Your teacher Val Tate has been playing taiko since 2000. She trained and performed with Tamashii Daiko (www.tamashii.co.uk), led by Liz Walters. Liz set up the Tamashii School of Taiko-Do for people wanting to play taiko and to engage with the deeper traditions, disciplines and etiquette of Japanese culture. Liz is one of the UK’s foremost teachers and players of the Hokuriku taiko tradition, a challenging art form through which players freely express their personality, energy and spirit. Taiko Oxford, established in 2017, honours and emulates these ideals.