Will you ever be as good as your teacher?


My teacher is a very tough guy, but I think I can become as good as him one day - if not better.

When I first met him, he pushed me around like I wasn't there. Now that I've trained for a while, I can resist him to some extent. Once I do specialized weight training, I'll resist even more.

As far as technical details of doing forms, my teacher doesn't have it all together anymore because he doesn't practice his forms as fanatically as he needs to. Yet he can still do the correct fundamentals when the spirit moves him, and he's making sure that I get my form correct.

Still, it'll take me a very long time before I can even begin to compete with my sifu.