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At the dojo where I practice, the most senior instructors are called Sensei; however, the head / founder of the main dojo, not the heads of the affiliate dojos, is called Shihan. In other words, the title of Shihan belongs only to one person at a time, until it is passed on.
I slightly disagree it depends on the Karate or general martial arts organisation in Japan itself. In Kyokushinkaikan Karate, in Japan itself most leaders, regardless of the independent association, the leaders of that conglomerate are referred to as Kancho. For example the most prominent Kyokushin Organisation in Japan and throughout the world, is Kyokushin Karate IKO1 and its leader is Kancho Matsui Shokei. For Shinkyokushin Karate its leader is Kancho Midori Kenji. Both of these two individuals are former world Kyokushinkaikan Karate champions, so they are well known in Japan and throughout the world. You also did not mention the slightly alternative term of Kaicho, similar to Kancho however while Kancho is loosely translated as 'head of the training hall' , Kaicho on the other hand, can be loosely translated as 'head of the organisation'! So these terms are not merely used overseas, rather taken from particular organisations, within Japan itself that they themselves use it exclusively and so do their affiliated dojos around the world, or used by a number of other martial arts styles in Japan also, though less common then Sensei and Senpai terminology worldwide.
You did an amazing job explaining these words! They are not only used in Karate, but other Japanese martial arts and traditional culture, so I believe this would be useful for many people✨
In Karatedo Doshinkan, we had Renshi, Shihan and Hanshi as the teacher titles. It was years before I realized these weren't common titles in other karate-do systems. Very interesting video as always, thank you!
Renshi, Kyoshi, and Hanshi are titles borrowed from Japanese traditions in the same way that belt ranks were borrowed. In Matsubayashi-ryu, we also refer to Nagamine Takayoshi as Soke to give him special recognition as being the son of Nagamine Shōshin, whom we call Osensei. This is similar to kōryu schools like Kashima Shinryu, which distinguishes between Soke (founding lineage) and Shihanke (teaching lineage). I've never heard Kancho or Shidoin used, though they make sense.
As a Non-Japanese it is difficult to comment such things but from my experience and what I've learnd is that Sensei is not an official title but more a polite prefix to a person who is a person of respect. But Renshi, Kyoshi, Hanshi are official Titles for teachers or professors with certifications by Butokuden as official Budo-Administration. Kancho is used as title of an organization headmaster like Kancho Kanazawa from SKIF. Soke is used as familiy style/ryu headmaster where the eldest son (or daughter) takes over the part from his father like the Mabuni Family from Shito-Ryu. But always very interesting your videos. Keep going or Ganbatte kudasai!
oss! for me in southern switzerland soke is hirokazu kanazawa, kancho is nobuaki kanzawa, rikuta koga(founder of our swiss association) is shihan and sensei is for me each of our association (SKIF) who has a higher dan than me. thank you for your interesting videos and oss from switzerland
Where I study Taekwondo, we refer to anyone that's 4th to 6th dan as master or sabumnim. If their an instructor under 4th dan, we say instructor, kyosanim, Mr., or Ms./Mrs. If they are 7th to 9th, they're referred to as grand master. If they're not a teacher and their a black belt, we just address them like a fellow classmate. And one special thing, if their the owner of the school, we call them headmaster or chief master.
I think Kancho is mainly used in okinawan karate or kyokushin organisations, where you have different "substyles". For example, you have Goju-ryu Shoreikan, Goju-ryu Meibukan, etc... Kyokushinkaikan, Shinkyokushinkaikan, Kyokushinkan, etc... many many more. Each head of each organisation or substyle is called a "kancho". For example Shokei Matsui is the Kancho of Kyokushinkaikan, Kenji Midori is kancho of shinkyokushinkaikan. Kiyohide Shinjo may be the kancho of Uechi-Ryu Kenyukai, I'm not sure. But I don't think such status exist for Shotokan actually.
Fascinating, I’ve heard of the terms Renshi, Kyoshi & Hanshi before. When I started my return to serious study karate. The guy was introduced to me as Kyoshi. But the fact those were originally kendo terms was enlightening.
I practiced Kyokushin, my instructor was a 2nd degree black belt and we referred to him as Sempai. From 3rd degree on was Sensei though the President of our association at the time was a 7th degree and he was referred to as Shihan
In our Jujutsu School, we use Sempai as "assistant teachers", Sensei as "teacher", Shihan as "Principal of the school", Kyoshi as "High Dan level without their own school". Those are really the only terms for titles that we use.
