Meaning of the Chinese Sifu? (Shifu) - Martial Arts Stack Exchange The "Fu" in "ShiFu" seems to have two different possible meanings depending on which hanzi character you interpret the word to have The first "Fu"(父) has the meaning of "father " Ergo, ShiFu has sort of a meaning of "teacher dad" if you go with the first interpretation and to some a ShiFu is like a father figure or almost like extended family
kung fu - What are the corrects words to greet our shifu? - Martial . . . In Mandarin, "hao" means "good", and is used as a greeting (As in "ni hao" "Ni" means "you", but can also be replaced by a title, in this case Shifu ) The end of class phrase is probably "shi fu xin ku le" Literally, it means that Shifu has worked hard, but the implication is that you are thanking them for their hard work
kung fu - Is it common and expected that shifus give theory classes . . . Whether your Shifu is withholding this information is a matter of conjecture with the information you have provided If he she does not speak of it regularly in class, chances are your Shifu either does not know the information or is withholding it It is extremely unlikely that a Shifu who teaches Taiji will not know something of (or at least
Correct usage of the title Master? - Martial Arts Stack Exchange Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
self training - Leaning out of axis - Martial Arts Stack Exchange Shifu sometimes told me to follow tai chi classes as well, as it would make my movements more fluid An opportunity to train tai chi with a good, proper trainer came up, and I took it I learned a lot from that, which I incorporated into my main training as well, but that nagging feeling of something essential missing never went away
kung fu - The 180 degree leg split - Martial Arts Stack Exchange I started taking kung fu lessons from my shifu around 2 months back However, I have yet to achieve a full 180 degree leg split When I attempt this, my inner thighs and outer hips hurt a lot I am able to stretch only to 130 degree, so my kicks do not reach the required height as desired by my teacher
What differentiates the major styles of Tai Chi? Fu style has also gotten more attention recently, arising from Bagua Dragon Palm This video is the the third generation pure lineage, although hsingyi focusing is considered by many to be the specialty Fu Shen-long, and it was his father Fu Wing-fay who most most advanced Fu tai chi
How does weapons training transfer to empty hand? Always triple check your Shifu has understood you, this is very important when learning internal skills The Chinese Wushu association in Beijing runs a duan wei grading system, 6th duan is master level, on the pre 2005 6 badges of grade the word Dan of Wushu was used
Isshinryu karate - seisan kata - opening move bunkai As of 1989, there were 336 Branches of Isshin-ryu Karate (a style only named as of January 15, 1956) Given this fragmentation, I have chosen a fairly recognized figure in the Isshinryu world, the