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Posted by Tom Lansing
on 7/4/2009, 11:34 pm, in reply to "Re: Early look at Purdin Koi Farm 2009 tosai, 6" at 3 months"
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Years ago I posted my opinion of Domestic Koi Breeders and overall I was never impressed, I'm still not. Now that I think about it, I had a lot of opinions to include Koi Judges and those weren't very kind either, generally speaking. There are exceptions of course to both Domestic Koi Breeders and Koi Judges and I once said that I could count on one hand the number of U.S. Koi Judges who I thought actually had the knowledge, experience and expertise to accurately judge a Koi Show and I'm not afraid to name them. At that time and remains today, my list included JR, Art Lembke, Steve (I can't spell) Childers, Ray Jordan, Bob Winkler and a few others. I would suppose they're are some new people who I don't personally know and haven't seen judge any shows, so my list could be expanded?
Back to the topic of this thread. While I know for many, going to Japan will never become a reality, it should be everyone's goal if you're the least bit serious about the hobby and seeing first hand what a good koi looks like. Nowhere on the planet will you learn in one week about Koi appreciation then trying to judge a Koi that was bought at PetSmart and the picture posted on a website under Judge My Koi.
I note the deafening silence of any comments from any Koi Judge on these Koi posted at the Koi Shack location? I'm not singling out Scott Purdin and I've seen some of his older Koi which are nice. One of the problems with message boards are a lot of people can't handle criticism even when it's constructive criticism. Some people just want to be nice and rather than give a straight answer they remain silent. What I did see were comments from some who thought these Tosai were simply spectacular and they would do anything to get one. Are these people learning anything by the experts remaining silent because they don't want to be thought of as mean?
I'm going to give "my" opinion of these Tosai posted on Koi Shack. Let me get right to the point, 80% of these Tosai wouldn't make the first cull by Toshio Sakai. 15% wouldn't make the second cull and the final 5% will end up at one of the many back yard Koi dealers which sprout up almost weekly here in the U.S. I mention Toshio Sakai only because over the years, I've been to Japan 16 times and literally spent weeks learning from Mr. Sakai. That would be the Sakai in Isawa Onsen, home of some of best Koi in the world along with some of the worse wine in the world. I've been to the All Japan Show 6 times and dozens of other Koi Shows throughout Japan. Does that make me an expert, no and outside Gosanke, I'm totally ignorant as to what's a good Utsurimono, Bekko, Ogon, Koromo, etc., but I do know when I see a good Gosanke and I also know when I see a shite Gosanke.
So, I want some of you Koi Judges, both the ones I mentioned above and others to give your opinions of these Koi Shack Tosai, in particular, the one-step Kohaku's. Where's Skinny Art Lembke? Art tear yourself away from the Goldfish for a minute and lets hear your comments. Mike Pfeffer, I see you and I want your opinion. Mike is like me, we never had any desire to be Koi Judges but have both been to Japan many times and we know of what we speak.
Having said all of the above let me make this clear. Domestic Koi Breeder's are a very important part of the Koi Hobby around the world, especially here in the U.S. They're are good one's like Scott Purdin and a few others. Even the bad ones have their place. What I find truly pathetic but comical are the "experts" who make statements like the Domestic Koi Breeder's are "catching up" to the Japanese Breeder's and how JR's bet is at risk. Anyone and I do mean anyone who think's that is just ignorant. Not only are the Domestic guys not catching up but they fall further behind year after year. Again, if you haven't been to Japan you'll have no idea what I'm talking about. JR may lose his bet but it will only happen when three hack Koi Judges Show up and all the guys with the good fish stay home as it appears is happening more and more?
Just my opinions.
Tom Lansing
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