Daien no Shin

  • Everything in my notes was right and complete, just need to pull it all together.
  • Some specific callouts:
    • Again today, he had us do just douzo o-bonchuu no haiken wo instead of also asking for the shifuku. So this may be consistent.
    • Same for the mizusashi - he had me open it when doing kama things after serving tea. Not “just in time”.
    • Fukusa position, there’s really only one place it can go when you have everything else there. Don’t fuss over it too much.
    • Shakutate goes back at the very end, just before you would have otherwise replenished the kama with cold water and before closing the lid.
    • Mizutsugi, place center, then shikko, then move left, then open lid and fill and close, then move back center, then shittai.
  • Interesting observation - there is no yugaeshi in this temae! Your hishaku goes in with cold water being the last thing it touches.

Daisu Usucha

  • Nothing I think?

General

  • The karioki position (Dougu Positioning?), with chawan at knee line in line with the hishaku and tangent and etc, that comes from shimura -sensei.
  • Try opening the kama lid with the middle finger, keeping your hand in the same position (index finger slightly pointed) as you would for fukusa sabaki ichimonji.
  • [?] TODO Sarah’s question about the hishaku position on ring finger during kagami-bishaku, he hadn’t heard of it. Need to follow up. ask-gyotei ➕ 2024-01-07

Hatsudate

  • Suggestion to do mukougiri or sumiro or furo if that helps the spacing
  • He usually does in tokonoma:
    • Musubi-yanagi
    • Tsubaki, or witch hazel
    • Zodiac kogo
  • He has seen:
    • Urasenke does sumi wrapped in hoshogami (but kagami-mochi with daidai citrus on top, meaning “generations generations” for wordplay, is common)
    • They also do the obukucha ingredients, so
      • Umeboshi
      • Kombu
      • Kuri
      • Something else
      • And a lobster?