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Date: 
Wednesday, August 2, 2017 - 18:00 to 19:00
Room: 
Small Classroom
Student should bring: 

nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, maple or "hou" wood)
socks (potential spinning)
earplugs

Class syllabus: 

welcome
- introductions
- where "Fundamentals" fits within Block concept

full-body stretch

core exercises
- abs
- planks
- superman
- low stepping with arms swinging

balance

- [1.5] demi-pointe (center of gravity)
-- (hands behind back) "point" up for increasingly long stretches
-- look in 4 directions

spinning

- [2] front-side / back-side
-- hands behind back
-- Tornado arms (demi-pointe, arm opposite foot goes high)

- L balance two-person game
-- alternating feet, big step, frontside half-turn
-- partners back-to-back: FuFu
-- future: "Fu Squaredance"

- pedestal
-- (hands behind back) "point" up for increasingly long stretches
-- Crank arms
-- (hands behind back) front-side turn
-- Crank arms loop

Bowtie
- application of demi-point balance

closing
- no class next week!

Teacher(s): 
Kris Bergstrom
Attendance: 
Alex Ito
Kim Masumi
Nancy Morishita
Naomi Nishi
Ariel R
Yeeman Mui

Classes in this Course

Date Title
Wed, August 02, 2017 01
Wed, August 16, 2017 02
Wed, August 23, 2017 03
Wed, August 30, 2017 04
Wed, September 06, 2017 05
Wed, September 13, 2017 canceled
Wed, September 20, 2017 07
Wed, September 27, 2017 08 - coach
Wed, October 04, 2017 09 - coach
Wed, October 11, 2017 10 - coach
Wed, October 18, 2017 11 - coach
Wed, October 25, 2017 12 - PEAC
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