'soke' batch

[Jiaozi]

In a video I saw that on the gi of the art's grandmaster the kanji 'soke' were embroidered on the sleeve.
Is this customary for koryu soke or shihanke?

Does the belt normally sport any titles or names?

Thanks for the info.

"In a video I saw that on the gi of the art's grandmaster the kanji 'soke' were embroidered on the sleeve. Is this customary for koryu soke or shihanke? "

Actually It was suppose to say Sokea-cala-fragilistic-ego-expedoshus,

but the guy ran out of bucks for his bitchin' embroidery job.


Tobs

[Joseph Svinth]

Probably that was the laundry instructions: soak, then dry.

[gmellis]

Maybe the guys mommie sowed the letters on all his jackets and underwear so that when he goes to soke summer camp he won't misplace his stuff. But...then.....everybody would have the same embroidery. hmmmmmmmmmmmm. As for whether it's customary for soke in Japan to put their titles on their clothes, let's just say that it is about as common for a soke to do that as it is for them to make self-promotional videos with cheesey B-movie background music (pseudo-Japanese using a bad synthesizer), travel the country to hold ridiculously expensive seminars for pimply teenagers who wanna learn the Shaolin Death Touch in three easy steps so they can beat up the muscleman on the beach that kicked sand in their face and stole their girl, and not be able to do 10 sit-ups if their life depended on it.

[MarkF]

And for a not so funny answer to your question, and the meaning of soke, iemoto system, try this link. 34th Head Master of Wanker ryu does say a lot about most people who want to be addressed as Dr. prof. dai soke of the above ryu.

http://204.95.207.136/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=4521

Mark