Wow, I am very thankful to find you channel. Where I was going to karate our instructor wanted us to call him Shihan. However, I am finding out a lot about how this man is not as qualified as he presents himself to be. After 6 years and thousands of dollars; I believe he is just in it for the money. It is very sad that someone would use such an honorable art to take advantage of people. I may need to chat with you privately at some point.
For shougou 称号 you need to be 6th dan and pass special criteria and evaluations. Renshi 錬士 are normally renowned practitioners. Kyoshi 教士 are normally people that acted like teachers, giving seminars, etc. Hanshi 範士 are the exponent of what kendo means. Their form, seme, understanding of sen,etc. Is incomparable but also they are the example of 品格 and 品位. I would love to see you compare similarities between kendo and shotokan, there are plenty.
In our dojo we address the teachers as Sensei. Among students, or at least those more interested in the tradition of karate (as we understand it), we usually address as Senpai the student that is given the task to lead the class whenever the Sensei is otherwise occupied. To the beginners we sometimes refer as kohai, even though we also use it amongst ourselves to refer to a less experienced student in comparison to another, regardless of graduation level (i.e. I am a 6th kyu which sometimes fill in as Senpai for the little ones, but consider myself a kohai in comparison to our Sensei and other more experienced students). The dojo is associated with SKI-P (Shotokan Karate Internacional - Portugal), and its head, we call Shihan. Of course SKI-P is part of SKI-F (Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation), whose founder, the late Hirokazu Kanazawa, we called Soke. His son Nobuaki Kanazawa, which to my knowledge is the main instructor for SKI-F in Japan, we call Kancho. I never really knew the difference between Sensei, Shihan, Soke and Kancho.
In our school, which is a Kyokushin school, we refer to 1st through 4th dan as Sensei and 5th and above as Shihan. When I used to study Shorinji Kempo in Japan, Sensei was not used until 4th dan or higher.
Renshi is Used in Isshinryu. It has a meaning something akin to "Polished Practitioner", and the actual rank can differ from dojo to dojo. The Renshi belt is red & white, on one side, and black on the other. Depending on how it is worn, it can express 4 different ranks. Also it is not awarded to everyone of equal rank. Only the most dedicated of students.
Nice Segment again Sensei Yusuke,, Sensei hoping to see a kata Presentation from you Sensei.. we really Admired your Karate skills,, thankyou so much Sensei
The Dai Nippon Butokukai and Kokusai Budoin are the organizations that developed and used the honorific titles like Tasshi, Renshi, Kyoshi, Hanshi, Shihan, etc.
The way that I was explained Kancho is as follows. Everyone I study with belongs to the same RYU and from that Ryu we have multiple Kan and methodologies for instructing across the world. Each Kan has a Kancho. Best I can think of is how Miyagi Sensei developed Goju Ryu and from that Seikichi Toguchi developed the Shorei kan. (He developed more Kata and more bunkai but it’s still goju Ryu) and same with morio and the cat Yamaguchi. (I may spelled their names wrong I’m just going off memory)
In my Judo dojo. I dont use Sensei as I feel the kids dont really have any relationship with the word So I just refer to myself as their trainer or Michael.
At our dojo we use Sensei for SanDan, Renshi for Yon and Go Dan, Kyoushi for Rokku and Nana Dan, and lastly Shihan for Hachi Dan, our Shihan took these titles from his experience with Kendo and liked it so much he uses it in the Karate Dojo.
My Sensei doesn't have an actual dojo. He offers karate class as part of a health and wellness group at a local mental health clinic. Before the pandemic, we would meet in either weight room, or the large class room. The number of students can very widely, but I am a constant within the class. My wife will also join in every so often. During class I call my teacher Sensei. However, he is also my case manager at the clinic, and I call him by his first name when not in class. During Kata practice, I usually lead while he helps the other students. I am waiting for the group classes to start up again. I miss doing kata in a group. Especially since my back pain is gone away!
Renshi, Kyoshi, and Hanshi are used in Okinawa actually they are teaching licenses. Renshi is typically eligible at 6th Dan, kyoshi 7and 8th Dan and Hanshi is 9th and 10th. The head of the group I belong too Toyama Zenshu is a Hanshi.
