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**ñàéäèíã** · 10-12-2009, 02:39 PM

If I say "because I say so" I have given an explanation. It is that you should do this because I am the expert, the authority, and I say it is to be done in this way or at this time and that is sufficient reason and explanation for you to do it. I have said such a thing to students and it's been in reference to doing something they haven't done before, something that I deduced for myself. Whey they ask why do this, or who says we should do this I have said "I say it".

One should be very careful when saying this because it puts the entire responsibility for the actions on he who says it.

This is much different than saying "try it and see" or as Peter says "it's worked for me it will likely work for you". These are ways of saying "there is an explanation, it should make itself clear to you in the future, for now you should just do it and wait for the answer to come to you".

In none of these cases are we talking about a 1kyu teaching a 4kyu. In that case the correct answer is "sensei says we do it this way" or some variant of same.

Kim.

10-12-2009, 02:39 PM	#24
ñàéäèíã Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 500 Senior Member	If I say "because I say so" I have given an explanation. It is that you should do this because I am the expert, the authority, and I say it is to be done in this way or at this time and that is sufficient reason and explanation for you to do it. I have said such a thing to students and it's been in reference to doing something they haven't done before, something that I deduced for myself. Whey they ask why do this, or who says we should do this I have said "I say it". One should be very careful when saying this because it puts the entire responsibility for the actions on he who says it. This is much different than saying "try it and see" or as Peter says "it's worked for me it will likely work for you". These are ways of saying "there is an explanation, it should make itself clear to you in the future, for now you should just do it and wait for the answer to come to you". In none of these cases are we talking about a 1kyu teaching a 4kyu. In that case the correct answer is "sensei says we do it this way" or some variant of same. Kim.
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