not the way...
I've noticed this in a couple of the junior kendoka, but one of them has been irking me for a few weeks now with his attitude.
It started a few weeks ago, while we were practicing against a motadachi and he was in my line. He'd done his set of cuts (I think it was kiri kaeshi) and the senior motadachi gave him some advice. I don't know what was said, but he basically came back to the line saying 'He did the same thing!' (about the motadachi). So I assume the motadachi gave him some advice that he thought he didn't deserve, and that he thought he was doing whatever it was correctly, or at least the way the motadachi did it. So I did the round and tried to watch the senior and the junior (although from different perspectives since I had to be motadachi for the senior). And yeah, there was a big difference. But thats not the issue. The issue is that the junior kendoka didn't appreciate the help of the senior. Hell I even appreciate any advice from people who are lower ranked than I am (not that there are many), but yeah, people give you advice because they want to help you, not just to tell you that you are shit! This kinda got on my nerves but I let it slide that time and didn't say anything.
A couple of weeks later, I was helping with the juniors after the class had split (cf previous post). Again, I saw a couple of things that this particular junior was doing wrong, so after the class was over, I had a short chat to him about it and tried to give him some advice... it was really basic shit, something like cut straight kote, and not from the side... his reply was, 'Yeah, I was cutting straight blah blah blah...' It may not be as bad as it sounds written here, but still... I think he's got the wrong attitude towards his seniors.
Then yesterday at training, during seiretsu, I noticed that he'd lined up in front of people that were his seniors... now thats quite a faux pas. When I rejoined the club at the start of the year, I knew for sure that there'd be some people ranked lower than me, even though I'm only 5th kyu. But I made sure that I'd always line up at the end of the line, out of respect because I probably would have been seen as a guest that time, and even now, I don't feel totally ingrained into the club like the other senior members so I still line up at the end with all the seniors in front of me (unless a friendly senior feels like I'm a sempai and lines up behind me ;)). Anyway, so after training I saw him downstairs, so I thought I'd give another try at educating him about dojo ettiquette, and told him that he shouldn't line up in front of people who are his seniors. He basically told me that 'well some of the seniors just dawdled so It's not his fault that he's in front in the line'. Man that gave me the shits. I felt like this guy had no respect at all.
Anyway, this was just a bit of rant to try and fish for comments. Anyone who was at training should know who I'm talking about... so don't ask me who it is.
It started a few weeks ago, while we were practicing against a motadachi and he was in my line. He'd done his set of cuts (I think it was kiri kaeshi) and the senior motadachi gave him some advice. I don't know what was said, but he basically came back to the line saying 'He did the same thing!' (about the motadachi). So I assume the motadachi gave him some advice that he thought he didn't deserve, and that he thought he was doing whatever it was correctly, or at least the way the motadachi did it. So I did the round and tried to watch the senior and the junior (although from different perspectives since I had to be motadachi for the senior). And yeah, there was a big difference. But thats not the issue. The issue is that the junior kendoka didn't appreciate the help of the senior. Hell I even appreciate any advice from people who are lower ranked than I am (not that there are many), but yeah, people give you advice because they want to help you, not just to tell you that you are shit! This kinda got on my nerves but I let it slide that time and didn't say anything.
A couple of weeks later, I was helping with the juniors after the class had split (cf previous post). Again, I saw a couple of things that this particular junior was doing wrong, so after the class was over, I had a short chat to him about it and tried to give him some advice... it was really basic shit, something like cut straight kote, and not from the side... his reply was, 'Yeah, I was cutting straight blah blah blah...' It may not be as bad as it sounds written here, but still... I think he's got the wrong attitude towards his seniors.
Then yesterday at training, during seiretsu, I noticed that he'd lined up in front of people that were his seniors... now thats quite a faux pas. When I rejoined the club at the start of the year, I knew for sure that there'd be some people ranked lower than me, even though I'm only 5th kyu. But I made sure that I'd always line up at the end of the line, out of respect because I probably would have been seen as a guest that time, and even now, I don't feel totally ingrained into the club like the other senior members so I still line up at the end with all the seniors in front of me (unless a friendly senior feels like I'm a sempai and lines up behind me ;)). Anyway, so after training I saw him downstairs, so I thought I'd give another try at educating him about dojo ettiquette, and told him that he shouldn't line up in front of people who are his seniors. He basically told me that 'well some of the seniors just dawdled so It's not his fault that he's in front in the line'. Man that gave me the shits. I felt like this guy had no respect at all.
Anyway, this was just a bit of rant to try and fish for comments. Anyone who was at training should know who I'm talking about... so don't ask me who it is.
posted by Son at 4:51 pm
2 Comments:
I think I know who you are talking about. There's always one like that. They begin kendo knowing everything already. Eventually Sensei will straighten them out and if not by then, they'll be disheartened when they don't get the doublegrade they thought they deserved, or the shiai they thought they should have won.
who's that? I haven't been to training.........
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