Tagei Jutsu ?

[Ken Allgeier]

At the local YMCA,I was talking to this person who told me that their style of Karate is called " Tagei Jutsu",they stated that it means " talented art".I looked this style up in all of my books and could find no reference to a style of Karate called Tagei Jutsu.So I looked in my dictionarys for the word 'Tagei' and could not find such a word.So I tried to discover a compound meaning for the word Tagei,through the kanji.

Ta = many,much,abundant

Ta = other,another

Ta = rice field

Gei = art,craft,artistic skill

O K

Tagei Jutsu = another art: art,skill?
Tagei Jutsu = many art: art,skill ?


So does anyone know what Tagei Jutsu means?

Ken Allgeier

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[Adam DArcy]

Hello Ken,

As far as I can tell, the only "tagei" is "versatility". "Tageisei" would mean "versatile" as in "many talents." There is also a saying "Tagei wa(ha) Mugei" meaning "Jack of all trades, master of none."

It looks like the founder of the school could have gotten creative when naming his school or art. Of course in the realm of MA Japanese, there are many many words that are not used in common everyday Japanese.

Hope this helps.

Adam


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