| The term master is designated to the person | | | | displayed. Mostly the master always appoints |
| who has spent his entire life trying to | | | | a successor who has the best skills in Kung |
| discover and master the martial art system | | | | Fu, and would be able to identify if the |
| and achieved it in his lifetime. His skills | | | | master had a strong stance or not. Then if |
| are superior and a highly skilled person is | | | | the master removes photographs of the |
| not always a master, when the older master | | | | grandmaster and him, the photographs never |
| retires a new one is appointed. Every | | | | include those of them practicing. |
| classical system has a single master sometime | | | | |
| even known as a grandmaster. Only a few | | | | This could be a sign that the person training |
| masters are alive today since most of the | | | | you is a fake. The Kung Fu masters are |
| systems are old and the original Kung Fu | | | | great warriors and always choose not to |
| techniques are lost because the master passed | | | | fight. A true Kung Fu master would never get |
| away before teaching it to his students. | | | | affected by petty remarks and shows |
| | | | superiority in this, but when attacked can |
| There have been times that the students have | | | | eliminate his aggressor with a few blows. |
| claimed to be masters because the actual | | | | Kung Fu Masters regularly convey themselves |
| master didn't appoint one. For students | | | | with immense modesty because their combat |
| that have just begun training in Kung Fu, it | | | | responses are so deeply instinctual and |
| is very difficult to learn the right | | | | extremely refined that they are not felt on |
| techniques. The fake masters use the | | | | the ego level. Majority of Kung Fu masters |
| student's ignorance to their advantage, | | | | take no notice of the challenging nature of |
| making up unreal Chinese names for useless | | | | the forms and state that only feeling is |
| techniques, false praise, and making them do | | | | crucial. It is important to note that feeling |
| incorrect exercises that will affect their | | | | is generated in the mind and perfect |
| health after a while. Some of the ways to | | | | execution of form ensures this feeling. |
| distinguish a phony from the real master are | | | | Whenever a Kung Fu master uses a weapon it is |
| quite simple. One way is to compare the | | | | to for fight from close or from a distance. |
| techniques and forms since two "Masters" | | | | The greatest weapon that a Kung Fu master |
| cannot have very few forms or techniques in | | | | posses though is his mind and a staying calm |
| common. If you feel the moves are copied | | | | when engaging in combat is the best offence |
| straight from a movie, also when a soft style | | | | and defense. |
| is required and a hard style is being | | | | |