nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, harder "kashi" wood)
earplugs
Announcement - next session "Use the Force" class will focus on naname style
Opening:
- Name a moment that you experience "effortless"
Breathing Exercise - Ujjayi Ocean Wave
Quote:
“What the bodily form depends on is breath (chi) and what breath relies upon is form,” states a Chinese adage from 700 AD. “When the breath is perfect, the form is perfect (too).”
-- "Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art" by James Nestor
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/readouts/breath-the-new-science-of-a-lost...
Warmup
- full body warmup
- dying cockroaches / shaking the water off / arm swing
- music "As the River Flow" LAU.RA REWORK https://www.beatport.com/track/as-the-river-flows/12866421
Alignment and Drumrolls
- left handed stance for the first minute and then right handed stance for the second minute
- focus on the alignment and the distribution of weight (body weight gravitate toward the ground directly below your spine instead of forward towards the drum)
半脫力 Han Datsu Roku
- a partner exrcise to explore the 50/50 relationship between the follower and the leader
- experience effortless movement
light saber / kiai exercise to apply the "50/50" effortless relationship to the arm movement for basic kata
Don Don Tsu ku - applying the 50/50 effort to the large amplitude and also the small movement with the wrist.
basic kata / 4-8-16-32-16-8 drills to music + POWER UP exercise
Music: Tropkillaz - Hot Damn: https://youtu.be/9XZvnPFj5hY
「為學日益，為道日損，損之又損，以至於無為，無為而無不為」
in pursuit of knowledge, everyday something is added. (seeking/gaining)
In the pursuit of the way (way of life, way of being), everyday something needed to be let go.
The practice of letting go, day after day, until you let go of all your desires and ego, you return to your nature.
When you become "nothing" / effortless, there is nothing you cannot do.
Practice 2 minutes drum roll everyday to train the dexterity of the hand
Play with the water bottle
