Quote from Nelo_Neko
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Quote from Nelo_Neko
I get criticized by my gramps that I'm wasting my time because there are no real shifus nowadays. Back in his days his shifu was a wanted killer who can break trees with his fists and kill a man with one hand. He hid him at his house and gave him three bowls of rice a day as payment for lessons.
I laughed until the rest of the family confirmed it was in fact a true story.....-_______-:
I laughed until the rest of the family confirmed it was in fact a true story.....-_______-:
There's all kinds of sifus. These days it's hard to find one, but there's still proper ones out there (perhaps not wanted killers though, times are changing and all). It also depends on what they focus on. Not many train seriously actual martial arts, techniques for killing, for surviving. I've been lucky enough to find an awesome sifu (though I came across quite a few not so awesome on the way).
It might not be much, but at least it helps a bit to train by yourself in the hope that one day you might find some wanted killer to teach you for a hideout and few bowls of rice.
What I said had became a running gag between friends and cousins. Every time I say anything about a martial arts trainer who is internationally known, won so and so awards someone will shout out in my gramps voice "Yeah but has he killed a man before, break trees with his bare fists and kill a man with one hand?" All this said with a eagle claw.
My dad did know this crazy old guy who used to use his kung-fu to help the police to catch gang members in Chinatown. He's some kind of bum now and no one knows where he really is.
Any way....I don't really care its for the exercise after all.
My opinion is that it's not really much of master at all if he can't kill a man with one body blow.
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