My girlfriend is different than my Sifu. I don't get that analogy, but thats fine.
As for the Sifu relationship, common sense tells me that he's always my Sifu. In that, I will refer to him as Sifu. I guess its the more subtle information I'm looking for. Sifu "Wu" vs. Sifu "Eddie". Wu seems more correct to me, yet Scholar refers to him as Sifu Eddie (same Sifu, by the way). Subtle gestures are more difficult to get a handle on than the big do's and don'ts. Those I can do - the little stuff, that's different.
Thanks for the info everyone. Awesome, as usual.
shawn
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