Ive heard Al Tracy use the term “Ronin” sometimes when referring to other systems or instructors. Whats a Ronin?
A. A Ronin (浪人), or rounin, was originally a masterless Samurai, that is a Samurai of a dead Lord. More recently the term has come to mean someone who is waiting for a second chance. Likewise, when a student fails the entrance exam for the Japanese higher education system, he is referred to as a Rouninsai. Many wealthy Japanese send their rouninsai to the United States to attend College. When they return to Japan, they are ronin. Ed Parker became the head, or master, of his own Kenpo Gouzoku, or “Powerful Family” in the late 1960’s. However, Ed Parker was very careful with whom he established in his Kenpo Family. By the time he died in December 1990, those who had been his niban (number two) had either been given their own Gouzoku, or had died, or had been adopted into his Kenpo Family and their ascension was in question, so there was no one to take his position. Ed Parker had promoted many black belts, but none of these did he admit to his Kenpo Family. When Ed Parker died, all of his
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