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My tool for assessing balance is known as ‘halving and JAPANESE TERMINOLOGY
quartering’. If a pattern is properly balanced you should
see evenly distributed elements of pattern in each USED IN THIS ARTICLE
quarter by drawing imaginary lines through the Koi.
I’d like to stress here that these are my methods that I Beni: The red/orange colour
have acquired from the teachings of many people.
There are others. Dan: A block of colour

Hanatsuke: Touching the nose
Inazuma: A lightening strike pattern

Ippon Hi: One single Dan

Kasane: Overlapping Sumi on Beni
Kutsubera: Horseshoe shaped front of a head pattern

Maruten: An isolated Beni pattern on the head

Nidan: A two step pattern
Odome: The last Dan of pattern

Ojime: The space between the Odome and the tail

Ozutsu: Tail tube
Sandan: A three step pattern

Show Classes Shiro: White

The majority of the Show Classes deployed at Koi Shiroji: White base colour
Shows are based on patterns to allow for judges to
assess like with like. For example: Sumi: Black

Kohaku, Bekko, Utsurimono, Asagi/Shusui concentrate Tsubo: Key point (position) / Sumi on Shiroji
on simple patterns. Sanke and Showa on the complex
patterns. Hikari-Muji and Mujimono on the so-called Tsukitsuki: To go before
solid patterns, i.e. single coloured Koi.

The other classes focus on other attributes. For example:
Kinginrin (Metallic Scales), Tancho (Head Patterns),
Koromo (Robing).
Hikari-Moyo and Hikari-Utsuri focus on Metallic skins
(white for Moyo and black for Utsuri).
Leaving Kawarimono to cater for all that is left.
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