Honor's Lesson Dojo

The Honor's Lesson Dojo is like many of the Scorpion dojo newly built. The original grand dojo of the Bayushi family had stood for a thousand years when it was destroyed during the Clan War. The rebuilt dojo was to be set up near Kyuden Bayushi, and was one of the first edicts of the Scorpion Clan Champion Bayushi Yojiro, to ensure the future of his clan. Shortly after the end of the War of Spirits construction began, and when the doors of the Honor's Lesson Dojo opened it was named in honor of the strategy used to defeat the armied of Hantei XVI. The stones and adornments from the previous dojo were used where possible, serving as a metaphorical and spiritual tie to the dojo that had served as the training grounds throughout most of history.

Training
Only the most clever and resourceful children are admitted to train at the dojo, and the Bayushi training is infamous for weeding out nearly half the students as they failed to live up to the rigors of the training. Even though the dojo has only been standing for a short time the amount of students still attenfing from the first year seem to show a continuing pattern. Being sent away from the dojo is not shameful in itself, and the sensei are masters at spotting hidden potential and send them to train with the Scorpion courtiers or other less honorable duties. The initial training gives the bushi a monumentally difficult task to be completed in a unreasonably short time. The clever students realize that this is a test of their dedication to duty and ability to recognize when they have failed. Those who do not catch on however find their progress through the school severely hindered. Loyalty and honesty is favored most in the students when it comes to dealing with other member of the clan. Students must also possess knowledge of Rokugani politics as well as ability of relying on "more civilized methods than warfare", the term used about court life by the the Bayushi. Kakita's The Sword teaches that the true master of the sword never draws his blade to defeat an enemy, and the Scorpion agree with this philosophy, even if their applications of it differ from the Crane's.

Gempukku
The gempukku of the dojo is different for every student. The sensei sets the student a task that forces the student to overcome an obstacle. This could be anything from a senior student, a puzzle, a koan or some other hurdle. To pass the student must discern the weakness in the objective, and attack it boldly and quickly. Failure to overcome the obstacle does not mean the student failed. Failure is a logical end to some situations, and even a Scorpion must know when only failure is possible

Sensei
Traditionally within the Scorpion, age is the prime indicator of talent and ability. Many of their schemes within the politics and battles of the Empire puts the Scorpion's life in danger, and more often than not the grandmaster of the dojo is the oldest samurai still fully capable mentally and physically. What could be called the other tradition of the Scorpionis that Soshi Tishi became the exception to this.

Notable Sensei

 * Bayushi Hisa (c.1153 - ?
 * Soshi Tishi ? - Present

Notable Students

 * Bayushi Kamnan
 * Bayushi Shixiang

Major References

 * Way of the Samurai Pages 61-62.