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Definition of "Dan"?
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07-14-2001, 11:33 AM
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Nick
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the kanji for dan literally means "carve steps up the cliff". "Sho" in shodan means "first" (sho also as in "shodo o seizu", control the first movement). So put two and two together and you have for shodan:
"The first step up a cliff".
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