SF Taiko Dojo in Tokyo, '94

[flatsol]

ENDO IS A BEAST

[dmaclady]

cassette- the son of 8 Track

[RedNoir]

GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!

IT takes so much strength to play!

i am learning it now

[jefate1985]

guaauu k energia

[NCTaikoDrumboy]

SF Taiko Dojo... they are the first of their kind here in the U.S. (since 1968) and they are among the very best! Master Seiichi Tanaka is a first-rate teacher, and I should know... I've taken a couple of his workshops at the biannual taiko conferences on the West Coast! I would certainly welcome an opportunity to study at the SF Dojo... I could only improve as a player!

[Tool408]

I've only scene them when they had the giant drum. Same duration of Tsunami.

The best show ever!

[Peki1946]

Ich finde die einfach cool.

[aannddyy5784]

了不起的表演,出神入化,無人能敵,聽的我血脈噴張,~~~~感­動內~~~~

[peteaeonix]

I was able to see the SF Taiko Dojo at U.C. Berkeley a couple years back. Fantastic. A live performance is the best way to get the full effect.

[blessedalcuin]

"cassettes?! who uses those anymore?!"

I do, too. the best way to learn a language, able to back up by just five seconds, ten seconds, whatever, and hear that "aeu" sound and reproduce it. walkman ftw.

[CarverMG]

whats a cassette?

[reorourke]

I love taiko music, it gets down into this primal essence of yourself that just soars when you listen to it. I would definitely recommend seeing a live performance if you can - I went to one at the University of Pittsburgh a couple years ago, was a program that the East Asian studies department hosted a group in from Japan and it was just amazing. Could you even imagine listening to this music as you march off into battle? I wonder what it sounded like then!

[AllanMCI]

Wonder what thier calorie intake is per day?

[bamboostinger]

@AllanMCI Ofcourse it is less than that of an average American.

[minkuukel]

Schitterend.

[MakoSign]

Firt time I heard these drums was when I watched Rising Sun, starring Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes. Great track, just can't find the CD in stock anywhere.

[bamboostinger]

@MakoSign me too

[SevenSauwer]

this video is roxxxxx...

[ofschorchedpumpkins]

Id love to join a group like this but id never ware those pants.

[BokuNoMure]

To whom ever posted it, i like to say thankyou as its such a pleasure to watch as i use to play the TAIKO (japanese drums) and to all those out there that think it easy and all you have to do is hit the drum.....your wrong!!!!! its a lot harder than you think....so sender of this thankyuo i realyl enjoyed it.......

[MommaMarjie]

More cowbell!

[gregoriodemoncho]

Yeah, i'd like to have the big one too. But if i'd put into my apartment it's almost as big as my living room.

[pityx13]

lol :D

[dailycrow]

whoa, The exuberance is amazing. I'd like to play this sort of drum but it would be too big for my toyota, or my living space. It would cost as much as a automobile. They make smaller ones.

[parzifal2]

this song is Tsunami

[hopefader]

LOL KOOL!!!!

[tanderbox]

this is amazing, i like this this makes me fly ....

[csunryder]

This piece was actually in the film "Rising Sun". It was on the soundtrack and it's title was "Tsunami". I'm pretty sure that's right. I know the SF Taiko Dojo was in the film and listed in the credits. I still have the soundtrack on cassette! Very impressive to say the least.

[CriticalNin3R]

cassettes?! who uses those anymore?!  lol.

[DJTALLGEESE013579]

I do. Only thing I have in my car =P

[willsdee87]

I love how they can keep time without making eye contact with eachother. Its amazing to listen to live and when i was on exchange last year i remeber hearing it over the noise my basketball team were making. Truly amazing.

[SuperSexySascha]

Love the guys expression at 5:13 lol...i have seen live performances of taiko, its really awesome :D and soooo much better in person.

[Chance2345]

That is one biiiiiiiiiig drum

[fhlaf89]

Why! They always combine with this metal sound which gives me head ache and can't stand more than 10 second to listen. Sorry, I know better ones that can blown them away with single snort in Japan.

[THExNEKOxCHAN]

This is so cool. Taiko drumming is my new craze. :)

[ponibt]

umm...have some respect. tanaka sensei plays after kenny-san and is the grandfather of all american taiko, including kenny-san.

[inuyasha128b]

I think that one was played at the 2007 san jose obon festival... by UC irvine's taiko group....

[plunderpost]

Kenny Endo is awesome. He has a couple more vids on his website.

kennyendo. com/video/clarity.htm and

kennyendo. com/video/rice.htm

I think these are much better. I do agree with the others live is much better. If you are ever in on O'ahu, Hawai'i you could listen live as they practice in a small building near the entrance to Diamond Head Crater. He teachs Taiko at the local community college. Its free and amazing.

[ytkobax]

Good footage of the performance!

[shaggybreeks]

Too much close-up framing. Need to see whole body.

[Pennyland]

It's so much better live...no matter how good your speakers are, you just can't recreate that 'gut throb' that you get live. Still, it's amazingly nice of you to put this up. Thank You! :D

[KajiTori]

I agree. Kenny Endo with his group came to perform at our Middle school last year. There truely is no substitution for a live performance. You get so wrapped up in it.

[springbaby485]

YAYZ! kenny endo and another guy from his ensemble visited CCBC last thursday and it was TEH AWESOMENESS! They were able to convey so much with their music and it was just he and one more guy. It wasn't even the complete group! As a result i bought two cds and a t-shirt XD thanks for uppin this.