Sifu (Cantonese Chinese) or shifu (Mandarin Chinese) is an accomplished teacher who oversees apprentices in certain traditions and philosophies. It is written with the Chinese characters: 師傅 and 師父. The character 師 means `teacher`, while the meaning of 傅 is `tutor` and the meaning of 父 is `father`. Both characters are read fu w...
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Master/Teacher. This term is usually reserved for the head of the school. In ancient times it was akin to father. As hierarchy in Chinese kung fu follows the same heirarchy as the family unit.
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Cantonese term for 'Teacher'. Commonly used by Kung-Fu students to address their instructor.
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