About your Sensei.

• Your Sensei is the one who has dedicated his life to teach you karate.
• You will never have as many years of dedication in because you came after him.
• Your Sensei is the one who spent many days and nights opening his dojo, managing it, making it better…for YOU.
• Your Sensei is the one who has made sacrifices you will never understand just so you have a place to train, to learn and gain in your art.
• Your Sensei is the one who had a lot of costs, has given up his free time and family time…time he could be out doing many other things just so you can learn and train.
• Your Sensei is the one who has invested thousands of dollars in his own training just to learn how to teach you properly.
• Your Sensei is the one who has sometimes damaged body, skin and face but still showed up to teach class.
• Had a migraine, was sick, had a bad day, had a bad period…, but still showed up to teach class.
• Divorced his wife... and did you stand next to him for this period?
• Did you maintain and are you still with your Sensei?
• Your Sensei has spent more time in a dojo than most of you that train with him have been alive.
• Your Sensei is the one who is always there for your training…
• Your Sensei quite often sees a need and fills a need for their students.
• He sees that a poor kid who has anything and needs sparring gear and he just go ahead and get it.
• He saw that his adult students losing their jobs and says “Don’t worry about paying til you’re caught up”.
• This is the role your Sensei plays and it demands respect.
• I shouldn’t have had to even write this blog…but, then again, people live in a shallow world these days.
• Perhaps we should step out of it, be bigger and better, and then the world will change.
• Respect your Sensei, take care of your Sensei, honor your Sensei…
• Because, one day, your Sensei will no longer be around.