About Us

Contact Information
and Practice Schedule

Practice Schedule


Friday 4-7 pm
Sunday varies
UC Davis ARC Dance Studio

Contact Information


Jeff Suzuki:
Performance Coordinator
Email

History and Philosophy

Bakuhatsu Taiko Dan was founded by John Shinozaki and Stacey Clark in 2001. John was a freshman when he decided to establish a taiko club at UC Davis. He only had two years of taiko experience and one pair of bachi to begin with. John named the club Bakuhatsu--Japanese for "explosion"--to symbolize his enthusiasm for the ancient art form.

Bakuhatsu's mission is to promote awareness and appreciation of Japanese Culture throughout our community. By teaching and performing, they hope to bring the energy and beauty of taiko to those who have not yet had the opportunity see it.

The name "Bakuhatsu" expresses the high energy of the group's performers on stage. In every performance, the individual members push themselves mentally, physically, and spiritually in order to share the primal energy of taiko with the audience.

Bakuhatsu strives to teach the energy, respect, tradition, discipline, art, and music of taiko to its beginning members and to improve and reinforce these virtues for its senior performers. Bakuhatsu tries to acheive this goal through playing taiko, building taiko drums, and conducting themselves professionally and respectfully during every performance and practice.

Bakuhatsu is a student-run club at the University of California, Davis. The group welcomes both beginning and experienced players regardless of race, gender, or musical experience. Members are students attending the University of California, Davis and are required to pay a small fee for each quarter of instruction