{"id":233,"date":"2012-09-03T11:36:03","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T17:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kazukokozai.com\/wp\/?p=233"},"modified":"2015-07-31T12:57:26","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T18:57:26","slug":"introduction-to-rikka-class-starts-in-september-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kazukokozai.com\/?p=233","title":{"rendered":"Basic Techniques of Rikka class starts in September, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kazuko will start offering the <strong><em>Basic Techniques of Rikka<\/em><\/strong> class starting in September, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>See Kazuko&#8217;s class schedule at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wp\/?page_id=30\" target=\"_blank\">Schedules<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This class will be taught through a 5-6 class sessions to teach the basic of Ikenobo Rikka arrangement. The class will be offerred approximately once every two months. But, a student is expected to attend all 5-6 classes to be considered to have mastered the <strong><em>Basic Techniques of Rikka<\/em><\/strong> class.<br \/>\nIn this class, s\/he will be making Rikka arrangement like this, with easy-to-manage materials,<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp_images\/IntroductionToRikkaClass\/RikkaBasic.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After learning this basic Rikka techniques, students can take more advanced classes to learn to build a bigger Rikka arrangement like the picture below, which will be taught later.<br \/>\n(Kazuko made alone this Rikka arrangament for Consulate General of Japan&#8217;s Year-end party in Denver in December, 2011. The pine materials were provided by Bill Stufflebeem.)<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp_images\/ConsulateGeneralParty201112\/P1000092.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kazuko decided to teach this class because very few Ikenobo teachers in this region of the United States are capable of teaching this subject.<\/p>\n<p>Kazuko holds the 3rd Grade Senior Professor (Katoku) rank, and have attended the 2-year Special Advance Class at Ikenobo Central Training Institute in Kyoto, Japan. She graduated from the program in March, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>She received all her Ikenobo certificates in Japan, or with Kyoto HQ&#8217;s proof of competency\/course completion.<br \/>\nShe takes one or two classes at Ikenobo Kyoto HQ every year to keep up with the current techniques and teaching methods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kazuko will start offering the Basic Techniques of Rikka class starting in September, 2012. See Kazuko&#8217;s class schedule at: Schedules This class will be taught through a 5-6 class sessions to teach the basic of Ikenobo Rikka arrangement. The class will be offerred approximately once every two months. But, a student is expected to attend all 5-6 classes to be considered to have mastered the Basic Techniques of Rikka class. In this class, s\/he will be making Rikka arrangement like this, with easy-to-manage materials,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regularclasses","tag-rikka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kazukokozai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kazukokozai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kazukokozai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kazukokozai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kazukokozai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kazukokozai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kazukokozai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kazukokozai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kazukokozai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}