Dojorat
10th January 2001, 01:55
Greetins,
I have always assumed that the term honcho (sp?), as in "Head Honcho" (a leader or other superior person in an organization or group), came from the Spanish.
However, I had been rereading the chapter on Han in "Sword and Brush" (thank you, Dave Lowry) and Meik Skoss' article on Hanshi/Shihan at Koryubooks.com and talking about the term DojoCho when the synaptic spark occurred to put Han together with Cho and derive a word for a senior person in a group.
Is is spelled Hancho and is it derived from the Chinese/Japanese or am I barking up the wrong tree here?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
I have always assumed that the term honcho (sp?), as in "Head Honcho" (a leader or other superior person in an organization or group), came from the Spanish.
However, I had been rereading the chapter on Han in "Sword and Brush" (thank you, Dave Lowry) and Meik Skoss' article on Hanshi/Shihan at Koryubooks.com and talking about the term DojoCho when the synaptic spark occurred to put Han together with Cho and derive a word for a senior person in a group.
Is is spelled Hancho and is it derived from the Chinese/Japanese or am I barking up the wrong tree here?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,