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Old 11-29-2007, 05:53 PM   #36
David Orange
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Re: We're not sure what to call him

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Jun Akiyama wrote: View Post
Wouldn't people who would need to contact him already know his role in the dojo?
At the yoseikan hombu, we had Akahori Sensei, who handled all kinds of bureaucratic matters from collecting money and stamping payment envelopes to stamping budo "passports" and organizing various events. As far as I know he had no title for those functions. He was "just one of the shihan."

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Jun Akiyama wrote: View Post
In any case, as for the term "kyu-cho," this term just doesn't ring true for me. Although there are other terms such as "dojocho," "bucho," "kancho," and such, all of these terms contain nouns which indicate some sort of collective group (eg dojo, bu, kan). "Kyu," to me, does not have a connotation of a group and therefore sounds incongruous to my Japanese ears.
That's true. But what about something like mudansha jicho (head of mudansha matters---ji as in koto)?

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