I took up Japanese taiko drumming because it looked fierce. Legs are planted wide as arms wield bachi drumsticks in broad arcs, striking barrel drums in communal precision. Everyone wears a scowl that ...

If keeping fit while traveling is important to you, how about getting your heart rate going as you enjoy Japanese culture during a class at TAIKO-LAB? TAIKO-LAB offers wadaiko (Japanese drum) lessons ...

Physical fitness, weight loss, concentration, cultural and musical knowledge, confidence, movement and agility are among the benefits that taiko drumming provide. Taiko students Carol Egan, 80, ...

Anyone can hit a drum, but almost no one can hit them like members of San Jose Taiko. San Jose Taiko, the nation’s original and foremost Japanese drumming group, is playing Sunday in the Vilar ...

Train horns blaring as they passed by were not the only loud sound booming around the Dixon Library on Wednesday morning. The Japanese Taiko Drum also echoed throughout the downtown area thanks to a ...

Tucked away in a forested neighborhood in Monument, Colo., Carla and Jesse Maddox shape red oak and white ash into drums, polished and stained, with cow hides treated and stretched over the drum heads ...

Strong Women is a weekly series that champions diversity in sport, fitness and health. The world of fitness and wellbeing can be alienating for women if you don’t happen to look a certain way. But the ...