Seminar/Workshop June 2009

Seminar/workshop June 2009

This took place in a hotel in the west of the Netherlands, not far from Leiden. 34 Participants were immersed in ikenobo during 4 days, talking and dreaming Ikenobo and working very hard on our flower arrangements. Professor Kobayashi was continuously teaching, reviewing and correcting all our work. We were lucky to have such a kind, patient, humorous and respectful master and the best teacher we could have wished for from Ikenobo headquarters. I learned a lot from his lessons, demonstrations and the corrections on my own work and the corrections on the arrangements of the others. The demonstration at the end of the seminar taught me that spontaneity and swift decision making is as important as careful consideration. We had a wonderful time!