Mogi Hair Education

The seminar in March.

We focused on the foot position, and proper way of holding scissors for the fundamental hair cut method.

We also learned the method of efficient way to design hair styles by sketching the diagram before actually cutting hair.

At the beginning of the seminar.

We did exercise to loosen the fingers and wrists. This is very important preparation though almost all hair stylists don’t know the value of doing it.

If you’re a pianist, guitarist or serious musician, you wouldn’t start playing until you warm up, do you?

I’ve known many stylists developing pain in fingers, wrists, elbow, and other parts of body. This will prevent you from spending extra time and money with doctors.

This is certainly very beneficial to your well-being. as well.

I plead with my fellow students to practice, Practice, and PRACTICE.

Unfortunately, most of the students just don’t see the importance of these exercises. In anything you take up, the exercises seem to be  boring and tedious work.

If you’re persistent, and diligent., you’ll be certain that the result will appear sooner than expected.

After the exercise, we learn to sketch the diagram of hair cut that we are about to create.

Visualizing and conceptualizing the hair cut is one thing, be able to actually write it down will solidify the idea one step closer to realizing it.

Almost all the artists in any field do the sketching in some form or the other to cut the cost and time.

Let’s see how each students are doing.

Marjorie Hewitt San

who is a student at the Beauty school.

First thing I notice is her foot position. Properly, her left foot should be at 12 o’clock position. ( The foot is more toward one o’clock position.) This will prevent left elbow from moving toward the center of her body. Therefore her tendency it to pull the hair only with her hand.  12 o’clock position allows her to use her whole body.

She will use less effort and wasting unnecessary energy.

Explain in Japanese but you see what miki doing !

Weeraya- san

Is a returned and this will be her second lesson.

She shows the intensity when cutting hair. She is one of the left-handed stylist so that her positioning is the reversal of right-handed stylists.

The front foot is correctly at 12 o’clock, but her back foot is at 9 o’clock position which should be at 10 o’clock.( For right hand stylists, it will be at 2 o’clock.) Her left elbow is close to the center of her body which is good.

Because of her foot positioning, she will most likely to force her to pull the hair toward the center, creating an unnatural movement thus more effort.

Jim-san

He is also a student at the Beauty school.

I am pleased to see that his left hand placement is excellent.

His left elbow is close to the center of his body and left shoulder is pointing toward the cutting position.  Though you can’t see in this picture, his right foot is at 2 o’clock position.

This is The Fundamental Stance that I have been preaching. With this cutting position, his hair cuts will be always in “precision”.

Keep practicing for improvement and refinement. Needless to say, he has a “good start”.

Flor-san

She paused for a second and pose for a picture taken.!

She seems to be pulling out the hair properly. However the closer look reveals that her right foot is almost at 3 o’clock and her left is at 12 o’clock.

With this “open” position, it will be easy to pull the hair, but most likely pulling the hair to the side, instead of to the center of her body.

This will have tendency to cut the hair shorter toward her, but leaving the hair longer toward the outside.

I’ve noticed that she had a firm grip of the scissor which will  prevent the scissors to move on straight line thus losing the precision of cutting hair.

the same could be said to most of the students I encounter. ( I might add that the importance of the exercise I recommend is a crucial step of achieving the fluidity of motion.)

Tiffany-san

She is a Nikkei Nisei stylist.

She is the stylist who has been participating in my class since I started the seminar.

This year she has colored her hair back to the natural and straight.

She has exceptionally nimble fingers and wrists. Her situation is opposite of the most stylists that she needs to control or steady her hands.

She is a hair stylist in the salon and she has another job which makes her a little harder to allocate time to practice.

To cut hair in this position, her left elbow must be raised higher to be able to cut a perpendicular line.

Junko-san

She received the cosmetology license in the States. She too is the original students since the inception of seminars. She’s now working as an assistant in the salon. With the American beauty school system, she learned to cut hair with clients coming to the school. After graduating and working in salon as an assistant, she hardly has opportunity to cut hair. Therefore she doesn’t have time to practice.

I must give her credit.  Despite of the fact her practice is limited, she’s steadily making a progress which is amazing.

Stand at 2 o’clock position and place the hand parallel to the head and pull out the panel of hair. If the angle is set and pulling the hair with the whole body will assure you of consistent angle of cut.

Your idea of approach is good though your left elbow is at “open” position. I would suggest you to bring the left elbow to “close” position so that it will be align to center of your body.

This will lead you to cut hair in precision.

Jody-san

She has the most experience in cutting hair, over 20 years and most serious student in this class. Because her amount of experience, she has developed her own approach to cutting hair. She wants to get better faster therefore pushing too hard.

Impatience breeds unfavorable results.

My advice is to approach the new technique with slower pace and acquire the right feel.

Also I recommend using a cutting wig to practice. Because of her experience, her understanding and comprehension of seminar is very good.

I am pleased with her rapid progress. Her mind is set to attend the seminar for over a half-year or so.

I am looking forward to seeing her progress. Don’t hesitate to absorb all the experience I have acquired. I am here to share.

Timesha-san

She has taken my class at the Long Beach Show. She is also a left-handed stylist.

She is standing at 10 o’clock position to cut the top section of head.

Her positioning of right hand and following through to pull the hair from scalp to cutting position is excellent.

She places the fingers gently on the scalp and pulls out the hair straight up to the desired length.

This is to ensure the proper angle and the line of angle for desired finish.

How’s her hold of scissors?

She too has tight grip. Therefore, she loses the speed and the touch.

On April seminar, I will spend sometime to show her how to improve on the speed and accuracy.

I mentioned several times about the importance of holding the scissors properly.

This is basically an acquired skill.

Therefore it is a must that each one of you spend time to master it.

The best way is practice on daily basis and whenever you find spare time, keep exercising your lazy fingers! ( However, do acquire the proper way of exercising!)