33 Aswell St, Louth LN11 9BA
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. THREE WORKSHOPS. £95
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.
