“ It feels like an eternity, it’s actually just about two years since Peter plonked the bones of his ultimate book on my desk and said what do you think? It was love at first sight.

Then some genius came up with the idea of an accompanying DVD, which Nik Read filmed in May 2003.

Many many sleepless nights for a team of professionals including Nik, Susan Houghton, Clare Caddock, and most importantly, designer extraordinairre Andy Dunbar and his partner and K2K project manager Rob Wales at The Burst Proof Bubble in Manchester.

Koi 2 Kichi would not have happened without any of the aforementioned plus a litle help from our many friends notably James P Reilly, Tom Lansing and Jasper Kuijper.

I have a friend in the Formula 1 racing business and he has a great phrase which I believe is appropriate at this time... “When the flag drops the bulls**t stops”

The Koi 2 Kich flag has dropped, it is a 574 page, 103,000 word, 2000+ photograph, 1hr 30min DVD reality - so now its time for you make your own minds up.”

- excerpt from “Koi2Kichi” article in Nishikigoi International magazine, November 2005