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03-29-2007, 10:15 AM
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Re: George Ledyard on the Future of Aikido
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BRAVO!!!!!!! DIG DEEPER,DOKA!
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Jennifer,
I've seen you use the term "doka" on a couple of occasions. I'm confused as to what you mean by it.
Michael
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03-29-2007, 11:06 AM
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Re: George Ledyard on the Future of Aikido
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Jennifer,
I've seen you use the term "doka" on a couple of occasions. I'm confused as to what you mean by it.
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Hello Michael,
The word doka refers to 'songs of the way' or living poetic teaching. Aikidoists are also often refered to as Aikidoka. O'Sensei was such a language player, and in that vein I have come to use the word 'doka' to refer to ourselves as the 'living songs of the way.' It is an accurate, albeit, poetic interpretation. I feel like a vibrational song of this great path whenever i practice or reflect on my path. It is an amazingly powerful sensation. So, there's my definition.
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03-29-2007, 11:08 AM
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Re: George Ledyard on the Future of Aikido
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Jennifer Smith wrote:
Hello Michael,
The word doka refers to 'songs of the way' or living poetic teaching. Aikidoists are also often refered to as Aikidoka. O'Sensei was such a language player, and in that vein I have come to use the word 'doka' to refer to ourselves as the 'living songs of the way.' It is an accurate, albeit, poetic interpretation. I feel like a vibrational song of this great path whenever i practice or reflect on my path. It is an amazingly powerful sensation. So, there's my definition.
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Interesting.
Thanks for the clarification.
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03-29-2007, 02:08 PM
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Dojo: Doshinkan dojo in Roxborough, Pa
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Re: George Ledyard on the Future of Aikido
Accurate? Anyone here know the kanji for aikidoka vs the kanji for doka? I'm betting they are not the same. And Ueshiba Sensei is not likely to have made a pun on the romanji (or however that would be stated...)
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Ron
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Ron Tisdale
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"The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind."
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03-29-2007, 02:56 PM
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Re: "Doka"
合気道家 aikidouka
道歌 douka
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天漢 tenkan
癲癇 tenkan
道家 douka
:-)
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03-29-2007, 03:04 PM
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Re: "Doka"
Thanks Mathew...care to add a little explanation to go with the kanji? For instance what is the difference between the ones above vs the ones below the line?
Thanks,
Ron
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Ron Tisdale
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03-29-2007, 03:08 PM
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Re: "Doka"
合気道家 aikidouka<-- last two are way and practitioner.
道歌 douka<-- these two are way and song.
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天漢 tenkan<-- this tenkan is Milky Way
癲癇 tenkan<--this tenkan is epileptic fit
道家 douka<-- this douka is Taoist
:-)
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03-29-2007, 04:37 PM
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Re: "Doka"
Odd... I don't remember starting a thread. Anyhoo...
Linguistically, the reference would be completely lost on a native Japanese speaker.
Perhaps I'm a bit too much of a language nazi for my own good.
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03-30-2007, 04:34 AM
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Dojo: Seibukan Aikido UK
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Re: George Ledyard on the Future of Aikido
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Jennifer Smith wrote:
.......It is an accurate, albeit, poetic interpretation.......
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More a poetic interpretation methinks, but highly unlikely accurate
I'm far from a language expert in Japanese but the "doka" in "doka is completely different to the "doka" in "aikidoka". As Matthew has already iterated, "doka" on it's own means song, whilst "aikidoka" is actually adding the word "ka" (professional) to Aikido, i.e. a professional aikido person.
See these old threads for discussions on the use of "aikidoka".
http://www.aikiweb.com/forums/showth...a+professional
http://www.aikiweb.com/forums/showth...a+professional
rgds
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A difficult problem is easily solved by asking yourself the question, "Just how would the Lone Ranger handle this?"
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03-30-2007, 08:03 AM
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Re: "Doka"
Well then, you don't need to use it this way.
The kanji routine is always fun. Ai and Ai.
hi michael
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03-30-2007, 08:40 AM
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Re: "Doka"
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Well then, you don't need to use it this way.
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Gee, thanks for your permission. :-p
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The kanji routine is always fun. Ai and Ai.
