In karate, you call him Sensei
in Kung Fu, you call him Sifu if i'm not wrong
But what do you call the teacher in Korean style like Taekwondo?
Whats a teacher called in Taekwondo
In karate, you call him Sensei
in Kung Fu, you call him Sifu if i'm not wrong
But what do you call the teacher in Korean style like Taekwondo?
The official way:
sah bum nim: instructor (or "master")
sah boo nim : more intimate and respectful form of "sah bum nim"; literally "teaching father"
In our Taekwondo classes though, we never call the teacher this (not that we chose not to, but because it wasn't what the teachers wanted).
Instead we call our teachers: Mister (up to 4th Dan)
and: Master (5th Dan) - we don't have anyone higher than 5th.
Extending the explanation of Ashley...
-Boo Sah bum nim: Teacher assistant (from 1st to 3rd degree black belt)
-Sah bum nim: Teacher or instructor (from 4th to 6th degree black belt)
-Sah Gyon nim: Master instructor ( In ITF a Junior Master is a 7th degree black belt and a Senior Master is a 8th degree black belt)
-SanSoon nim: Grand Master (IX Degree - the highest grade)
ashley (06-09-2010), MisterMike (11-04-2011)
Thank you Sabon Raul, it appears as though you can elaborate on that point much more than I could.Originally Posted by Escuela Fraternidad de Taekwondo
Welcome to the site by the way, glad to have another fellow Taekwondo practitioner on here.
Thanks a lot! Please, if you have a chance please review mi website Escuela Fraternidad de Taekwondo- Contacto con ITF::
It's a nice website, but unfortunately for me I do not speak Spanish. Despite that I can see that it's a good site, did you design it yourself?
By the way, please list your club in our martial arts schools directory, I think it is lacking schools in Argentina.
Yes! I design by myself. If you need a web design, drop me a message. Thanks
Tae Kwon Do Title
Chief Instructor Kwan Jang Nim
Instructor Sa Bum Nim
All of our instructors at our school are addressed Sir or Ma'am
Our teacher who trains us, we call Master as he is a fifth dan
We called our instructor 'Sir' or Mr Farrell.
Anyone 5th dan and over was Master (followed by their surname)
There was good Etiquette in the class, everybody shook everyone's hand at the start and end of every class and everyone called each other Sir or Ma'm.
I liked it, everyone was shown respect from white belt onwards.
We are very informal, first names within the class, Titles when doing official line ups etc
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