Chokkan Formal Upright
Believed to be the first style, excessively hard to due correctly Not very common style today Trunk is straight with gradual taper, front 1/3 to ½ exposed 1 st branch is at ¼, 1/3, or 1/2 the height of the tree and facing slightly forward 2 nd branch is on the other side of the tree slightly higher and facing slightly forward 3 rd branch to the back and same distance from the 1 st branch as ½ the distance from the 1 st branch and the pot.
Continue up the tree in the same rotational style getting closer and closer together with the branches. Nebari should be all the way around the tree. – WHERE TO PLACE THE FIRST BRANCH? Fibonacci sequence can be used to determine the height of the tree vs 1 st branch location – 1+1=2, 2+1, 3+2=5, 4+3=7, 5+4=9, 6+5=11 Golden ratio. found through-out nature (is the rounded off numeric representitive) X 1 st branch = tree height X height is first branch.