Generally, it's your name/rank translated.
Yes. It apparently used to be common in at least some schools to use the chop as a method of confirming rank. The instructor would keep a record book and place the stamp half on the book and half on the certificate. You could prove a certificate was legitimate by lining up the stamp.
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Which one do you like the look of?Buson - Plum blossoms everywhere, I should go south, I should go north (ume ochikochi minami subeku kita subeku)
梅遠近南すべく北すべく (ume ochikochi minami subeku kita subeku): plum blossoms here and there; south would do, and north would do. A haiku by Buson, hand-brushed on a scroll by Master Eri Takase.www.takase.com
sorry, I forgot the link. here it is,
www.takase.com
www.orientaloutpost.com
I thought the same when I heard this several decades ago. Your logic is solid.
Having the "get up" number bigger than the "fall down" number I would think is just literary license to stress the idea of the quote's intent. The message takes priority over strict logic. Just roll with it.
I often make teachers cry when they see my attempts at Iai.
It’s like a “double jump” in video games which have that mechanic. After the last time getting knocked down, you execute a “double get up” which launches you into the air. From there you can execute a diving attack on your opponent.
You’re standing up (1) you fall down (1) you stand up (2)……..you fall down (7), you stand up (8)
You guys aren’t wrong and this isn’t a hill I’m willing to die on. But I think the idea is that you would get up to try it the first time. Idea being you have to get up once to fall once.
It seems to the starting point, where you do nothing should be zero not one.
Is the ground floor of a building in the USA zero or one?
Only you, opr1945!
Per Takase Studios, "Fall Down Seven, Get Up Eight in Japanese is 七転八起 which is read nana korobi ya oki.
