Tony
Black Belt
Well because we call our sifu by his first name its not so hard to use it when we see him out of training. BUt we all have respect for him and respect isn't always about calling someone by their title.
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BlackCatBonz said:you should be able to talk to your instructor outside of class the same way you would speak to any other acquaintance.
i think it is a ridiculous display of ego when a martial arts teacher wants to be referred to as sensei or master outside of class, yes, this does happen.
stone_dragone said:My instructor and I have more of a Father-adult son relationship than a teacher-student relationship. Whenever I return home, I render him a formal seated bow and when I leave...in between, such as when we go out on saturday nights, there is a slight bow, almost a nod, and then either a friendly punch or hug...and then we proceed to get fershnickered as our wives talk like a mother-daughter relationship and make fun of us.
There are way to many like this and I won't give into that that unless I have a great respect for the person. I just sent a email out to my students parents talking about the use of Master and how it really makes my skin crawl.BlackCatBonz said:i think it is a ridiculous display of ego when a martial arts teacher wants to be referred to as sensei or master outside of class, yes, this does happen.