[luke frisbee]

Quote: Originally Posted by karipeters Going to the AJ show is a great learning experience. Here is the problem I see. Everything is written in Kanji or Harigana (sp?), and the judging is done on Friday & doesn't allow anyone but the judges inside... There would need to be a lot of translating going on, and a lot of time with the judges to understand their process... It's a great idea for them to go, but hard to figure out how they would work those issues out...

As soon as I read the first post I thought, "Going to the BKKS National would be a better step. There you can eavesdrop on a number of conversations and understand them as they Speak the language of the God Almighty Dollar; AMERICAN.
Even the judges speak AMERICAN, and you can stand across from them and listen...heck BKKS might even let Canidate judges Shadow the BKKS Judges...and The British show has better and More koi than the Big US Shows I have attended so the eye could get tuned as well