What we are doing at the beginning and end of class.
|
Initial Line-up
| Action to be taken by students |
Vocabulary |
Pronunciation |
|
| Class is called to line up by the instructor |
Surreitsu |
Sue-ret-su |
| Class is called to formal attention |
Kioske |
Key-oh-skay |
| Kneeling Position |
Seiza |
Say-zah |
Meditation: close eyes, clear the mind, relax
(meditation ends and eyes open at the next command) |
Mokuso |
Mock-sew |
|
|
Opening Ceremony:
| Students recite the Dojo Kun (creed) together |
|
| One, to honor the principles of etiquette. |
| One, to defend the path of truth. |
| One, to foster the spirit of effort. |
| One, to guard against impetuous courage. |
| One, to strive for the perfection of character. |
|
|
|
|
| First bow to the front - done out of respect
for those students who
have trained before:
|
| | Shomen ni Rei | Show-men knee ray |
| (students respond
by bowing silently)
|
| Second bow is to the right front corner of
the Dojo
– done out of respect for Hanshi:
|
| | Hanshi ni Rei | Han-shi knee ray |
| (students
respond by bowing to the right
front corner and saying…) |
| |
Hanshi, Onegai Shimasu |
Han-shi, Oh-knee-guy She-mas
|
| |
(this means, “Hanshi, teach us
please.”) |
| Third bow, (normal): to the front – done out of respect to
the head instructor for the class
|
| | Sensei* ni Rei | Sen-say knee ray |
| (students
respond by bowing directly to the front and saying...) |
| |
Sensei, Onegai
Shimasu |
Sen-say, Oh-knee-guy She-mas |
| |
(this means, “Teacher, teach us
please.”) |
| Third bow,
(rare): to the front – done out of respect for everyone on the floor training:
|
| | Otagai ni Rei | Oh-ta-guy knee ray |
| (students respond by bowing directly
to the front and saying...) |
| |
Onegai Shimasu |
Oh-knee-guy She-mas |
| |
(this
means, “Teach us please.” - referring to each other)
|
| *Note: the correct title for the head instructor needs to
be used. Sensei is one possibility. See below for more teaching titles.
All karateka should know their instructor’s teaching title. |
|
|
Closing Ceremony:
The previous notes hold true at the conclusion of class, except that for “Teach us please” we
substitute “Thank you”:
|
|
|
|
For the Second bow, the proper response is:
|
|
(students respond by bowing to the right front corner and saying…) |
| |
Hanshi, Arigato Gozaimashita |
Han-shi, Ah-ree-ga-toe Go-zie-ah-mas |
| |
(this means, “Hanshi, Thank you.”) |
|
For the Third bow, the proper response is: |
|
(students respond by bowing directly to the front and saying...) |
| |
Sensei*, Arigato Gozaimashita |
Sen-say, Ah-ree-ga-toe Go-zie-ah-mas |
| |
(this means, “Teacher, teach us please.”)
|
|
*Note: please use the correct title for the head instructor of the class.
|
Teaching Titles:
|
|
Hanshi | Han-she | Chief Grandmaster Instructor
|
|
Kyoshi | Ki-o-she | Grandmaster Instructor
|
|
Shihan | She-han | Master Instructor
|
|
Renshi | Ren-she | Senior Instructor (“Senior Trainer”)
|
|
Sensei | Sen-say | Instructor (“One who went before”)
|
|
Sempai | Sem-pie | Assistant Instructor (“Older sibling”)
|
|
Shidoin | She-doyn | Apprentice Instructor
|
|
Teaching titles can be modified at the beginning by “Waka”, meaning “provisional”.
Teaching titles can be modified at the end by “Dai”, meaning “head” or “chief” (there is only
one of these per dojo per teaching rank).
Junior teaching titles are modified at the end by “-so”.
|
|
|
Please see the SVKC Instructors page for
the current titles for our instructors.
|
|