nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, harder "kashi" wood)
earplugs
Opening:
Name a moment where you feel the groove
breathing exercise
a different tai chi exercise
-- moving through space
-- arm swinging side to side like a "den den Daiko"
-- gradually shifting weight from right foot to left foot, and travel through space while maintaining the arm swing
2 mins drum roll
-- Left handed stance
-- Right handed stance
Adjusting left hand strike in right handed stance
-- maintain openness in chest and hip
-- check left knee position
-- check arm extension
Grounding practice with finding the downbeat
Right Hand -- (1) 2 (3) 4 (5) 6 (7) 8
Right Hand -- (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Right + Left -- (1) (2) n (3) (4) n (5) (6) n (7) (8) n
(don doko don doko don doko don doko)
play along with music, notice we speed up
step the down and up beat with the music
find the groove and reset
don doko don doko don doko don don
Review "su don su don su don don"
--note: instead of shouting "su" - say "Hup"
--note: the little twirl with the Bachi on the last "su" is very small and gentle (like a tickle)
Video of Pattern 3 (Su don su don su don don) from Week 6
https://youtu.be/Y-bflnTWEi4
Video of all 4 pattern from week 6
https://youtu.be/y3vRItWE9Lw
