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Rob Watson · 08-25-2009, 04:10 PM

I might get into trouble for this one ....

When my senior does something and they know better then I call them 'sempai'. Otherwise I just use their name. It don't happen often.

When my juniors do the same I just smile, kohai don't know no better. Sometimes a minor correction is appropriate. Usually just shaking my head is sufficient.

08-25-2009, 04:10 PM	#74
Rob Watson Location: CA Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 663 Offline	Re: Sempai/Kohai Relationship in Aikido I might get into trouble for this one .... When my senior does something and they know better then I call them 'sempai'. Otherwise I just use their name. It don't happen often. When my juniors do the same I just smile, kohai don't know no better. Sometimes a minor correction is appropriate. Usually just shaking my head is sufficient.
	"In my opinion, the time of spreading aikido to the world is finished; now we have to focus on quality." Yamada Yoshimitsu Ultracrepidarianism ... don't.