Originally Posted by
Josh Reyer
No, it would be like having to learn Japanese when studying Japanese dance in an English-speaking country, such as the U.S.
Or, it would be like having to learn French or Italian when studying fencing in an English-speaking country, such as the U.S.
Actually the funny thing is that you do learn some French when studying Fencing:
En garde: French for "on guard"
and other non English terms:
Plastron, Quarte, Quinte, Riposte
And you use the metric system:
One-metre penalty: A penalty where the action is moved a metre further back on the piste for the offending fencer before a bout is restarted.
It's difficult to teach anything from one society/culture to another without transferring some of the original culture.
It may be for the simple reason that a word does not have an equivalent term in the new society.
Joe Stitz
"Black belt and white belt are the same, white belt is the beginning of technique. Black belt is the beginning of understanding. Both are beginner belts."
- Doug Perry -Hanshi, KuDan -Shorin Ryu ShorinKan