-/--L-/--R-/--L-/
--R-/--L-/--R-/--L-/
--RL/--RL/--RL/--RL/
--RL/--RL/--RL/--RL/

Melting Exercise
- practice the melting exercise for 8 mins
- bring awareness to the whole body
- full body scan starting from the top of your body
- feel the air flow (or almost bursting like) through your fingers and joints

Teacher(s): 
Yeeman Mui
Attendance: 
Patsy Matsushita
Abi Sangco
Miyuki Todokoro

Classes in this Course

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Tue, March 05, 2019 01 (cancelled)
Tue, March 12, 2019 01
Tue, March 19, 2019 02
Tue, March 26, 2019 03
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