{"id":267,"date":"2013-04-21T21:15:59","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T01:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biran.birankai.org\/?p=267"},"modified":"2013-04-21T21:15:59","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T01:15:59","slug":"the-sempai-kohai-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biran.birankai.org\/?p=267","title":{"rendered":"The sempai\u2013kohai relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-270\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biran.birankai.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/miya_roo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-270\" title=\"miya_roo\" src=\"https:\/\/biran.birankai.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/miya_roo-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biran.birankai.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/miya_roo-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biran.birankai.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/miya_roo-451x300.jpg 451w, https:\/\/biran.birankai.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/miya_roo.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">R. Heins taking ukemi for Miyamota Sensei at 2009 Birankai Summer Camp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>By R. Heins, Northwest Michigan Aikikai<\/strong> <\/em><br \/>\n(From the Brooklyn Aikikai blog)<\/p>\n<p>Excerpt from the essay:<br \/>\nThe Japanese terms \u201csempai,\u201d \u201ckohai,\u201d and \u201cdohai\u201d may be misunderstood in Western dojos, if they are used at all; likewise, cultural concepts of seniority can be misinterpreted. Literally speaking, \u201csempai\u201d means \u201cearlier\/previous member [of a group]\u201d; \u201ckohai\u201d means \u201clater member\u201d; and \u201cdohai\u201d\u2014used far less often\u2014means \u201cequal member,\u201d and refers to someone who joined the dojo at the same time as oneself.<br \/>\n&#8230;.<br \/>\nIn a martial-arts context, the use of these terms depends heavily on circumstances and the culture of the dojo itself. But it\u2019s important to understand that they relate to relationships within a given group, and that certain expectations and obligations are attached to them.<br \/>\nRead the full essay <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynaikikai.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/essay-from-r-heins.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By R. Heins, Northwest Michigan Aikikai (From the Brooklyn Aikikai blog) Excerpt from the essay: The Japanese terms \u201csempai,\u201d \u201ckohai,\u201d and \u201cdohai\u201d may be misunderstood in Western dojos, if they are used at all; likewise, cultural concepts of seniority can be misinterpreted. Literally speaking, \u201csempai\u201d means \u201cearlier\/previous member [of a group]\u201d; \u201ckohai\u201d means \u201clater member\u201d; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biran.birankai.org\/?p=267\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The sempai\u2013kohai relationship&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2RSKg-4j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biran.birankai.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biran.birankai.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biran.birankai.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biran.birankai.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biran.birankai.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/biran.birankai.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273,"href":"https:\/\/biran.birankai.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions\/273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biran.birankai.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biran.birankai.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biran.birankai.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}