My teacher likes to keep a distinct seperation while in training.
He is Sifu, he is not your friend. He is your kung fu master.
My master was raised and trained in temple life. He trains us as closely to the way he was trained while abiding by american laws. (he cant beat us)
It very much depends on the master. It depends on the way they were conditioned through training and the atmosphere they were trained in.
Many people will imulate or continue the tradition in which they were trained. Why? My master is an actual master. It worked when training him. It should work when training others.
people will do what they know works.
again its like apples and oranges. of course over the years he has made adaptions and changes to the way he conducts his school. He now lets people get away with much more than he used to.
Wow this has really escalated from a simple question, too a large debate. My opinion still stands, there is no set rule as to the traditions your school follows, it’s always up to the sifu/sensei.
and i quote: "your whiteness does not make you superior in any concept of a “way”.
If you wish to learn an asian martial art, then you need to leave your whiteness at the door. Asians as well as any non whites and including some who’ve opened their eyes- can see you would think you are superior in all ways in regards to little asian men.
Do you ever feel, well a little bit racist?
Sorry but I don’t know who Professor Lau Bun is and I don’t know what he’s a professor of, so your argument means little to me. Sorry but that’s the way it is. You can call yourself whatever you want but you’ll still be wiping your butt like everybody else.
I call my master by sifu and I bow when entering and leaving. I’m sayign though that it’s not a rule to do so, it’s up to your sifu and how he expects people to act at his school. There are soem schools that are more laid back where the sifu allows to be called by his last name, where as other schools it’s a very big deal to do so. So I’m saying to the creater of this topic that he should adress his sifu by whatever the senior students adress him by.
What? I’m saying I do adress my master as sifu, and show great respect to him because I attend a very traditional school, but that not all schools are this way. How am I being disrespectful to my sifu?
Because those things (Mr., Mrs., Ms., Esq, master, sensei, sifu, ect) are all cultural conventions, not dictates from God.
Is that clear enough for you or is your self loathing taking up too much of your mental bandwidth?
I hope I’m not learning the junk masters will teach a person who won’t recognize their position. I didn’t know titles made someone the shiznitz.
BTW Why are you whipping your butt? Is it a fetish or something?
