I really don't know how to classify myself for this challenge.
I sort of did bonsai a long time ago, in college, without instruction, quite cluelessly, and killed all my trees and quit.
I went to a club meeting just over two years ago and got interested again. Started acquiring trees a bit less than two years ago, and starting getting instruction a few months after that. I still consider myself a <two years beginner, but don't want to be accused of breaking the rules.