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Oh, believe me... I'm quite the punster in Japanese.
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hi michael
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Hi back atcha. Are we still on for lunch next time I'm up there?
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03-30-2007, 09:15 AM
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Re: "Doka"
Hi Michael,
Thanks for the tips. You didn't start a new thread, Jun did when I strayed off topic!
Best,
Ron
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03-30-2007, 09:27 AM
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Re: George Ledyard on the Future of Aikido
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Bryan Bateman wrote:
...whilst "aikidoka" is actually adding the word "ka" (professional) to Aikido, i.e. a professional aikido person.
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I think you make an excellent point here... one which, I think, is generally not understood by Aikidō people who don't speak Japanese. The suffix -ka suggests a degree of seriousness and accomplishment in one's pursuit.
家 (ka/ke) means "house" or "family." As such, it shows that you're considered by the family to be one of them. I think that's significant.
When referring, for instance, to the Ueshiba family, you could say 植芝家 (Ueshiba-ke), whereas a serious Aikidō practitioner would be 合気道家 (Aikidō-ka). There may be a bit of poetic license involved in translating Aikidō-ka as being part of an "Aikidō family," but poetic license never kilt nobody. (A poetic license to kill, on the other hand...)
It is, IMO, just as improper for an writing enthusiast to refer to himself as an author (作家 sak-ka) as it is for a relatively junior Aikidō student to refer to him or herself as an Aikidō-ka. Maybe this all just boils down to cultural-linguistic differences.
Or... maybe I'm just too serious about this language stuff. :-)
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03-30-2007, 09:29 AM
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Re: "Doka"
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Thanks for the tips.
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I gave tips??? Crap. Sorry 'bout that.
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You didn't start a new thread, Jun did when I strayed off topic!
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Why does it always seem like that Jun guy is spying on me... O_o
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04-01-2007, 12:36 PM
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Re: "Doka"
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Gee, thanks for your permission.
Certainly not permission. Unless it is'per' your 'mission' Anyone who doesn't like something for themselves is free to ignore it..:-p
Oh, believe me... I'm quite the punster in Japanese.
Believe me, I believe you.
Hi back atcha. Are we still on for lunch next time I'm up there?
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Si, Senor. Tacos?
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04-01-2007, 12:40 PM
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Re: "Doka"
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Si, Senor. Tacos?
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You'd feed Califnornia Tacos to a man visiting from Arizona??
How cruel...
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04-01-2007, 07:50 PM
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Re: "Doka"
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You'd feed Califnornia Tacos to a man visiting from Arizona??
How cruel...
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It'd ruin ya for Arizona ones, right?
(If only I could get some even half-way decent tacos . . . I'll just have to settle for tako. It ain't bad, but it sure ain't the same.)
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04-02-2007, 12:20 AM
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Re: "Doka"
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...... I'll just have to settle for tako. It ain't bad, but it sure ain't the same......
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I'll be landing in Japan first thing Wednesday morning, tako is one of the foods I most look forward to whenever I'm there (no smiley for "YUM")
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A difficult problem is easily solved by asking yourself the question, "Just how would the Lone Ranger handle this?"
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04-02-2007, 12:23 AM
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Re: "Doka"
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I'll just have to settle for tako. It ain't bad, but it sure ain't the same.)
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I got a Mexican buddy with that once in Aomori... "Hey Jesse, want some tako?"
As it turns out, the joke was on me... that boy would eat ANYTHING. He didn't even pause. Took one look at it, shrugged, and downed it all. Then he went back for seconds.
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04-02-2007, 06:23 AM
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Re: "Doka"
mayo tako yaki...mmm
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04-06-2007, 10:46 AM
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Re: "Doka"
easily amused Doka.
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04-06-2007, 10:49 AM
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Re: "Doka"
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You'd feed Califnornia Tacos to a man visiting from Arizona??
How cruel...
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I'm fairly sure I couldn't provide CalifNornia tacos to anyone.
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04-09-2007, 04:21 PM
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Re: "Doka"
I understand it as Michael Hacker explained above. Karateka, Aikidoka, Jujitsuka, etc. are those who are practicioners of that particular art.
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