Black belt (martial arts) of ability when using these tactics and are sometimes referred to as McDojos or belt factories. In some Japanese schools, after obtaining a black belt the student also begins to instruct, and may be referred to as a senpai (senior student) or sensei (teacher). In others, a black belt student should not be called sensei until they are sandan (third degree black belt), or the titles kyosa or sabom in Korean martial arts as second degree or higher, as this denotes a greater degree of experience and a sensei must have this and grasp of what is involved in teaching
Dō (martial arts) and is pronounced identically with its Japanese cognate as Dō. Dō (martial arts) Dō is the "go-on" vocalization of the Japanese "kanji" 道, corresponding to Mandarin Chinese (pinyin) "dào", meaning "way", with connotations of "philosophy, doctrine" (see Tao). In Asian martial arts, the word has been widely adopted as the term for a "school" or "discipline", especially in "Old School" (koryū- 古流) lineages of Japanese martial arts, such as the Kashima Shin-ryū (鹿島神流), although its use in the greater martial arts community has become much more widespread as a synonym of jutsu 術 "technique, method". The word "道" is used