We worked on kata yesterday at Maze rehearsal. My arms and legs hurt and it is a good hurt because it reminds me that there is still so much to work on, but it is also good because I don't want to lose the perspective of being a beginner. Yeah, that arm needs to go up, those legs need to sink, the waist needs to turn. You work on those things to become better. It's good not only for me, but to remember that that is what I am asking of my own students. I appreciate their work on becoming better players, and I can't forget that afterwards they probably ache a little too. I hope I don't push them too hard. But the challenge is good too. I don't get a kick out of the pain, but it reminds you that taiko is played with the whole body. That it is the body that brings expression to the music.
Hot bath. That's the best thing for afterwards.
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