Intersive course of Bonsai training

In my bonsai school have an "Intersive course of Bonsai training ", From Oct. 10 to Nov 2. Every week 3 days, total 4 weeks.
Six students only, All of them are very begining .
Here some of work.
First week: one tree 2 man work together.

Cheng Kei & Yi Yi Before & after

after

Kei Lei Before

After

I'm always surprised by the quality of the taiwaneese junipers curves. An i can't explain why but i realy like the sylver wire.

First job is very cool, the second one will need more time i think.

I'm hurry to come, see you soon...

Hi Lo,

A very good job to encourage the young generation of bonsai in Taiwan.

Budi

law wrote:I'm always surprised by the quality of the taiwaneese junipers curves. An i can't explain why but i realy like the sylver wire.

First job is very cool, the second one will need more time i think.

I'm hurry to come, see you soon...

Yep! They are trained at an early age and not left alone to grow untouched, as if they were regular crops.

Great job, Lo.

Your friend,

Jose Luis

Very nice Lo,

I wish there were more schools like this here in Asia. So many students, very few teachers.

regards,
jun

waow....
i build the dream to be one of these students one day...
anyway...if you are alright of course .....in the future i will come with law in taiwan to see your work and learn from you..even with my eyes
but i have to practice a little more before

Thats Awsome.

To bring one tree from start to finish with a mentor, thats a great way to do it.

Plus you obviously get to work on MONSTER trees!
-Jay

Anytime someone gets to immerse themselves into an opportunity to learn for an extented period of time, it can be a better learning experience than the same amount of time over a disjointed period of time.

My teacher is the curator for the weyerhauser Pacific Rim display and author of the book, basic bonsai design.
It's being reprinted while he works on his second book. All this to say, we meet 6X a year all day. Which is fine but really does not produce the reults I want. So what I do is to volunteer at the display several times a month to continue that learning experience with maintenance on the trees. I also do the same weekly with a retail establishment that can use a helping hand (especially summer watering). This exposure to what i love helps for me to "put things together" in between those 6 days of intensive training.....

Law, Cram: Welcome to Taiwan
Budi: See you in Japan.
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Here before

After

wonderfull
for your answer...and the tree
keep making us dream

Amazing work for begineners. Lo you are teaching them well - especially by having them work on such excellent material. I think we couldl all learn from that.

See you and Budi in Japan, too!

I thought that removing more than 50% of foliage on evergreens at once is extremely risky. Can you get away with this kind of reduction all at once?

Don't worry man. I think that Lo, knows exactly what he is doing.

you can easilly remove 50-90% of the branches and foliage on evergreens as long as the bits you keep have younger healthy foliage remaining that isnt going to shed in a few months time, leaving bare branches. As with all heavy styling though the material has to be nice and healthy before you start, and given good aftercare once you've done the work.

And Taiwan's climate is not the same as in Europe or the United States, humidity very high, a lot of heat.

Yes, Taiwan climate suitable for do that! Law have been in Taiwan, have experience about that!
Rob, See you in Japan.
Another Before

After

Huge tool for bend!

Hi Mr Lo
It 's very interesting to see the photos before and after works.
All have done a good jobs.
Hopefully to see you in Japan next week.
Rgds/Qui

See you in Takamatsu!