Original sentence: Soke is sometimes mistakenly believed to mean "Founder of a style" because many modern Soke are the first generation headmasters of their art (Shodai sōke), and are thus both Soke and founder
Edited sentence: Despite what many seem to believe in the West, as a Japanese word soke has never meant "founder," nor does it mean "grandmaster.Soke is sometimes mistakenly believed to mean "Founder of a style" because many modern "Soke" are the first generation headmasters of their art (Shodai sōke), and are thus both Soke and founder.Sokemon is a derisory term used on the Internet to describe those who created their own martial art, or who claim full mastery of one or more (usually fictitious) Japanese martial art systems and claim the title of soke for themselves.The very obscurity of the term Soke provides commercial advantage when it is invoked in a competitive marketplace crowded with instructors who promote themselves not just as high-ranking black belts, but as masters or even grandmasters.This English-language usage stands in stark contrast to the connotations of the word soke in Japan where, if it is used at all, it strongly implies loyalty to existing schools, deference to ancestral authority, and conservative adherence to traditional forms