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Patrick
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Chris Li
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Translations are tricky things. Kancho, translating into English as "Head of House" would be interpreted by people where I'm from as "father" or more casually "dad." And while after a long time within a system, this is a somewhat appropriate relationship for one to have...I can't imagine coming in off the street and calling some guy "dad" while he punches my face in.
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Do you mean "Kancho" in Japanese, or the equivalent English translation? I can't imagine a Japanese person using the word "Kancho" for their father...
Anyway - here's a look at it from the Aikido perspective.
Best,
Chris
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Dobbersky
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Thanks for readding this thread
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Dobbersky
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Kancho or Kaicho, means more or less the same thing but I know there is a kids "joke" named "kancho"
My translation is head of style or organisation
Anyway, kancho with the kanji: 館長 is the head of an organisation that uses "kan" 館 (lit: hall, meeting house) in its name e.g. seidokan, kyokushin kaikan etc. If the organisation uses "kai"会 (lit: group, meeting) then it will be kaicho 会長 instead. There are a number of other terms used too.
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Nidan Melbourne
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For me personally i prefer having titles for the head of schools.
My sensei is a head of style, BUT he doesn't tell everyone to call him kaicho or anything like that. But he informs everyone to call him sensei. |
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Harkon72
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We have no title but Sensei in our Dojos, from 1st Kyu to 7th Dan, they are all refered to as Sensei.
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Nidan Melbourne
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Thats fair enough Harkon72
We have sensei for 3rd dan and above (unless they have a different title that they were awarded).
Senpai (or sempai depending on what floats your boat) for anything up to and including 2nd dan or a senior student to yourself. |
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sensei8
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| Dobbersky wrote: |
Kancho or Kaicho, means more or less the same thing but I know there is a kids "joke" named "kancho"
My translation is head of style or organisation
Anyway, kancho with the kanji: 館長 is the head of an organisation that uses "kan" 館 (lit: hall, meeting house) in its name e.g. seidokan, kyokushin kaikan etc. If the organisation uses "kai"会 (lit: group, meeting) then it will be kaicho 会長 instead. There are a number of other terms used too. |
With us,
Kaicho is the President of our Governing body.
Kancho is the Vice-President of our Governing body.
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