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GOJU KENSHA AUSTRALIA
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NEWSLETTER APRIL/MAY 2004
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I would like to thank all those who replied so positively and promtly promptly with submissions for the newsletter.
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I’m writing these articles (they’ll be a series because I can’t possibly cover it all in one sitting!) to help new students understand our lessons and also to help myself learn all the terms myself.
To start off, I’m hoping to cover the basic terms used in dojo etiquette, because this is where our classes begin and finish. Other topics I’m hoping to cover will be strikes, stances, exercises, counting, history and anything else I can think of. Please let me know if you’d like a topic covered and I’ll endeavour to do it.
shomen ni rei: Literally, bow to the front. This phrase is used in opening and closing the class. It is an instruction to show “respect to the place of training”.
sensei ni rei: Literally, bow to the teacher. It’s used after shomen ni rei as an instruction to show respect to the instructors. Sometimes you’ll hear shihan ni rei or kyoshi ni rei which is the same thing, except for the rank of the instructor.
otagai ni rei: Bow to show respect to your fellow students. I’d love to know the literal translation but it’s not in my dictionary.
onegai shimasu: This is what students mutter under their breath when bowing to an instructor or partner. It means “please teach me” and is a phrase marking respect.
(My dictionary is a little prosaic because the best literal translation I could make is o-negai shimasu which is “I make an honourable wish”. I am looking at this thinking I should stop laughing at engrish.com. Amateur translation is not easy.)
hai: Literally, “yes”. It is used to acknowledge an instruction or correction given to you by an instructor or senior student, or to informally acknowledge a strike in kumite (sparring). Use it often!! It’s nice to know students are listening to us.
arigato: Thank-you. Along with the formal version arigatoo gozaimasu and the more informal domo. You will need to know this next time a Japanese instructor visits otherwise the English version is fine.
Acknowledgments I didn’t have to work too hard on this instalment as it’s all nicely covered in Winds of Tradition volume 1. I promise to do more for the next one.
Editor: It may be worth talking to a senior instructor about how to pronounce these words and phrases correctly
Briana Witten
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Richard Thiel
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For Christmas this year my wife purchased me a week of private lessons at the local health club. Though still in great shape from when I was on the varsity chess team in high school, I decided it was a good idea to go ahead and try it. I called and made reservations with someone named Tanya, who said she is a 26-year-old aerobics instructor and athletic clothing model. My wife seemed very pleased with how enthusiastic I was to get started.
Day 1
They suggest I keep this "exercise diary" to chart my progress this week. Started the morning at 6:00 a.m. Tough to get up, but worth it when I arrived at the health club and Tanya was waiting for me. She's something of a goddess, with blond hair and a dazzling white smile. She showed me the machines and took my pulse after five minutes on the treadmill. She seemed a little alarmed that it was so high, but I think just standing next to her in that outfit of hers added about ten points. Enjoyed watching the aerobics class. Tanya was very encouraging as I did my sit ups, though my gut was already aching a little from holding it in the whole time I was talking to her. This is going to be great.
Day 2
Took a whole pot of coffee to get me out the door, but I made it. Tanya had me lie on my back and push this heavy iron bar up into the air. Then she put weights on it, for heaven's sake! Legs were a little wobbly on the treadmill, but I made it the full mile. Her smile made it all worth it. Muscles feel great.
Day 3
The only way I can brush my teeth is by laying the tooth brush on the counter and moving my mouth back and forth over it. I am that I have developed a hernia in both pectorals. Driving was okay as long as I didn't try to steer. I parked on top of a Volkswagen. Tanya was a little impatient with me and said my screaming was bothering the other club members. The treadmill hurt my chest so I did the stair monster. Why would anyone invent a machine to simulate an activity rendered obsolete by the invention of elevators? Tanya told me regular exercise would make me live longer. I can't imagine anything worse.
Day 4
Tanya was waiting for me with her vampire teeth in a full snarl. I can't help it if I was half an hour late, it took me that long just to tie my shoes. She wanted me to lift dumbbells. Not a chance, Tanya. The word "dumb" must be in there for a reason. I hid in the men's room until she sent Lars looking for me. As punishment she made me try the rowing machine. It sank.
Day 5
I hate Tanya more than any human being has ever hated any other human being in the history of the world. If there was any part of my body not in extreme pain I would hit her with it. She thought it would be a good idea to work on my triceps. Well, I have news for you Tanya, I don't have triceps. And if you don't want dents in the floor don't hand me any barbells. I refuse to accept responsibility for the damage, you went to sadist school, you are to blame. The treadmill flung me back into a science teacher, which hurt like crazy. Why couldn't it have been someone softer, like a music teacher, or social studies?
Day 6
Got Tanya's message on my answering machine, wondering where I am. I lacked the strength to use the TV remote so I watched eleven straight hours of the weather channel.
Day 7
Well, that's the week. Thank goodness that's over. Maybe next time my wife will give me something a little more fun, like free teeth drilling at the dentist's.
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