In my dojo, we address our teacher as "Shihan" or "Sensei" - the founder of our school is addressed as "Hanshi" (in the sense that it can mean scholar or gentleman)... Senpai is rarely used as most of our kids rarely want to learn much Nihongo beyond the basics used in martial arts...
The sho-go ( master title ) awarded by All Japan Karate Do Federation ( Shitokai ) & World Shito ryu karate do Federation ( WSKF) consist of three ranks ( titles) namely Renshi, Kyoshi & Hanshi . Apart from these 3 titles there are 3 instructor levels in Shitokai like Jokyo, Jun-Shihan & Shihan, but these are not titles. Shihan is a fully licensed teacher. Minimum 3rd Dan is required for jokyo, 4 th Dan for Jun Shihan and a 5th Dan for Shihan.
The Yoshinkan branch of aikidō typical refers to their first headmaster (now passed away), SHIODA Gōzō, as "Kanchō". Presently, their organization is worldwide, and is now formally known as "Yoshinkai", but their stylistic way of doing things is still usually referred to in aikidō circles as "Yoshinkan Aikidō".
I call my sensei usually as mestre witch is portuguese for master. There is also a Late sensei that i also refered as mestre. Its the other one i hold close to my heart. Any other sensei i use the japanese word.
In my dojo we use instructor to refer to the inmidate teacher and master to all the higher ranks than the instructor, we use soke to name the founder of our style and shijan to name his main stundents
Check Goku Kai ,I think they may have adopted some titles like kyoshi and renshi! Waco ryu is another samurai karate system. Maybe they also have some similar titles.
I’m an American shorin ryu instructor. Or at least I was before I destroyed my shoulder training for a second combat tour with the Marines. The way I was told Hanshi is used is if your students are now also teaching you are a Hanshi. From what I’ve gathered that’s not the case?
Interesting, I'm surprised there's no "SHISHOU" i thought it's the same category when it comes to teaching someone or just superior in general in some aspect . I believe it translates to "Master"
I’m former kyokushin student. Depending on rank, we used Sempai, Sensei and Shihan. And Sosai for the founder Mas Oyama. You never mentioned Sosai @karate dojo waku? I believe it’s like a founding father?
"Shihan" is reserved for the chairman of our organisation, the grandmaster. In everbody else's case we use the first name and in some cases first name plus "sensei"
I have hear that Shihan is a degree more important that Sensei, like a Sensei of Sensei, or a higher level DAN. It's true? BTW, I call my Sensei by his name. He don't like that we call 'sensei', and it's common in Spain to call by name instead 'Sensei' (at least the teachers I know)
A funny story: very long time ago at an informal party setting I was chatting with my instructor about some aspects of karate's history and referred to Gichin Funakoshi by his name alone. I immediately got yelled at and corrected, and told that he is to be referred to as "Master Funakoshi" or at the very least "Sensei Funakoshi". I complied, of course since I was just a college student at that time and the instructor was my karate teacher. But I did feel bad, especially since I did not expect such a violent reaction. But now I take a different approach: if I refer to a historical figure in a historical context I always refer to them by name alone, and risk the wrath of others. But if I refer to someone who is or was my instructor, (and by instructor I mean someone who actually taught me, and not just for a day or two at a seminar), even in a historical context, I will always refer to them as "Sensei". This way I differentiate bwetween myself as a karate student and as a karate researcher.
So my understanding is when you have a school with multiple Black belts, all of whom would be refered to as Sensei, the Kancho is the one who first opened that school.
Good evening from NYC this how they use those terms here in the Eazt coast and USA Senpai would be your 1st tittle. U can get this as a brown belt to black belt or black belt 1st-3rd. Sensei would be for those earning a black belt in some system.when yiu earn 1st degree B.b. Shihan useless comes after 3rd Then Renshi 5th 6-7 Kyoshi 8-9 hanshi. This yiu see lot in the USA system of karate. Soke would earn this if a karateka found his own system. I am Soke I found my own system. Kancho is head of the dojo or school not to many system yiu see this name or title out in the USA. One note Shihan can be use for up to 9th degree I seen it in some USA system .
Hello, Sensei! About the term SENPAI. How do we refer in the dojo to someone much older but who has a lower belt? For example: I'm 15 years old and I have a brown belt, and a 40-year-old student enters in the dojo but he has a yellow belt. Who is SENPAI?
