| The Koi Club Aspect of the Hobby Is Rooted In America Not Japan
Koi club organizational structure began in Hawaii not Japan. Thus, the tradition is American whether one wants to do demographic studies to determine the extent to which it is Japanese-American or not. As club organization is American then there should be no expectation that American hobbyists accept ad hoc versus clear concise written organizational structure.
That in no way takes away from the accomplishments of the Japanese in Hawaii who were involved in founding the first club or the Japanese living in Japan and raising coveted koi prior to ’59 or after. While AKCA may have copied some of the structure from the Japanese organizations that would have been a choice, but considering the historic realities of the first club dating back to Hawaii it would seem inappropriate to excuse weaknesses in structure claiming the hobby is Japanese, which disrespects their own freedom from the rule of an emperor and present circumstance governed by a Constitution that the U.S. oversaw the installation of after WWII. |