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Opening question: Are you a hot person or a cold person? Do you prefer cold weather or hot weather?

Stepping

After warm-ups Franco led us through some stepping and playing exercises. I forgot to take video, but here is a related activity that we did a few months ago.

Taiko Vegetables

Franco coined the term “Taiko Vegetables” when talking about exercises that are for practicing fundamentals. Though they can be repetitive, they can also be fun while giving time to letting mind and body to get more connected.

Here is longer version of the DoRo Don drill that we also did in class.

Other things…

If you are free, please join us for San Jose Taiko’s virtual concert “Rhythm Spirit 2020” this Saturday at 12:00PM PT. It will be hosted on our YouTube channel. Normally at this time we would be preparing for an in-theatre concert so we are happy to be able to put this performance out for people to enjoy.

ANNOUNCEMENTS and REMINDERS:

Payment for classes should be made here: https://www.paypal.me/sanjosetaiko OR by check made out to San Jose Taiko, 565 N. 5th Street, San Jose CA 95112 (please mark the check PRC). The fee is $10 drop-in or $36/month. Please mark on your payment what dates the payment is for. This will help greatly in reconciling payments.
Bachi can be purchased to be mailed for $10 a pair.
Our friends in southern California are also running a taiko class for Parkinson’s called “Rhythmic Flow Taiko” on Sundays. Please check their website for more info.
At any time, feel free to email yurika@taiko.org for questions!