Just my opinion
As to bringing the occasional gift of food or whatever...heaven forbid you should create a sense of family and community on your school!
THAT! THAT is what its all about right there!!!!
Sure. some Sifu's can dangle things from the system he or she may know you want to learn. Sure, the Sifu may ask you do something for him or her. BUT i've never ......NOT ONCE in my thirty years of gung fu study known a sifu to say "if you want this or that you MUST pay my bills, feed my family, or do as i tell you". Well, there is one sifu who used to make his students sell AMWAY.....but thats another story.
In my sifu's school, it was never a rule that you HAD to do something for him. People did things for him out of complete respect for him. WE NEVER FELT OBLIGED. we just DID. Many of his students would do things. In fact, my sifu did it for his late sifu and is still doing it for his current Sifu. its called tradition. and i'm quite sure ALL of my classmates aren't Drain Bamaged and can make their own decisions to do it or to deny it.
having a sifu is like having a second father. Those kind of people who just wouldn't do the things mentioned in this thread makes me wonder just how good do you take care of your REAL PARENTS? If they needed something would you shut them out and go find new parents? How dare your parents ask for something, right?
We ALL will have different perspectives, experiences, morals, attitudes and such. this is great because it feels good to be an individual. Yet, to judge someone who will WILLINGLY take care of their sifu, teacher or whatever in a harsh light in MY opinion is TOTALLY WRONG. I don't judge those who WON'T take care of their sifu, thats THEIR choice.
IDK, i just feel that when you ignore tradition, you shut out alot of other things as well. JUST MY OPINION OTOH, I'M SURE THERE ARE SIFU AND PAST SIFU WHO DID THIS INTENTIONALLY TO GULLIBLE NON CHINESE.
Last edited by hskwarrior; 03-04-2012 at 10:37 AM.
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