Okeiko-Glenn-2022-02-13
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- For normal mukougiri, Glenn says that the chasen goes vertical, whereas the chaki goes naname. This would be consistent with shin no gyo so (?), where the chaki is tenari at himado mae and the chasen is at mizusashi shomen.
- However, K has it in her notes from Suzuki-sensei that both should be tenari. Maybe this does fall down to the teacher?
- Remember! You make a sound in ALL KONARAI WITH AODAKE. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME. Not shikaden, not ceramic. Dropping the hishaku also happens at the same time as when you make a noise, that is it.
- General notes
- We didn’t explicitly talk about this, but I feel like this kind of temae should always be in a koma. You aren’t sitting at the hanjo position, but rather a little forward. You also shouldn’t have a kinindatami heri to your side. The only times that kind of thing really happens is in a koma.
- Back of the robuchi, there is a board called the mukou-ita. That board should be maybe a couple inches wide, 3 mei perhaps? No explicit guidance on this one. So, the robuchi is all the way in the back corner of the tatami, except forward a tad to account for the ita.
- Note, apparently tai-an does not have a mukou-ita, and it is actually baked right into the corner.
- Mizusashi is in the center (it seems) of the space left over from the robuchi, lined up with kantsuki.
- You sit 18 mei from the front of the robuchi, like you would if you were sitting in front of a shiki-ita with a kinindatami heri to your side. This does mean that you are very far from the mizusashi.
- Always end on L when you shimai (usually you alternate kensui hands L R L…), including if you are doing usucha and your previous was an L. You can L twice!
- Hishaku
- Taking from kensui at the beginning
- Take as usual from the kensui top with R, except taking a tiny bit below the fushi.
- Kamae as usual, except with your L thumb below the fushi. This is to leave space for R thumb.
- Rehold R thumb onto fushi, then slide L down to the bottom tip of the handle, keeping the whole thing vertical.
- Then, once L is at the bottom, pivot the hishaku go down toward your R knee like you do for furo hongatte, just in reverse.
- From there, slide your L hand in so the handle is in your palm, then place down on the futaoki.
- Picking up from futaoki the first time
- Pick up in L palm, give to R, then rehold to L on fushi. At this point, you are still at an angle! No pivot has happened!
- Once L is on fushi, R comes down and pivots. This is the point where you pivot!
- Temae
- Enter into the center of the mat. Probably taking 3 steps to get there, but up to your body. Place down chawan with katte hand (R), move chaire with R, then move chawan 3h to the right of the chaire.
- Karioki is a little above where the kensui would go, same as usual. This does make for a bit of an awkward movement, where your chawan is moving down, not to the side.
- Shifuku position is tbd. Old style was to have the back of the shifuku tangent to the back of the robuchi, but now it seems that it’s more forward (maybe back is tangent now to the inner edge of the rodan?)
- At the very end, the chaire is still on the left of mizusashi shomen, so you don’t need to move it before putting the chawan to mizusashi shomen like you usually would when going back to honjimai.
- Exiting from temaeza, if you are on marudatami, it may make sense to leave with hishaku in L. This means picking up the hishaku exactly the same way as you do for hongatte furo, but in the other hand. You also sit at the door with things reversed, ie hishaku go pointing to the right.
- Door things
- Walking in and out, there is no real… required way to do so. If it takes 3 steps to do so, great. If it takes 5 steps to do so, also great.
- It is acceptable to sit facing diagonally if you’re at a marudatami with a marusado. Just back up from temaeza, maybe 4 steps or so, then open the door with R only while at a bit of a diagonal. This will keep you from putting your back completely to the guest.