04

Date: 
Sunday, November 27, 2016 - 13:00 to 14:45
Room: 
Large Classroom
Student should bring: 

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

Class syllabus: 

welcome, warmup

stance: good start, now (and forever after) experimentation
- copycat with stance variations
-- bent L leg, bent R, both straight
-- distance
-- angle with relation to drum (line between feet)
-- "pi angle", position around drum
-- upper body lean

grip (med strike focus): good start, now experimentation
- pushing tip with wrist muscles vs letting bachi flop

med strike
- learn remainder of 16's Drill

- future
- grip (large strike focus)
-- at beginning of strike, tip follows butt vs tip pulled back
-- at middle of strike, tip comes near body
-- at end of strike, bachi bounces

large strike
- hitting powerfully
-- 50 large hits each hand
- future
-- Kris v others

Tribeca part 4 review
- future
-- how to hit powerful don of otsuri

Tribeca part 1 review
- "chi su dogoda n go n"

part 2 of Tribeca
- "Matrix" moment
-- paths of individual arms
-- super slow motion

practice

clean and close

Teacher(s): 
Kris Bergstrom
Attendance: 
Barbara Baker
Greg Ling
Robert Wallace
Takako Taketa

Classes in this Course

Date Title
Sun, November 06, 2016 01
Sun, November 13, 2016 02
Sun, November 20, 2016 03
Sun, November 27, 2016 04
Sun, December 04, 2016 05
Sun, December 11, 2016 06
Sun, December 18, 2016 07
Sun, January 08, 2017 08 - coach
Sun, January 15, 2017 09 - coach
Sun, January 22, 2017 10 - coach
Sun, January 29, 2017 11 - coach
Sun, February 05, 2017 12 - PEAC