What do Hanshi, Kyoshi, Renshi and Shihan mean #kdhughWhat do Hanshi, Kyoshi, Renshi and Shihan meanes #tenkidokan #marti

What do Hanshi, Kyoshi, Renshi and Shihan mean #kdhughes #tenkidokan #martialarts Kevin Dewayne Hughes - Tenkidokan School of Martial Arts

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00:00 So a certain martial arts creator on TikTok put out some erroneous information, so I'm

00:05 going to correct the information that they gave without exposing who it was.

00:09 These are concerning the titles of Honshi, Kyoshi, and Renshi.

00:13 Now they're saying that the second character in that Honshi, Kyoshi, and Renshi means "person"

00:18 and they're kind of correct on that, but it doesn't actually mean "person."

00:21 It actually means "magnificent man" and in general refers to samurai, aka warriors, such

00:27 as Bushi.

00:28 So a Bushi would be a martial magnificent person, or in total context, a warrior.

00:34 So a Bushi is a warrior and the same Shi is used in Honshi, Kyoshi, and Renshi.

00:40 So a Renshi is a polished warrior, a Kyoshi is a warrior instructor, and a Honshi is the

00:45 model warrior.

00:46 Or you could say samurai if you want, but that would kind of be an incorrect term unless

00:49 you're actually a samurai, so use the term warrior instead when translating.

00:54 Then the person also went around to say that Shihan and Honshi were the exact same word,

00:58 it's just inverted from one another.

01:00 This is not correct.

01:01 You're not taking the Honshi kanji and putting one on the other side of the other.

01:05 The kanji for Shi is different between the two, whereas the kanji for Han is the same

01:11 between the two.

01:12 So whereas a Honshi is the model warrior, a Shihan is the teaching model.

01:16 The Shi in Shihan means "teacher," unlike the Shi in Honshi which means "warrior" as

01:21 we discussed previously.