Hi Yusuke, how are you? Do you have the Dojo Kun in your dojo? I remember that before leaving the trainament we had to read: Hitotsu, and 3 more lines which I don't remember. Focusing on maintaining inner peace, and so on! Thank you!
Is there a term called "shi sho," something like that? It sounds like characters in anime say that for master. Also, in Japan, when you say sensei, do you ever need to say their name before or after you say sensei? Like, if you have two Karate teachers in the same room.
That would be shishō (or shishou) 師匠. It's used more for a master you owe allegiance to, but not necessarily one who is your teacher. It is also used for a sumō coach who also owns his stable. It's Japanese convention to put a title or appellation at the end of a name, and it's perfectly reasonable to use [name]-sensei. In a formal situation where two of your teachers are present, it is more appropriate to use [surname]-sensei.
How many people might you suppose have reached at least 5th Dan in Shotokan, including JKA, Shotokai, SKIF, ISKF, SKA, and all the other offshoots I’m missing?
Is it pronounced “seMpai” or “seNpai”? What about SOKE? My SOKE was Teruo Hayashi. I’ve heard kancho in j-dramas haha, isn’t that more for like a CEO or big boss manager of a company?
Karate dojo waKu,maybe you can extend a little more in the correct usage of the term "sensei", because i see many people that presdents themselves as "John Sensei" for example and the word sensei es more like the words "san", "chan", "kun" and its weird to use it when talking about yourself.
Funny. When I was 14 and learned Teakwondo, the main teacher was just called "Herr Choi" (german for Mister Choi) when I changed to Shotokan and later to Kyokushin it was not even that formal, because the instructors and asistant instructors told us to use their forenames. (Okay, in Kokushin it was a natural thing, because I was originally taking K1-Kickboxing there and just took also Kyokushin with the same teacher) We learned "senpai", "sensei" and "shihan", but barely used it in the training. But I know some Dojos in Germany which people try to be more "korean" or more "japanese". A bit of a bad experience was german "Wing Tsun": This looked so weird an wrong, when they tried to imitate the "confucianism", put up lineage-pictures of Keith Kenspecht, Leung Ting, Yip Man and (WTF?) Bruce Lee in a corner and called themself "Sifu", "Sigung". They overuse their titles often as marketing so you see a lot of german "Wing Tsun"-Sifus from Germany in social media :D
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At the dojo where I practice, the most senior instructors are called Sensei; however, the head / founder of the main dojo, not the heads of the affiliate dojos, is called Shihan. In other words, the title of Shihan belongs only to one person at a time, until it is passed on.
Sensei. I have to force myself to use actual names outside the dojo.
We use Sensei in Goju. We also use Kansho since for the head instructor. I wonder when does one use Shisho?
I slightly disagree it depends on the Karate or general martial arts organisation in Japan itself. In Kyokushinkaikan Karate, in Japan itself most leaders, regardless of the independent association, the leaders of that conglomerate are referred to as Kancho. For example the most prominent Kyokushin Organisation in Japan and throughout the world, is Kyokushin Karate IKO1 and its leader is Kancho Matsui Shokei. For Shinkyokushin Karate its leader is Kancho Midori Kenji. Both of these two individuals are former world Kyokushinkaikan Karate champions, so they are well known in Japan and throughout the world.
You also did not mention the slightly alternative term of Kaicho, similar to Kancho however while Kancho is loosely translated as 'head of the training hall' , Kaicho on the other hand, can be loosely translated as 'head of the organisation'! So these terms are not merely used overseas, rather taken from particular organisations, within Japan itself that they themselves use it exclusively and so do their affiliated dojos around the world, or used by a number of other martial arts styles in Japan also, though less common then Sensei and Senpai terminology worldwide.
You did an amazing job explaining these words!
They are not only used in Karate, but other Japanese martial arts and traditional culture, so I believe this would be useful for many people✨
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Soke is used a lot in europe to describe the head of a ninjutsu school. Which makes perfect sense given that ninja ran in clans!
In Karatedo Doshinkan, we had Renshi, Shihan and Hanshi as the teacher titles. It was years before I realized these weren't common titles in other karate-do systems. Very interesting video as always, thank you!
