As part of Sanguinetti Sensei's commitment to education through
his teachings at his Honbu Dojo in San Marcos as well as at all
the events that he is invited to teach around the world, he emphasizes
in the importance to learn and respect the culture attached to the
practice of the Okinawan/Japanese arts of Karate and Kobudo. Naturally
the Japanese terminology and sometimes the Okinawan Hogen
(Okinawan dialect) are intrinsic part of Sanguinetti Sensei’s
teachings. He strongly believes not only that a practitioner of
the traditional Japanese/Okinawan martial arts will understand his/her
art better if he/she learns the proper terminology in the native
language, but also it is a great opportunity to learn a new language.
In California alone children attending public school more than likely
will not get exposed to a foreign language, and if they are it will
happen during High School level for an average period of 2 years.
Unfortunately if those children did not have any previous experience
with a foreign language more than likely they will have problems
to learn because their brains are not accustomed to it.
At the
Bushikan Dojo all children and adults starting as young as 3 years
old are taught not only the terminology necessary accordingly to
their age and rank but also the proper etiquette of the Arts in
Japanese. When Sanguinetti Sensei brings Japanese/Okinawan instructors
to teach at the Bushikan Dojo they really appreciate that even though
the students are not fully skilled in the Japanese language they
are very capable to show the proper respect to the visitors in Japanese
as well as to completely understand the terminology used during
training.