talked to my kids' Sensei last night and brought this up. He said quite clearly that such a student wouldn't be welcome in his dojo. Not because of his religion or "beliefs" per se, though that would contribute but because part of the training and learning a student must do is to spar with with dojo members that are better than you, worse that you, weaker than you, stronger than you, shorter than you, taller than you, younger than you, older than you to not just demonstrate technique but to show you can do so in a safe and controlled manner (i.e. a 12 year old sparring against my 5 year old son. 12 year old is obviously going to win but he has to do so safely, with stricter sparring rules, tighter technique etc.).
In short the training requires you to be trained and help train all members of the dojo (it's quite comical observing a class where my 7 year daughter is sempai and correcting college age guys on how they do push ups, sit ups, basic kicks etc). You know they think it's hilarious as well but she out ranks them so they better keep the giggles silent or face the wrath of the Sensei.
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