Renshi, Kyoshi, and Hanshi are titles borrowed from Japanese traditions in the same way that belt ranks were borrowed. In Matsubayashi-ryu, we also refer to Nagamine Takayoshi as Soke to give him special recognition as being the son of Nagamine Shōshin, whom we call Osensei. This is similar to kōryu schools like Kashima Shinryu, which distinguishes between Soke (founding lineage) and Shihanke (teaching lineage). I've never heard Kancho or Shidoin used, though they make sense.
As a Non-Japanese it is difficult to comment such things but from my experience and what I've learnd is that Sensei is not an official title but more a polite prefix to a person who is a person of respect. But Renshi, Kyoshi, Hanshi are official Titles for teachers or professors with certifications by Butokuden as official Budo-Administration. Kancho is used as title of an organization headmaster like Kancho Kanazawa from SKIF. Soke is used as familiy style/ryu headmaster where the eldest son (or daughter) takes over the part from his father like the Mabuni Family from Shito-Ryu. But always very interesting your videos. Keep going or Ganbatte kudasai!
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for me in southern switzerland soke is hirokazu kanazawa, kancho is nobuaki kanzawa, rikuta koga(founder of our swiss association) is shihan and sensei is for me each of our association (SKIF) who has a higher dan than me.
thank you for your interesting videos and oss from switzerland
Where I study Taekwondo, we refer to anyone that's 4th to 6th dan as master or sabumnim. If their an instructor under 4th dan, we say instructor, kyosanim, Mr., or Ms./Mrs. If they are 7th to 9th, they're referred to as grand master. If they're not a teacher and their a black belt, we just address them like a fellow classmate. And one special thing, if their the owner of the school, we call them headmaster or chief master.
We use Sensei, Kyoshi, and Hanshi in our Karate school
I think Kancho is mainly used in okinawan karate or kyokushin organisations, where you have different "substyles". For example, you have Goju-ryu Shoreikan, Goju-ryu Meibukan, etc... Kyokushinkaikan, Shinkyokushinkaikan, Kyokushinkan, etc... many many more. Each head of each organisation or substyle is called a "kancho". For example Shokei Matsui is the Kancho of Kyokushinkaikan, Kenji Midori is kancho of shinkyokushinkaikan. Kiyohide Shinjo may be the kancho of Uechi-Ryu Kenyukai, I'm not sure. But I don't think such status exist for Shotokan actually.
For Kyokushin it is like this:
1-2. Dan: sempai
3-4. Dan: sensei
5-6. Dan: shihan
7-8. Dan: hanshi
Leader/Director: kancho
Founder: sosai
Fascinating, I’ve heard of the terms Renshi, Kyoshi & Hanshi before. When I started my return to serious study karate. The guy was introduced to me as Kyoshi. But the fact those were originally kendo terms was enlightening.
I learned some of these terms years ago in a shotokan karate school in NY when I was a kid. Same with MMA.
I practiced Kyokushin, my instructor was a 2nd degree black belt and we referred to him as Sempai. From 3rd degree on was Sensei though the President of our association at the time was a 7th degree and he was referred to as Shihan
In our Jujutsu School, we use Sempai as "assistant teachers", Sensei as "teacher", Shihan as "Principal of the school", Kyoshi as "High Dan level without their own school". Those are really the only terms for titles that we use.
Wow, I am very thankful to find you channel. Where I was going to karate our instructor wanted us to call him Shihan. However, I am finding out a lot about how this man is not as qualified as he presents himself to be. After 6 years and thousands of dollars; I believe he is just in it for the money. It is very sad that someone would use such an honorable art to take advantage of people. I may need to chat with you privately at some point.
For shougou 称号 you need to be 6th dan and pass special criteria and evaluations.
Renshi 錬士 are normally renowned practitioners.
Kyoshi 教士 are normally people that acted like teachers, giving seminars, etc.
Hanshi 範士 are the exponent of what kendo means. Their form, seme, understanding of sen,etc. Is incomparable but also they are the example of 品格 and 品位.
I would love to see you compare similarities between kendo and shotokan, there are plenty.
But you only call them sensei... it’s like an extra honorific in the curriculum, but not mentioned
In our dojo we address the teachers as Sensei. Among students, or at least those more interested in the tradition of karate (as we understand it), we usually address as Senpai the student that is given the task to lead the class whenever the Sensei is otherwise occupied. To the beginners we sometimes refer as kohai, even though we also use it amongst ourselves to refer to a less experienced student in comparison to another, regardless of graduation level (i.e. I am a 6th kyu which sometimes fill in as Senpai for the little ones, but consider myself a kohai in comparison to our Sensei and other more experienced students).
