Kaicho, Kancho, Soke, Dai Soke, Shihan & Dai Shihan!

[Patrick]

Hello,

Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. This thread was removed accidentally. I apologize for the confusion.

Thanks,

Patrick

[Chris Li]

Translations are tricky things. Kancho, translating into English as "Head of House" would be interpreted by people where I'm from as "father" or more casually "dad." And while after a long time within a system, this is a somewhat appropriate relationship for one to have...I can't imagine coming in off the street and calling some guy "dad" while he punches my face in.

Do you mean "Kancho" in Japanese, or the equivalent English translation? I can't imagine a Japanese person using the word "Kancho" for their father...

Anyway - here's a look at it from the Aikido perspective.

Best,

Chris

[Dobbersky]

Thanks for readding this thread

Edited June 9, 2012 by Dobbersky

[Dobbersky]

Kancho or Kaicho, means more or less the same thing but I know there is a kids "joke" named "kancho"

My translation is head of style or organisation

Anyway, kancho with the kanji: 館長 is the head of an organisation that uses "kan" 館 (lit: hall, meeting house) in its name e.g. seidokan, kyokushin kaikan etc. If the organisation uses "kai"会 (lit: group, meeting) then it will be kaicho 会長 instead. There are a number of other terms used too.

[Nidan Melbourne]

For me personally i prefer having titles for the head of schools.

My sensei is a head of style, BUT he doesn't tell everyone to call him kaicho or anything like that. But he informs everyone to call him sensei.

[Harkon72]

We have no title but Sensei in our Dojos, from 1st Kyu to 7th Dan, they are all refered to as Sensei.

[Nidan Melbourne]

Thats fair enough Harkon72

We have sensei for 3rd dan and above (unless they have a different title that they were awarded).

Senpai (or sempai depending on what floats your boat) for anything up to and including 2nd dan or a senior student to yourself.

[sensei8]

Kancho or Kaicho, means more or less the same thing but I know there is a kids "joke" named "kancho"

My translation is head of style or organisation

Anyway, kancho with the kanji: 館長 is the head of an organisation that uses "kan" 館 (lit: hall, meeting house) in its name e.g. seidokan, kyokushin kaikan etc. If the organisation uses "kai"会 (lit: group, meeting) then it will be kaicho 会長 instead. There are a number of other terms used too.

With us,

Kaicho is the President of our Governing body.

Kancho is the Vice-President of our Governing body.