Date:
Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 20:00 to 21:45
Room:
Small Classroom
Student should bring:
tsukeshime bachi (usually smaller diameter, softer "hou" wood)
nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, harder "kashi" wood)
earplugs
Class syllabus:
warmup: copycat
stance review
- L leg bent, R relatively straight
- arms outstretched
- okay to tweak torso for R arm
- feet angle
- pi angle
grip review
- ring finger, bachi slides on palm
- how do we know if we're doing it correctly?
-- sensation of bachi falling into thenar web space
-- bachi bounce
-- later use lighted bachi?
practice time
- individual feedback, others rest
large strike
- apex position
-- falling on angle
-- letting bachi bounce
- wrist angle on axis (no bachi?)
- explore elbow bend
-- none
-- max
notation overview
- w/ kuchishoga
M1, M2
Teacher(s):
Kris Bergstrom
Attendance:
Carmen Bran
Connie McOsker
Eri Williams
Irene Tanaka
George Tanaka
Mandi Aoki
Mei Gandy
Mitsue Kajikawa
Yuko Tamura