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Post by charlesmahan on May 29, 2007 14:32:03 GMT -6
Emily-sensei and her students participated in our Shodan Shiken back on April 7th. Two of her students were singled out by Tanida-sensei as having turned in outstanding embus. For those of you who do not know, our ranks exams are run by Tanida-sensei in the spring and we have to wait a couple of months for the results to come back.
Egan-sensei visited our dojo over the Memorial day weekend up here in Denton, and I was pleased to be able to present her with her Godan certificate while she was here. Godan is not an insignificant rank within our system. It is a major accomplishment.
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Post by Aldo N on May 29, 2007 17:08:10 GMT -6
That's great to hear. Congratulations to her, indeed.
I wonder if you could, for those of us who work within a different system, explain some of the terms: Shodan Shiken; embus; Grodan.
I come the forums as much to learn as for any other reason...
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Post by schlager7 on May 30, 2007 18:41:29 GMT -6
I was pleased to be able to present her with her Godan certificate while she was here. Godan is not an insignificant rank within our system. It is a major accomplishment. Kudos, Emily!
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Post by Emily Egan on Jun 2, 2007 10:51:55 GMT -6
That's great to hear. Congratulations to her, indeed. I wonder if you could, for those of us who work within a different system, explain some of the terms: Shodan Shiken; embus; Godan. I come the forums as much to learn as for any other reason... Hi Aldo, Shodan Shiken - Shodan, or more properly Shoudan, means promotion (to a higher degree). Shiken means test. So together it means promotion test, or rank test. Embu - Embu (sometimes rendered in English as enbu but pronounced embu) means a formal demonstration. The term can be used for either private or public demonstrations. In this case embu refers to the demonstration for rank that occurred in April. Godan - Go means five, and dan means step or level. So Godan is a 5th rank level. The organization that Charles and I belong to uses the dan rank system, commonly used in many Japanese martial systems, in addition to teaching licenses. When someone talks about having a "nth degree black belt", this is what is meant. Does this answer all of your questions? Let me know if I missed any.
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Post by Aldo N on Jun 3, 2007 21:33:17 GMT -6
Yes, it does, and thank you for the response.
And, once again, congratulations.
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