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Jan. 12th, 2005 11:42 pmMartin-sensei...
butchered his Japanese terms...
Must... restrain... urge... to.. kill....
him: Sempai means... um erm... "Assistant Instructor".
(He calls HIS assistant "Sempai" like you would say "Kate", except he misprnounces sempai so that I barely recognized it the first time he said it. )
Dojo means... "gymnasium"....
me: *sputters* *grimmaces* *restrains self* *plasters face with an irritated smile*
him: Ends every other sentence with "Osu"
(pronounced with the u silent, I'll admit, I don't know if that's correct or the correct usage, but I thought "osu" was an informal greeting between male friends?)
I don't know why, but it irritated the hell out of me.
Seriously though.
Karate isn't going to suit me too well. I can see it now. I'll be able to do it, but... The moves are a little forced and rigid... especially compared to the flowing style I learned in Eagle Claw (that came naturally).
butchered his Japanese terms...
Must... restrain... urge... to.. kill....
him: Sempai means... um erm... "Assistant Instructor".
(He calls HIS assistant "Sempai" like you would say "Kate", except he misprnounces sempai so that I barely recognized it the first time he said it. )
Dojo means... "gymnasium"....
me: *sputters* *grimmaces* *restrains self* *plasters face with an irritated smile*
him: Ends every other sentence with "Osu"
(pronounced with the u silent, I'll admit, I don't know if that's correct or the correct usage, but I thought "osu" was an informal greeting between male friends?)
I don't know why, but it irritated the hell out of me.
Seriously though.
Karate isn't going to suit me too well. I can see it now. I'll be able to do it, but... The moves are a little forced and rigid... especially compared to the flowing style I learned in Eagle Claw (that came naturally).