Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Thank you Dun Romin, the same goes for me.
I know your from Groningen, so that's hard to travel to. Do you know any practitioners in the south of Holland? Because for me it's impossible to travel to Amsterdam etc just for a lesson or tips for shakuhachi.

thanks bas for your words. I'll contact Kees and ask him about some practitioners here in the south of Holland. And hope to learn the humble basics of shakuhachi.

PS it's funny but how come the picture of a pupil showed up as my personal image?? I didn't adjust any picture haha.

so that's where mine came from , thanks.
i'll keep it if i may.

the-pupil wrote:

Because for me it's impossible to travel to Amsterdam etc just for a lesson or tips for shakuhachi.

Impossible? Man has gone to the moon, so a trip to Amsterdam is probably "possible".

the-pupil wrote:

Ofcourse this all can change, but first i need a good view and the beginnings of shakuhachi

And for that, a few lessons with the right person will give you the best start. Finding someone who 'knows how to play shakuhachi'
and watching them ain't gonna cut it. Might as well find a teacher--be a much better use of your time.

Your resistance to lessons, it should be noted, is fairly typical of new members to this forum. Some continue go it alone, and
may even make a bit of progress (and when they finally do succumb to a teacher almost always have to spend a fair amount of
that valuable time unlearning all the wrong things they managed to 'teach' themselves).

As soon as you experience a decent teacher, you will change your tune. Note that you don't have to move in with the teacher;
you don't even have to take a big pile of lessons to benefit from them.

Ha ha, yeah Amsterdam has some nice things to offer I absolutely concur with Edosan, lesson do really help, even with deciding what and on wich level you want to play.
I started with monthly lessons and now have more frequent online lessons.
And one thing: lessons can be inspiring as well.

fouw wrote:

Tairaku, no need to correct you 'cos you're right.
But to be specific, to get from the southernmost part of the country to Kees Kort takes three hours one way and the return trip would be more expensive than a Skype lesson with Chikuzen or Nyogetsu.
So.... like Bas, who lives up north, suggests and does himself, internet is a fine alternative.

Ciao
K

I thought you guys are famous for being flat and loving bicycles? How 'bout riding to the lesson? That's free!

I ride to my lessons on this jinashi.

the-pupil wrote:

riding would be nice. I prefer walking.
I'd just like to ask to Kees (the emails i send keep coming back with a failure message) if he knows people in Limburg. For now i can't afford lessons. perhaps next month i don't know.. 
Thanks for you're help so far.

Don't know what email addy you're using for Kees. If it's not this one: kees@shakuhachi.nl  Try it.

Here's another:   kees@kaito-fuket.demon.nl

And as a last resort: kees-kort@hicksmorley.com (don't know if this is the same Kees Kort)