Course 2 consists of 3 monthly levels designed to deepen knowledge of the Kaisho style and begin with the Hiragana syllabary.
COURSE 2 – LEVEL 1
- Technical tabs on classic works of the kaisho: 九成宮醴泉銘 Kyuuseikyuureisenmei (JPEG) / Articles on the Oriental brush and on kana writing (PDF)
- Introductory exercises: Horizontal strokes (straight and concave) and Points (horizontal and vertical) (video)
- Practice of the Blue Kanji 青 in regular kaisho style (video)
- Practice of the kanji Sky 空 in regular kaisho style (video)
- Practice of both kanji in a complete work: "The Blue Sky" (video)
- Hiragana "u" う practice (video)
- Practice of hiragana "ta" た (video)
- Practice of both hiragana in one piece: "Song-sing" うた (video)
- Práctica del Reto 1: Copia los clásicos: Tendou 天道 - 九成宫鴴 Springs inscription Kyuuseikyuureisenmei - Kaisho (vídeo)
- Examples of all the calligraphy to practice with their translations, number of strokes and writing order indicated (JPEG)
COURSE 2 – LEVEL 2
- Technical tabs on classic works of the kaisho: 孔子廟堂碑 Koushibyoudouhi (JPEG) / Article on oriental paper (PDF)
- Hiragana learning booklet and complete table (JPEG)
- Introductory exercises: Joining strokes (visible or invisible) / Stroke or radical ⻌ (video)
- Practice of the kanji Firmament 天 in regular kaisho style (video)
- Practice of the kanji Camino 道 in regular kaisho style (video)
- Practice of both kanji in a complete work: Tendou 天道 (video)
- Practice of hiragana "ri" り (video)
- Hiragana practice "su" す (video)
- Practice of both hiragana in one piece: Risu りす, squirrel (video)
- Challenge Practice 2: Copy the classics: Tendou 天道 - 孔子廟堂碑 Koushibyoudouhi - Kaisho (video)
- Examples of all the calligraphy to practice with their translations, number of strokes and writing order indicated (JPEG)
COURSE 2 – LEVEL 3
- Fact sheets on classic kaisho works: 雁塔聖教序 Gantoushougyoujo and 顔氏家廟碑 Ganshikabyouhi (JPEG) / Classic kaisho masters and their works (JPEG) / Article on ink (PDF) / Technical vocabulary: Youhitsu and Unpitsu - Handling the brush and its path (JPEG) / Beginning, path, end of the stroke (JPEG) / Basic strokes and their names (JPEG) / Different beginnings and ends of vertical and horizontal strokes (JPEG)
- Introductory exercises I: Kihitsu (beginning of the stroke) in vertical and horizontal strokes (video)
- Introductory exercises II: Shuuhitsu (end of stroke) in vertical and horizontal strokes (video)
- Introductory exercises III: Stroke with upper right corner followed by an arc and strokes with lower left corner (video)
- Practice of the kanji Harmony 和 in regular kaisho style (video)
- Practice of the Wind kanji 風 in regular kaisho style (video)
- Practice of both kanji in a single work: Wafuu 和風 (video)
- Practice of hiragana "ka" か (video)
- Practice of hiragana "ni" に (video)
- Practice of both hiragana in one piece: Kani かに, crab (video)
- Practice Challenge 3: Complete calligraphy with kanji and hiragana in a vertical direction - Hirogaru sekai 広がる世界, “an expanding world” - Kaisho (video)
- Examples of all the calligraphy to be practiced, translated, with the number of strokes and writing order indicated (JPEG)