Drill: Left!

This will be a brief post as I'm just coming off a moderate fever and the Nyquil is kicking in, woo!

Simply put, start your patterns with the left hand. That's it! When you start drilling a ji or repetitive pattern (as allowed), start with the left hand instead of the right. Just that little change can help the psychological side of hand balance, if not the physiological.

And when you have time, see how many songs you can play "left-handed". In karate, we routinely do our lower kata in reverse form, and once you get the "trick" of it, it's a matter of knowing what comes next rather than worrying about which limb has to go where.

Of course, if you're a left-handed taiko player, you suffer enough as it is. :)