Taiko @ Fox Theatre

[oyceter]

I went to see Yamato, a taiko group, with fannishly and yuneicorn on Friday

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[rachelmanija]

I love taiko, and I think it's very closely related to some Japanese martial arts. They use some of the same formal stances: front stance and horse-riding stance, and they do move very much like they're doing a kata. Also, the drummers are so strong and sexy!

I love Zenshuji Zendeko, which frequently performs in LA, and has the jaw-droppingly hot X-back shirts on the men:

http://www.zenshuji.org/images/obon%202003%20album%20images/107_zendeko-aud44.JPG

http://www.zenshuji.org/images/obon%202003%20album%20images/095_zendeko_aud10.JPG

http://www.zenshuji.org/images/obon%202003%20album%20images/110_zendeko-aud46.JPG

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http://www.zenshuji.org/images/obon%202003%20album%20images/103_zendeko_young.JPG

http://www.zenshuji.org/images/obon%202004%20album%20images/116_zendeko_11.JPG

http://www.zenshuji.org/images/obon%202004%20album%20images/120_zendeko_17.JPG

[oyceter]

Oooo, guh.

And yes to the stances! That's what they reminded me of!

[rachelmanija]

They start wearing the jackets, with the men in black and the women in red, and then, in a perfectly timed and choreographed movement, they strip off the jackets, revealing those incredibly sexy x-back garments on the men and red tank tops on the women. That bit invariably gets wolf whistles interspersed with thunderous applause.

[oyceter]

Oooooo very nice.

*drools*