Talk:Grandmaster (martial arts)

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[edit] teacher not master

After a search on the internet I have found that the martial arts do not really use the term Grandmaster (except in advertising to Americans). More often terms are used that translate better as teacher. I'll do some research and attemt to update the article. The original information in the article is unsourced and I can find nothing to back up the intro at all.-----Adimovk5 23:06, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

This is true. "Grandmaster" is a western convention in MA circles (primarily to impress the punters, IMO), used to translate Chinese or Japanese terms that usually literally mean "ancestor", "founder" or "older teacher". --Bradeos Graphon 17:43, 2 December 2007 (UTC)