rearranging Matsuri patterns
- using "otsuri" to create tension and release
- building a scaffold of otsuri

next level: arm swings
- R arm clockwise and counter-clockwise
- L hand free to play variations
- 12 o'clock, 6 o'clock, and "don" as ways to change direction

next level: simultaneous arm swings, different planes
- Tribeca

the growth zone

the challenge of group practice: giving everyone a chance to be in the growth zone

teaching challenge 1: ten tsuku speed up (password: "krislovesme")
- group practice
-- problem: everyone gets to their growth zone for only a brief moment
- "ignoring others" practcie
-- problem: distracting, no push from others
- "shared jiuchi" practice
-- problem: requires prep (complicated to understand, practicing switching to half-speed, etc)

10-11  Ray -- how to write rhythms for melody