The dojo is associated with SKI-P (Shotokan Karate Internacional - Portugal), and its head, we call Shihan.
Of course SKI-P is part of SKI-F (Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation), whose founder, the late Hirokazu Kanazawa, we called Soke. His son Nobuaki Kanazawa, which to my knowledge is the main instructor for SKI-F in Japan, we call Kancho.
I never really knew the difference between Sensei, Shihan, Soke and Kancho.
In our school, which is a Kyokushin school, we refer to 1st through 4th dan as Sensei and 5th and above as Shihan. When I used to study Shorinji Kempo in Japan, Sensei was not used until 4th dan or higher.
Renshi is Used in Isshinryu. It has a meaning something akin to "Polished Practitioner", and the actual rank can differ from dojo to dojo. The Renshi belt is red & white, on one side, and black on the other. Depending on how it is worn, it can express 4 different ranks. Also it is not awarded to everyone of equal rank. Only the most dedicated of students.
Nice Segment again Sensei Yusuke,, Sensei hoping to see a kata Presentation from you Sensei.. we really Admired your Karate skills,, thankyou so much Sensei
The Dai Nippon Butokukai and Kokusai Budoin are the organizations that developed and used the honorific titles like Tasshi, Renshi, Kyoshi, Hanshi, Shihan, etc.
In my okinawan karate school the term used to address our director (in Okinawa) is
塾長
JukuChoo
... But we always address him as Sensei
I'm doing Aikido, and for Shodan until Sandan we call them Senpai. We call the Yondan and Godan as Sensei and Rokudan, Sichidan as Shihan.
The way that I was explained Kancho is as follows. Everyone I study with belongs to the same RYU and from that Ryu we have multiple Kan and methodologies for instructing across the world. Each Kan has a Kancho. Best I can think of is how Miyagi Sensei developed Goju Ryu and from that Seikichi Toguchi developed the Shorei kan. (He developed more Kata and more bunkai but it’s still goju Ryu) and same with morio and the cat Yamaguchi. (I may spelled their names wrong I’m just going off memory)
In my Judo dojo. I dont use Sensei as I feel the kids dont really have any relationship with the word So I just refer to myself as their trainer or Michael.
At our dojo we use Sensei for SanDan, Renshi for Yon and Go Dan, Kyoushi for Rokku and Nana Dan, and lastly Shihan for Hachi Dan, our Shihan took these titles from his experience with Kendo and liked it so much he uses it in the Karate Dojo.
My Sensei doesn't have an actual dojo. He offers karate class as part of a health and wellness group at a local mental health clinic. Before the pandemic, we would meet in either weight room, or the large class room. The number of students can very widely, but I am a constant within the class. My wife will also join in every so often. During class I call my teacher Sensei. However, he is also my case manager at the clinic, and I call him by his first name when not in class. During Kata practice, I usually lead while he helps the other students. I am waiting for the group classes to start up again. I miss doing kata in a group. Especially since my back pain is gone away!
Renshi, Kyoshi, and Hanshi are used in Okinawa actually they are teaching licenses. Renshi is typically eligible at 6th Dan, kyoshi 7and 8th Dan and Hanshi is 9th and 10th. The head of the group I belong too Toyama Zenshu is a Hanshi.
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I call my teacher (who has a 6th Dan) shihan.
In my dojo, we address our teacher as "Shihan" or "Sensei" - the founder of our school is addressed as "Hanshi" (in the sense that it can mean scholar or gentleman)... Senpai is rarely used as most of our kids rarely want to learn much Nihongo beyond the basics used in martial arts...
The sho-go ( master title ) awarded by All Japan Karate Do Federation ( Shitokai ) & World Shito ryu karate do Federation ( WSKF) consist of three ranks ( titles) namely Renshi, Kyoshi & Hanshi . Apart from these 3 titles there are 3 instructor levels in Shitokai like Jokyo, Jun-Shihan & Shihan, but these are not titles. Shihan is a fully licensed teacher. Minimum 3rd Dan is required for jokyo, 4 th Dan for Jun Shihan and a 5th Dan for Shihan.
