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Students practice bamboo strokes
My videos show up in wonderful places! Sensei William Reed, a long-time bilingual resident of Japan, teaches brush calligraphy at the International College of Liberal Arts in Yamanashi Gakuin University near Mt Fuji. He recently used my Bamboo video as a teaching tool.
Watching Virginia's sumi-e bamboo video in class
Reed's students show great attention and mindfulness as they practice. They found it harder than expected to get the strokes right, but stayed well focused.
Student Practicing bamboo
Student Practicing bamboo
Student practicing bamboo
And clearly they have fun too!
Even the bamboo brushes are beautiful!
Sensei Reed gives advice and makes suggestions. His years of calligraphy practice inform his teaching.
Sensei Reed Gives Advice on painting bamboo
...with beautiful results
Student demonstrating Promise!
Congratulations to all Sensei Reed's students! Excellent practice! Now paint enough bamboo leaves to encircle the globe - you're well on the way to learning the art of sumi-e painting!
Excellent Class Results!
As a Professor of Japan Studies at the International College of Liberal Arts (iCLA) at Yamanashi Gakuin University, Reed teaches Samurai Code and Culture, Calligraphy and Kanji Culture, Aikido, Nanba, and Career Design to Japanese and International Students from over 30 Countries. He has a 8th-dan in Aikido with the Yuishinkai. He holds a 10-dan rank as a professional Sensei of Shodo Calligraphy and is Vice-Chairman of the Zen Nihon Shodo Renmei.
Sensei Reed Discusses Student's Bamboo Exercise
You can find out more about Professor Reed and the Samurai code and culture that he practices and teaches on his website samurai-walk.com and watch his videos on YouTube.
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