This Labor Day weekend, Mark H brought Taiko Ichi to the West Coast as part of the Taiko Block Party hosted in LA’s Little Tokyo!
Taiko Ichi is Mark H’s signature, original, pass-the-rhythm game (perhaps “u know” it by a different name 😉). It’s all about finding your collective groove with your fellow drummers and keeping the rhythms going around the circle as long as you can. In addition to being just plain fun, Taiko Ichi helps you build key kumidaiko skills: listening to and interacting with your fellow drummers so that you can play to each other’s rhythm and create something extraordinary together.
If you’ve played taiko with Mark H for awhile, chances are you’ve gotten to try Taiko Ichi … but for the first time EVER, Mark turned it up to 11 with a full-scale Taiko Ichi Tournament!
Congrats to our Taiko Ichi Champions!
The competition was FAST and FIERCE … but in the end, two champions reigned supreme! Congrats to Jen from Las Vegas Kaminari Taiko and Nicole from Ojai O’Daiko!
Domo arigato gozaimashita!
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Taiko Ichi Tournament and to the kaDON staff and all the organizers and volunteers who made the Taiko Block Party possible!
Want to play Taiko Ichi with your group?
We want EVERY taiko group to be able to enjoying playing Taiko Ichi … whether you were at the Taiko Block Party or not! We’ve got an AMAZING set of PDF instructions that have everything you need to know to get started and to keep the groove going as long as you can! Click the button below to check out the official Taiko Ichi instructions!