The Yoshinkan branch of aikidō typical refers to their first headmaster (now passed away), SHIODA Gōzō, as "Kanchō". Presently, their organization is worldwide, and is now formally known as "Yoshinkai", but their stylistic way of doing things is still usually referred to in aikidō circles as "Yoshinkan Aikidō".
Renshi, hanshi y kyoshi are not just for kendo...we use it in Karate too
I call my sensei usually as mestre witch is portuguese for master. There is also a Late sensei that i also refered as mestre. Its the other one i hold close to my heart. Any other sensei i use the japanese word.
In my dojo we use instructor to refer to the inmidate teacher and master to all the higher ranks than the instructor, we use soke to name the founder of our style and shijan to name his main stundents
Check Goku Kai ,I think they may have adopted some titles like kyoshi and renshi! Waco ryu is another samurai karate system. Maybe they also have some similar titles.
I meant wado ryu which is like an offshoot of shotokan.
I’m an American shorin ryu instructor. Or at least I was before I destroyed my shoulder training for a second combat tour with the Marines. The way I was told Hanshi is used is if your students are now also teaching you are a Hanshi. From what I’ve gathered that’s not the case?
The founder of the Kyokushin style, Masutatsu Oyama, is known as Sōsai (総 裁).
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I don't really know about other JKA dojos but at the one I train in we use either Sensei or just the teacher's name.
I always refer to my karate teachers as "Sensei", otherwise I use the word "Instructor" for martial arts teachers
Interesting, I'm surprised there's no "SHISHOU" i thought it's the same category when it comes to teaching someone or just superior in general in some aspect . I believe it translates to "Master"
I just watched a very interesting movie called Bushido Man and they used ShiShou.
As far as a "Soke" that comes to mind that comes to mind is Soke Masaaki Hatsumi, he's the 34th generation Grand Master of Togakure Ryu.
I’m former kyokushin student. Depending on rank, we used Sempai, Sensei and Shihan. And Sosai for the founder Mas Oyama. You never mentioned Sosai @karate dojo waku? I believe it’s like a founding father?
sosai meaning its president, and kancho its director
@@ichigekimanado9293 aha I see, thank you 🙏🏻
"Shihan" is reserved for the chairman of our organisation, the grandmaster. In everbody else's case we use the first name and in some cases first name plus "sensei"
I have hear that Shihan is a degree more important that Sensei, like a Sensei of Sensei, or a higher level DAN. It's true?
BTW, I call my Sensei by his name. He don't like that we call 'sensei', and it's common in Spain to call by name instead 'Sensei' (at least the teachers I know)
A funny story: very long time ago at an informal party setting I was chatting with my instructor about some aspects of karate's history and referred to Gichin Funakoshi by his name alone. I immediately got yelled at and corrected, and told that he is to be referred to as "Master Funakoshi" or at the very least "Sensei Funakoshi". I complied, of course since I was just a college student at that time and the instructor was my karate teacher. But I did feel bad, especially since I did not expect such a violent reaction. But now I take a different approach: if I refer to a historical figure in a historical context I always refer to them by name alone, and risk the wrath of others. But if I refer to someone who is or was my instructor, (and by instructor I mean someone who actually taught me, and not just for a day or two at a seminar), even in a historical context, I will always refer to them as "Sensei". This way I differentiate bwetween myself as a karate student and as a karate researcher.
So my understanding is when you have a school with multiple Black belts, all of whom would be refered to as Sensei, the Kancho is the one who first opened that school.
Good evening from NYC this how they use those terms here in the Eazt coast and USA
Senpai would be your 1st tittle. U can get this as a brown belt to black belt or black belt 1st-3rd.
Sensei would be for those earning a black belt in some system.when yiu earn 1st degree B.b.
Shihan useless comes after 3rd
Then Renshi 5th
6-7 Kyoshi 8-9 hanshi. This yiu see lot in the USA system of karate.
Soke would earn this if a karateka found his own system. I am Soke I found my own system.
Kancho is head of the dojo or school not to many system yiu see this name or title out in the USA. One note Shihan can be use for up to 9th degree I seen it in some USA system .
in 40 yrs of MA RARELY hav 👁EVER called 1 of my instructors by given name & NEVER any Master- how very disrespectful!
