Ajarn (pronounced like awe-john) is the Thai word for teacher or professor. When I was in high school, I studied a style of martial arts called Lotus Self-Defense, which was a style developed by Ajarn Precha Mahachanavong in Ubon, Thailand. After years of study and practice, I attained the level of Black Belt, and started teaching my own class, thus earning the title of Ajarn in the process. As I got into online discussion forums and social media, I was looking for a unique User ID that did not just assign me a number. I started to use the moniker AjarnMark and stuck with it. When it came to naming my training and consulting business, I realized that the meaning behind Ajarn was an appropriate fit once again.