http://onensemble.org Neo-traditional taiko Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:58:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://onensemble.org/2009/09/yukai-daikos-taiko-camp/ http://onensemble.org/2009/09/yukai-daikos-taiko-camp/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:47:00 +0000 maz http://onensemble.org/?p=2059 Kris and I both taught workshops this past weekend in UCLA at Yukai Daiko’s Taiko Camp.  Every year, before the school year starts, Yukai holds a taiko camp to which Kris and I both taught at last year as well.  This year, I did one of my newer workshops called “How to Kiai Confidently While Playing Taiko”.  Kiai are hard because it’s another thing added to the form of Taiko.  You’ve got your stance, you’ve got your beats, you’ve got your movements, and then your kiai or vocal shouts.  It was fun, but my voice was all tired from the day before at Chico!  I was very impressed with Yukai this past year and I’m excited to see their advancements this year.  Special thanks to Jessica and Isabella for organizing everything and to Danny for the following picture.

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