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Sometimes. Many Japanese words of Teacher sometimes it translates to "Professor", "Mentor", "Director", "Instructor" or "Doctor"
Hello, Sensei!
About the term SENPAI. How do we refer in the dojo to someone much older but who has a lower belt?
For example: I'm 15 years old and I have a brown belt, and a 40-year-old student enters in the dojo but he has a yellow belt. Who is SENPAI?
Renshi, Kyoshi & Hanshi are common in Okinawa karate even directly in Okinawa. Not that shihan isn’t used.
Hi Yusuke, how are you? Do you have the Dojo Kun in your dojo? I remember that before leaving the trainament we had to read: Hitotsu, and 3 more lines which I don't remember. Focusing on maintaining inner peace, and so on! Thank you!
India sometimes we call teacher as ''Guru''. and sometimes Teacher .
They do the same in some parts of Southeast Asia, I think...like in Indonesian martial arts.
Is there a term called "shi sho," something like that? It sounds like characters in anime say that for master. Also, in Japan, when you say sensei, do you ever need to say their name before or after you say sensei? Like, if you have two Karate teachers in the same room.
That would be shishō (or shishou) 師匠. It's used more for a master you owe allegiance to, but not necessarily one who is your teacher. It is also used for a sumō coach who also owns his stable.
It's Japanese convention to put a title or appellation at the end of a name, and it's perfectly reasonable to use [name]-sensei. In a formal situation where two of your teachers are present, it is more appropriate to use [surname]-sensei.
@@jamesfrankiewicz5768 Thanks for the answers!
We use Senpai, Sensei and Kansho in my Goju ryu dojo, depending on the rank and experience of the teacher. When would one use the term “Shisho”?
Maybe in anime? 👮
we have kyoshi shihan, sensei and senpai
Theres a shito ryu sensei in my area that make his students caller him shidoshi🤣
My Okinawa shurite jujitsu Kai karate
How many people might you suppose have reached at least 5th Dan in Shotokan, including JKA, Shotokai, SKIF, ISKF, SKA, and all the other offshoots I’m missing?
I address them by their first name outside of the dojo. Name Sensei in the dojo.
What would be the Japanese word for master???
Meijin 名人 for someone who has full mastery of a skill, shishō 師匠 for someone who is a master over others (and doesn't have another fitting title).
Is it pronounced “seMpai” or “seNpai”? What about SOKE? My SOKE was Teruo Hayashi. I’ve heard kancho in j-dramas haha, isn’t that more for like a CEO or big boss manager of a company?
We put the. Last name then the rank
What does SHIDOSHI mean?
my students call me sensei and i call my teacher shisho.
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Creo que ya ví este video? O era uno similar? Yo lo llamo Profe 😁
Karate dojo waKu,maybe you can extend a little more in the correct usage of the term "sensei", because i see many people that presdents themselves as "John Sensei" for example and the word sensei es more like the words "san", "chan", "kun" and its weird to use it when talking about yourself.
How long did it take you to get black belt
Guro...
My student call me sensei if they want but i m ok if they call me by my name Olivier
Funny. When I was 14 and learned Teakwondo, the main teacher was just called "Herr Choi" (german for Mister Choi) when I changed to Shotokan and later to Kyokushin it was not even that formal, because the instructors and asistant instructors told us to use their forenames. (Okay, in Kokushin it was a natural thing, because I was originally taking K1-Kickboxing there and just took also Kyokushin with the same teacher) We learned "senpai", "sensei" and "shihan", but barely used it in the training.
But I know some Dojos in Germany which people try to be more "korean" or more "japanese".
A bit of a bad experience was german "Wing Tsun": This looked so weird an wrong, when they tried to imitate the "confucianism", put up lineage-pictures of Keith Kenspecht, Leung Ting, Yip Man and (WTF?) Bruce Lee in a corner and called themself "Sifu", "Sigung".
They overuse their titles often as marketing so you see a lot of german "Wing Tsun"-Sifus from Germany in social media :D
Sensei is 6th dan to 10th and sempai 5th dan to 1rst
Im 5th dan so im sempai...kyudokan Higa Te School
just you mentioned shihan but forget to explain the meaning of it
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I thought 長 means "long",...?
What about Shihan?
Didn’t you watch?
we call my sensei by his first name...
It depends... If it's just me and the teacher, I call him by his first name, but if there are more students, I call him sensei.