[KoiCop]

Antonio: Thanks for splitting this off from your thread “Judging for GC All-Japan Style.”

The aspect which I am most interested in addressing is not so much whether ZNA and AKCA have different judging styles (I believe they do) or even whether their respective styles can be characterized as complex vs. simple (I believe they can).

It’s the why that fascinates me and I believe that’s why this post of yours, JR, says more than even you realized:

“I KNOW how to judge fish AKCA style. I was taught by the best. I get it. I can do it and I can predict what 90% of all AKCA judges are going to pick within the top five fish at any show. It’s just a matter of understanding a mind set. BUT, I can not do that with the Japanese yet.”

While I admire your motivation and I applaud your quest to achieve oneness with Japanese koi cognoscente, I don’t think it’s about “yet.” I think it’s about “never.”