Family Terms in a Kungfu Family

[James L]

And an English version ... now we just need the missing terms

Hi andrea, thanks a million for posting the Family Tree. Have been seeking some clarity on this for ages.

I know, I know the posts hve been there for a while! But greatful to find them all.

Best Wishes
James

[Chiahua]

Sifu Macek, I believe that Michael Chow is no longer a part of Shaolin Wahnam. He has left us an impressive body of work in the form of the Chinese Terminology section.
My hope is that someone will some day pick up the baton and continue this work. I have very limited skill in Chinese but would be willing to assist someone with more fluency.

[PM]

YunXiang sihing, i have tried to send you a private message, but your mailbox is full

[brendan]

Dear Shaolin Family,

I have older Nephew's and Niece's do I still call them Si Jat and Si Jat Lui.
Or is there other Tittle's for senior Nephew's and Niece's.

Kindest Regard's,
Brendan.

[AColarusso]

Dear Andrea Sijei,

Thank you for keeping this thread alive.

[Andrea]

Thank you for the explanation. I understand your school has adopted a naming system closer to the Japanese system, which uses titles then.

In the traditional Chinese "system", used in our school, the names are Kungfu Family relationships, rather than titles and thus depend on where in the family you are. (For an explanation see some of the earlier posts in this thread.) This makes it quite dynamic and interesting .

Best regards
Andrea

[bearl.yuille]

Thanks Andrea. Well we are a young school and our master is the founder of this particular style, he goes by the English title Master, however we call his wife Simu (she use to practice as well).
We have senior instructors which carry the title 'Sensei' (which I know is Japanese for Sifu), but at our dojo it is understood that the Senseis are under the Master, not the same level.
We also have Sempai as a designation (like myself) which is also Japanese for senior student.

I guess when another master comes up from the ranks, our current master may adopt the title Sigung or Shizu...

Peace n Love.

[mping]

Andrea,
Thanks for the correction. It's the habit I guess

[Andrea]

In our school your Sigung's wife is called "Sipo".
Simu (or Simou) is your Sifu's wife.

Shipo might be the Mandarin pronunciation, I am not sure. I also remember seeing other names on websites and that in some schools there is a different name whether or not your Sigung's wife practices Kungfu or not ... Sipo in those schools was only used, if she does. Thus there might be different ways of addressing your Sigung's wife in other schools. Best check with your Seniors.

Andrea

[bearl.yuille]

I think...

Hi mping,
Thanks for the reply but I believe that Simu is for the Sifu's wife however, I found on Wikipedia that Shi lao or Shipo is what the Sigung's wife is referred to.

Can anyone confirm please.

Thanks.

[mping]

I believe Sigung's wife would be Simu.

[bearl.yuille]

A quick question

Is the Sigung's wife called Simung?

I believe I heard a term similar to this while watching the Jackie Chan movie Drunken Master, his mother was being address as Simung (Shimung).

Peace n Love.

[parrapiti]

Thank you once again, dear Sister!

Piti

[Andrea]

And an English version ... now we just need the missing terms

[Andrea]

Here the revised German version: