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Shadowfax · 06-30-2011, 03:41 PM

According to Stefan Stenudd's excellent aikido glossary deshi does indeed translate as simply student. From what I was able to dig up using Google kyudansha means a person or group of people wearing a white belt.

06-30-2011, 03:41 PM	#3
Shadowfax Dojo: Allegheny Aikido, Pitsburgh PA Location: Pittsburgh PA Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 845 Offline	Re: Terminology - Kyudansha? According to Stefan Stenudd's excellent aikido glossary deshi does indeed translate as simply student. From what I was able to dig up using Google kyudansha means a person or group of people wearing a white belt.
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