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jitsu-jo

Newbie

1 posts

Thursday 19th May 2005 at 13:35

i have just completed my fisrt grading tonight in koshindo ju jitsu and was successful. I am interested in learning more about everything, i'm trying to locate definations of japanese words that we use for example sensai and kyoshi what is the actual meaning can anyone help or point me in the right direction also any web sites which are informative would be great to check out. thanks[email=busy_shiny@yahoo.com.au]busy_shiny@yahoo.com.au[/email]:-)

trevek2

Addict

119 posts

Thursday 19th May 2005 at 13:39

Hi Jo, congrats on grading. I'm surprised your sensei doesn't have a list.

See how well I block all your

sl

Resident

855 posts

Thursday 19th May 2005 at 15:20

I can only offer one translation i learnt to my Jiu Jitsu ... Sianora!;-)

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steve

Resident

217 posts

Friday 20th May 2005 at 09:22

ko = Hard
shin = spirit
do = way

so maybe something like " the way of tough / valliant spirit"

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steve

Resident

217 posts

Friday 20th May 2005 at 09:25

oh and

sensei = teacher
kyoshi = master teacher
Hanshi = teacher of teachers

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SCOTTland

Spectator

2 posts

Sunday 15th June 2008 at 09:51

well actually sensei means born before, btw where do you do koshindo jujitsu, are you in adelaide? and do you train under Anthony Hockley

The gentle art, isnt very gentle

spider

Regular

235 posts

Monday 16th June 2008 at 10:33

I can't paste the link as I'm on the ps3, but google search jujitsu terms and the first link contains a comprehensive guide, allowing alphabetical views by either english or japanese