What kind of details you have in your dojo/…

[P.A.L]

This is just for becoming more familiar with other customs beside out style.

 

1-line up: in shindo jenin ryu we stand from higher rank in the left ,first line black belts

 

there are some other people on the side perpendicular to lines that I don’t wanna get into that

 

in shorin ryu we stand from higher rank on the right side

 

2- for sitting down first right knee down ,for standing up left leg up first.

 

3- for bow while sitting, first left hand then right hand and reverse you come up.

 

I think Okinawan do most of the things opposite of Japanese way.

 

I like to know especially about kenpo people and Korean arts.

 

I was told to understand the details always imagine a samurai ,all the details are designed in such a way that make it difficult for a sword man to draw his sword.(a right handed samurai) while the sword man also is prepared not to be attacked by surprise. any more info on this regard?

[strangepair03]

In our dojo, we line up high to low,right to left, standing bow to sensei and dojo shomen(front)then begin...we don't sit in seiza at all...we end in the same way.

[aefibird]

In my karate school we line up from high grades to low, highest grade at the top of the line on the left. We bow to the instructor before the lesson starts and when it ends - sometimes in seiza, sometimes not.

[P.A.L]

so far okinawan stand from right to left and jap. styles from left to right.

[Sasori_Te]

I also am used to standing higher ranks from left to right. The school where I train presently lines up left to right as you face the front. For seiza I am used to left leg down first and right leg up first. What else do you want details on?

[Mu Ryuk]

Tang Soo Do (Korean)

 

Line Up: Highest ranks on right, going down.

 

Stand in Joon Bee (Ready)

 

Instructor calls Cha Ryut (Attention)

 

Tora (turn)

 

Kay Kimbrae Kyung Yet (Bow as the bent one, this is for bowing to the flags, American and Korean)

 

Tora (turn)

 

Kyung Yet (bow to Instructors)

 

Joon Bee (Ready)

 

We end the same way, but at the end of class, after the last "Joon Bee" the Instructor comes to attention, puts his/her right hand over their heart, and shouts "Tang Soo!" and doing a Knifehand strike-ish motion outward with the right hand (Soo Do, as in Tang Soo Do, means Knifehand). The class then repeats this, and we are dismissed.

 

We very rarely sit except for stretching, but when we do it is cross-legged ("Indian" style). In the Advanced class, we are expected to stand in Joon Bee at all times, because it has students ranging from around 8 to around 16-17 (myself and a Black Belt, my friend Avinit...everyone else younger than us) and structure is more important, but in the Adult Class it's alright if we stand at Parade Rest or something like that...just no hands on hips or dangling at your sides.

 

Tang Soo!

[BJJShotoshe]

before we go in to the dojo, we bow at the entrance to show our respect to everyone that has, are, or will train there. then we line up right to left, highest rank first, assistant line up perpendicular on the right side. bow to the sensei, state our dojo kun, train and then bow out.

[ninjanurse]

My school is very traditional and all ceremony is observed even down to who eats first when we all go out to eat. I love it when 20 black belts stand at attention and bow to the master right in the middle of a restaurant! As far as classes go we line up senior to the right, bow to the flags (USA/Korea/Asso.) then the instuctor with a traditional bow and then a chinese salute. We do not sit seiza (thank God as my knees are getting too old for it!) but rather cross-legged, and any time we change direction or move we bow to the instructor first and last. It is a lot of bowing but it's all good-takes lots of self-discipline which in my opinion is lacking in quite a few MA schools out there.

 

[Grenadier]

I've seen a similar comparison, pretty much as P.A.L. described.

 

In Okinawan Karate dojos, they've always lined up with the highest ranking student at the far right, with the lowest ranking student at the far left, and that when bowing, the right foot moves to the left. Feet are kept in heisoku dachi during the bow.

 

In Japanese Karate dojos, it's the other way around, with highest ranking student on the left, and the left foot moving to the right foot when bowing, and the feet are kept in musubi dachi during the bow.

[Jinxx0r]

In Soo Bahk Do we line up in rank order, senior ranks to the far right, moving left by senority. We have 3 flags on the wall: the american flag, the korean flag and the federation flag. Sa Bom Nim comes to the front of the class. With everyone facing the flags, the senior most student calls out the commands (in order):

 

Cha Ryut (come to attention stance)

 

Ku Ki Bay Ray (salute the flags, in the US we salute the American flag, by placing your right hand over your heart)

 

Ba Ro (return to attention stance)

 

Myuk Nym (close your eyes, 15-30 second silent meditation, prepare yourself mentally for class)

 

Ba Ro (return to attention stance)

 

Sa Bom Nim Kay Kyung Yet (bow to master instructor)

 

Then you start class, usually with a 5 minute warmup, led by the senior most student.

 

At the end of class, we line up and go through the same cadence.