| Mike your right Toshio is a demanding teacher but to his top students he is very gracious to share. You were lucky to have the teacher you did......
Many things in life are like a rwo edged sword, cuts going in and out.....
As an avid fisherman I loved it when the cost and mobility of fish finders
became more available. That way you knew you were fishing over fish.....but when they weren't biting it could be very frustrating....I use this example because those who are excellerating their knowledge, don't fish over tosai
cause the chances of finding something is extremely reduced....better to fish over 2 and 3 year old (depending on your $$$$) however by the time fish got much older it was out of my $ control to do any selecting there.
There was a time in my koi life when I was satisfied to enjoy my charges as they grew up and quit purchasing new one and 2 yr olds. After about 5 years of that I realized the joy that a tosai brings as the first 2 years of it's development can be pretty exciting to watch. So now as a compromise i will buy a little higher end tosai (taragoi...or "If" koi ) and enjoy watching the changes.....
this hobby is truely as much fun as you put into it or want to get out of it. |