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meaning "Instructor Line" that fills a very similar role. A Shihanke is essentially a second training lineage that exists autonomously from the Sōke. In arts where there is a
Shihanke and a Sōke it is possible for the position of Sōke to essentially be a hereditary honorary title in the
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