<i>I began my official apprenticeship at age 28. My master physically beat me, which is a common practice. It’s corporal discipline. </i><p>Oo<p>This sounds eerily like a hazing.  The author even says things like &quot;When a white sushi chef says, &#x27;I would work there, but it was too demanding,&#x27; then I say you are definitely too weak and we are not cut from the same cloth&quot;, as though enduring verbal and physical abuse is a sign of honour and hard work rather than dysfunction.