Dif styles/full contact exp needed

[yamesu]

40cent,

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Osu.

[Goju_boi]

whats osu?

[yamesu]

Osu (pronounced 'ooss') is a word youll here a LOT in a kyokushin dojo.

It means, crudely translated, 'I am in Spirit.'

For example, a Sensei will say: "Jiyu Kumite, Yoi?"

And students(kohai) will reply with an "Osu" instead of a yes.

To delve deeper into the meaning of Osu is to get to the heart of kyokushin, but its far too deep and too much info for me to explain here.

[KempoTiger]

Most other martial arts schools use the term Osu or Oos, as a general acknowledgement. For example if you're instructor tells you to go practice your kata instead of saying "yes", you'd take a slight bow and say "Oos!"

Or at least in my school we have a courtesy bow to any Black Belt that enters the dojo during training, wherein all the students turn towards the front of the dojo, bow and say "Oos".

[y2_sub]

Most other martial arts schools use the term Osu

Yes , most of karate schools do

[Goju_boi]

ohhh now I know what it is,we use it also,but I didn't understand from the spelling.Because whenever we do anything instead of saying yes we say "osu." The reason I didn't understand it was because of the u in it,is the u silent in japanese?

[KempoTiger]

ohhh now I know what it is,we use it also,but I didn't understand from the spelling.Because whenever we do anything instead of saying yes we say "osu." The reason I didn't understand it was because of the u in it,is the u silent in japanese?

The "u" is very short. Almost inaudible. It's the reason we don't elongate the "s" sound to "oossssss". It crops the word nice and short almost like you're saying "oosa!"

My take on it at least....

[Goju_boi]

ohhh now I know what it is,we use it also,but I didn't understand from the spelling.Because whenever we do anything instead of saying yes we say "osu." The reason I didn't understand it was because of the u in it,is the u silent in japanese?

The "u" is very short. Almost inaudible. It's the reason we don't elongate the "s" sound to "oossssss". It crops the word nice and short almost like you're saying "oosa!"

My take on it at least....

do u study Japanese?

[KempoTiger]

Nope, I just made that up right off the top of my head. Did I sound legit?

But honestly the reason I say that is just from experience when learning other foriegn languages, and even understanding why certain things are the way they are in english.

Listen to the way most masters shout the word "osu." There's always that slight snap to the end of it, almost like the "u" sound.

[Goju_boi]

I have to pay attention next time I go to my dojo.