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Mario Tobias wrote:
It depends on the dojo. In our dojo, the shihan is a japanese. Even if you are a high ranking aikidoka, only the shihan can teach whoever needs help. If the class suddenly gets too loud, we'll get a telling off and shihan would say: "You don't teach, I'm teacher!". I guess its a japanese thing? I heard you're not even allowed to speak during practice in some dojos.
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Mario.
Yes indeed. I've seen such and who knows, it may be very prevalent.
Funny thing tradition sometimes.
Regards.G.