03

Date: 
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 20:00 to 21:45
Room: 
Small Classroom
Student should bring: 

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

Class syllabus: 

prep
- on board
-- name
-- # places lived
-- # near-death experiences
-- mayo yes/no
- no drums for warmup

welcome

lower body warmup

- general
-- body circles
-- jumping jacks, crazy jacks

- hamstrings
-- toe touch (to test)
-- slides
-- side kicks
--- find range
--- 10 warmup
--- 10 countdown, each person saying one count, any language
-- front kicks
-- toe touch test again

- hip flexors
-- lunges (step, step, lunge and say prompts)

- boxes
-- Lf Rf C C Lb Rb C C
-- widen
-- Lf Rb C C Rf Lb C C
-- widen

stance (set drums)
- taking stance copycat
- pick students to play call
- feedback during play portion

arm warmup
- three pivots (Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist), no bachi
-- Ls RS
-- Ls RE
-- Ls RW
-- Le RS
-- Le RE
-- Le RW
-- Lw RS
-- Lw RE
-- Lw RW

medium strike (all E)
- feedback
- 16's Drill first four counts
- questions

large strike ("SE", then "E")
- demo no bachi (watch closely, different angles, for 8 hits, non-dominant hand)
- possible helpful images
-- pulling on rope
-- elbow comes down toward drum
-- lower arm and bachi is "streamer"
-- upper arm stops when elbow is pointed toward drum and E takes over
-- relaxed bachi falls near shoulder then flops forward (thumb position)
- practice: no bachi, dog-legs, close the finger you use
- demo bachi (watch closely, different angles, for 8 hits)
- 4x each: Slow-mo / Gravity / Accelerated / Gravity

Renshu line A

- future: alternating, 4x8x16x32

Building Blocks of grip
- stretching
- warmup: 8x40 squeezes (thumb: top, side, under fingers, side)
- bachi tosses, flips
- finger grips
- thumb position

practice

ender
- conducting (8th-note jiuchi)
-- a: single large strike
-- b: 4 med strikes, 8th-notes
-- c: 16 med strikes, 16th-notes

future
- follow-the-leader Oroshi (NS lead?)

cleaning

closing
- taikocensus.org
- no class next week (May 31)

future

LMSM Drill, R leading
- 4 hits full strength R
- 4 hits med R
- 4 hits soft R
- 4 hits med R
- add in one L at a time until full

practice LMSM Drill, L leading

Teacher(s): 
Kris Bergstrom
Attendance: 
Courtney Mikamo
James Yamanoha
John Barksdale
Hiroka Fujimoto

Classes in this Course

Date Title
Tue, May 10, 2016 01
Tue, May 17, 2016 02
Tue, May 24, 2016 03
Tue, June 07, 2016 04
Tue, June 14, 2016 05
Tue, June 21, 2016 06
Tue, June 28, 2016 07
Tue, July 05, 2016 08 - coach
Tue, July 12, 2016 09 - coach
Tue, July 19, 2016 10 - coach
Tue, July 26, 2016 11 - coach
Tue, August 02, 2016 12 - PEAC
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