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In the (almost) 20 years of its existence, my
Kenshindoryu clubs have produced 11 karate dan-grades, 14 Judo
Dan-grades and 4 Jujitsu dan-grades and with this in mind, it is perhaps
surprising that, until this year, none of my senior students had left
the Kenshindoryu to set up on their own. That is not to say that none
had run their own clubs, but all had chosen to remain within the
association.
Leaving an association, as part of the evolution
of Su-ha-ri, is not necessarily a bad thing, but such partings are
unlikely to be acrimonious and therefore retain the spirit of the maxim.
Unfortunately 2007 proved to be less positive for Kenshindoryu, as three
of the association’s senior instructors, all of whom had been personal
students for well over ten years, decided to strike out on their own –
and, in doing so, make allegations and accusations both unbecoming and
untrue, damaging the fabric of the association, and disregarding the
debt, and loyalty, owed to their peers and instructors.
Ultimately these actions prove how little that
they had actually learned, and bear testament to my own failure in
teaching them, but lead to the truth of another of the Dojo Kun –
Jojitsu Ni Oberezu (Teachers and students are not all one). |
Sensei's
Musings, December 2007