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EXPERIENCE MINDFULNESS AND TRANQUILITY THROUGH SHO DO
SHO DO is the art of writing Chinese and Japanese characters beautifully with a brush and ink.
Not only does it develop beautiful handwriting, but it also brings you a variety of benefits, such as improving concentration and discipline, boosting self-confidence and motivation, and improving posture.
JAPANESE CALLIGRAPHY COURSE. SIX WORKSHOPS. £185
Sundays 10.00 - 12.15
#1 - 12TH April ; Write meaningful words in Kanji (Chinese characters)
From the choice of the instructor, a challenge to write 1, 2, 3 and 4-character words. This time, write 1 and 2 characters on normal-sized paper.
For example,
1 character – heart, love, smile, friend, way(road), sky, clouds, rainbow, spring, wave, sea, bird, cat, dog, sparrow, etc.
2 characters – country names (GB, Japan), peace, blue sky, spring wind, robin, white clouds, wild flower, family, etc
#2 - 19th April: Write meaningful words in Kanji (Chinese characters)
From the choice of the instructor, a challenge to write 1, 2, 3 and 4-character words. This time, write 3 and 4 characters on a longer paper.
3 characters – Mt. Fuji, cross road, bushido, snow moon flower, etc
4 characters – choose from Japanese sayings
#3 – 26th April: Learn to write Hiragana and Katakana
Hiragana and Katakana are Japanese original characters created more than a thousand years ago from Chinese characters for daily use in Japanese life.
In the class, write Hiragana and Katakana words:
Hiragana – soft and round shapes. Mostly used for particles and verb-ends in the sentences, but not only for those purposes and used widely on many occasions. Children start learning writing hiragana at the beginning.
Katakana – Children start learning writing katakana after hiragana. Mostly used for foreign borrowed words, created words, and onomatopoeia.
BREAK A chance to practice your new skills
#4 - 31st May: Write your favourite words in calligraphy
Bring your favourite English words, and then the instructor will put them into Japanese in calligraphy so you can write.
Create your own short sentence or haiku poem, bring them and hand them to the instructor so that the instructor will give you calligraphy of those in Japanese characters. (don’t have to do it in the class, you can prepare before the class or send it to the instructor before the next class)
#5 – 7th June :Write your own short sentence / haiku poem in calligraphy
Write your own created short sentences or haiku poem in calligraphy. You can write them in English too with calligraphy ink and brush if you prefer.
#6 – 14th June Finishing work
Choose long papers or decorated papers to finish the work. Choose words/sentences/poems from you did in the course. Name and sign (or stamp) to finish.
