Nicknames

[IcemanSK]

Years ago, I trained at a kickboxing gym where the trainer gave most of the students nicknames. He called me "Iceman." He said it was after the legendary Canadian kickboxer Jean Yves Theriault. I felt quite honored. I said, "Wow, do you really think I fight like him?!" He laughed & said, "Uh no. But ya do kinda look like him....a little."

My sister-school's instructor (and good friend of mine) gives a lot of his students nicknames. I can't seem to do that. I don't want a nickname someone doesn't like to stick, I suppose.

[Rateh]

I've never liked the idea of nicknames for students. Unless you give them all a nickname it feels like playing favorites to me. Or at least I think the students might perceive it that way.

Also, I just don't think up nicknames naturally.

[bushido_man96]

I did gain some nicknames when I worked in the jail. Kung Fu Panda was one...

[evergrey]

Sensei calls me "his tank," which I am very flattered by since his nickname back in the day was "tank," on account of him being so tiny but taking everything people threw at him and continuing to fight.

Shihan, who trained Sensei, told him last week that everyone gets a nickname, and mine was "eevee." That's how he pronounced it, anyway. Because he couldn't remember that my name was "Ev," so he kept calling me "eevee" instead.

I'm kind of hoping that the first one is the one that sticks.

Wait, maybe not... Maybe I shouldn't want a nickname in Kyokushin that people will want to test.

[Kross]

my old teacher always had nicknames for all the students! where do you take evergrey i had an instructor named shihan

[KarateGeorge]

my old teacher always had nicknames for all the students! where do you take evergrey i had an instructor named shihan

Shihan is a title often given to more seasoned instructors, so you may come across that somewhat frequently.

[Shizentai]

for a while some people called me "danger girl"

It's not what you'd think though. See, when I started training ten years ago I was REALLY clumsy. I mean like you wouldn't believe. I walked into the dojo on my first day and accidentally turned over an entire 500lb weight rack while everyone was in seiza. I head-butted my senpai in the face exiting the ladies restroom. If I was carrying food, it went everywhere. Basically, everywhere I went I caused accidental chaos in my wake.

I was also called "The Entertainment" but I somehow don't think that qualifies as a real nickname. No one else really got a nickname in the dojo except for that one kid who seriously looked like a young Ralph Macchio, and accidentally called our Japanese instructor "Sensei Miyagi" once. He was affectionately known as "Daniel-san" after that point in time.

[Kross]

i was 8 so i thought that was his name! i just started a few days ago, and cant wait to get back into it!