Kungfu and its 'masters' are a sham.
There, got you!
Hello everybody.
Pt 1
I went to the world HQ of my kungfu style in Town A, shall we say.
I contacted them before and askedif it was ok for me to come down and have a look and maybe cross some hands, and they said yeah sure, just give us a call before you come. So I gave them a call, and they said yeah sure, just come on down... I said how do I get in, they said just wait, there'll be a lot of people comingand going.
So I went. I waited. Nobody came. I waited some more. Still nobody. Waiting at the door.
Eventually I got in, and went on up. Met a guy who I recognised as a well-known second gen student of the most renowned (late) GM, and his one student. Neither of them were doing anything. Introduced ourselves, exchanged pleasantries. He said there was no point me staying and watching cos his class was about to finish (there was only one guy there anyway like I said, but that ws fair enough, it was like early afternoon on a weekday) and they weren't relly doing anything (and that was a fact!).
I wondered why he hadn't said that in the first place, but politely thanked him and left.
Called again later. Same story (come on down).
So I went. I waited. Nobody came. I waited some more. Still nobody. Waiting at the door. Eventually I rang the doorbell.
Nothing. I waited. Nobody came. I waited some more. Still nobody. I rang again. still zero. I rang the super. He grudgedly let me in.
Fat old guy, bottle-bottom glasses hang off dripping nose, string beater... didn't recognise (but who was doubtless a really well-renowned), GM's first gen student was there. No students (again not really remarkable - still afternoon, same weekday). this time the iron gate is over the door, and he doesn't look like he has any intention of opening it.
He asks me the usual: how long who what forms, why did I come to Town A?
I answer: Long time, Sifu X(he knew), Sifu Y(he knew) Sifu Z (he didn't), all of them, to find a sifu I could train with when I come to Town A (which isn't all that far) since I don't haae a sifu now since I moved again.
He says (accusing like I wasn't loyal enough to stick with one sifu, when in fact I've moved around a lot): Your forms are from different people, different lineage, so your kungfu gonna be no good.
I said Maybe, but that's one reason I want to find a sifu, to consolidate my training. He says which sifu? I said, a good one, whose style is not to far from mine, who will accept me, and who I can stick with, since I now live closer to Town A.
He said come back and talk to Sifu G and Sifu H (Sifu X and Y's sifus), and I said, well to be honest, I don't see my kungfu as being so close to theirs anymore, as I trained with their students a long time ago, so there isn't so much of a connection, and they might not even like me trying to say there was. So out of respect to them, I didn't think it was necessarily a good idea.
He said: You don't have a school, so how are you gonna find a sifu?
I say: So how do I join a school?
He said: Find a sifu.
You get the picture.
25 minutes. Catch 22 made funny book and movies. Real life it aint so funny.
So eventually I say, Well can I just watch what you and maybe cross hands with someone, and come back later? He says no, he's not really doing anything etc.
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