04

Date: 
Thursday, May 30, 2019 - 18:00 to 19:45
Student should bring: 

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

Class syllabus: 

Warmup/stretches
- tai chi warmup (300 arm swing)
- lower body stretches (Carrie Carter and Ryo Shimamoto)
- feet
- legs + shoulder blades
photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/TUXf8N7VkZGQ6Jfr7

"dying dog" exercise
-2 mins of on the floor exercise

Oroshi
-goals: focus on breathing, bring awareness to where tension happened throughout the body, breath into the tension spot
- 2 mins roll
- L.H. fist grip > shime grip
- R.H. shime grip > fist grip

revisit qi/ki track
revisit kegel breathing
- crescendo/decrescendo roll
- each person takes turn to play crescendo/decrescendo

revisit Han Datsu Roku

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/

Willow Tree Exercise
The willow tree is safe and grounded, but their leaves move and flow like water.

Groundedness and Stability
- 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

adding to the "su Don su Don" exercise
--arm swing

Final Video after all the exercises
https://youtu.be/gPThhTBA-Es

Teacher(s): 
Yeeman Mui
Attendance: 
Abi Sangco
Ariel R

Classes in this Course

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Thu, May 09, 2019 01
Thu, May 16, 2019 02
Thu, May 23, 2019 03
Thu, May 30, 2019 04
Thu, June 06, 2019 05
Thu, June 13, 2019 06
Thu, June 20, 2019 07
Thu, June 27, 2019 08
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