Hello Everybody!
As you may have noticed, I've posted titles for addressing members withing a kungfu family. In this post, I hope to help those who are unfamilar to make some sense of it all. I'll be using an example of a simple family tree I've created to help explain.
The example family tree is depicted in the image attached to this post. Here's an explaination of the family tree diagram:
The different levels from top to bottom are the different generations. The top most level is the oldest generation and the lowest is the youngest generation. For example, let's say Gam Dai Bou is the 3rd generation of their school. Therefore, Michelle LaFluer would be 4th generation and Mohammed Lalji would be 6th generation.
In each generation, the most senior is on the rightmost end and the most junior is on the leftmost side. In the generation containing Michelle, Artur, Marc, Jesusa, and Minh, Michelle is the most junior and Minh is the most senior.
Beside each name in paranthesises is the gender of the person. The letter M refers to male and the letter F refers to female.
In this example, let's focus on John Smith and what he would address everyone else on the tree. Please note I will be using Cantonese terms using romanisation methods that Sifu uses and the Yale system. The ones in paranthesises are the Yale romanised version.
Gam Dai Bou is John's Sigung (Sigung) or Grandmaster.
Marc McMillan is John's Sifu (Sifu) or Master.
Minh Nguyen is John's Sipak (Sibaak) or Senior Uncle*.
Jesusa Cortez is John's Sikuma (Siguma) or Senior Aunt*.
Artur Rutter is John's Sisook (Sisuk) or Junior Uncle*.
Michelle LaFluer is John's Sikujie (Siguje) or Junior Aunt*.
* note: seniority is relative to John's Sifu.
Kentaro Kobayashi is John's Siheng (Sihing) or Senior Brother.
Svetlana Mironov is John's Sijie (Sije) or Senior Sister.
Zhu MeiXiang is John's Simui (Simui) or Junior Sister.
James Doherty is John's Sidai (Sidai) or Junior Brother.
Sanjay Bal and Mohammed Lalji are John's Toudai (Toudai) or Students.
Jane Meadowfield is John's Tousoonlui (Tousyunneui) or Female Grandstudent.
Joseph Green is John's Tousoon (Tousyun) or Male Grandstudent.
That's it! I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Mike.
As you may have noticed, I've posted titles for addressing members withing a kungfu family. In this post, I hope to help those who are unfamilar to make some sense of it all. I'll be using an example of a simple family tree I've created to help explain.
The example family tree is depicted in the image attached to this post. Here's an explaination of the family tree diagram:
The different levels from top to bottom are the different generations. The top most level is the oldest generation and the lowest is the youngest generation. For example, let's say Gam Dai Bou is the 3rd generation of their school. Therefore, Michelle LaFluer would be 4th generation and Mohammed Lalji would be 6th generation.
In each generation, the most senior is on the rightmost end and the most junior is on the leftmost side. In the generation containing Michelle, Artur, Marc, Jesusa, and Minh, Michelle is the most junior and Minh is the most senior.
Beside each name in paranthesises is the gender of the person. The letter M refers to male and the letter F refers to female.
In this example, let's focus on John Smith and what he would address everyone else on the tree. Please note I will be using Cantonese terms using romanisation methods that Sifu uses and the Yale system. The ones in paranthesises are the Yale romanised version.
Gam Dai Bou is John's Sigung (Sigung) or Grandmaster.
Marc McMillan is John's Sifu (Sifu) or Master.
Minh Nguyen is John's Sipak (Sibaak) or Senior Uncle*.
Jesusa Cortez is John's Sikuma (Siguma) or Senior Aunt*.
Artur Rutter is John's Sisook (Sisuk) or Junior Uncle*.
Michelle LaFluer is John's Sikujie (Siguje) or Junior Aunt*.
* note: seniority is relative to John's Sifu.
Kentaro Kobayashi is John's Siheng (Sihing) or Senior Brother.
Svetlana Mironov is John's Sijie (Sije) or Senior Sister.
Zhu MeiXiang is John's Simui (Simui) or Junior Sister.
James Doherty is John's Sidai (Sidai) or Junior Brother.
Sanjay Bal and Mohammed Lalji are John's Toudai (Toudai) or Students.
Jane Meadowfield is John's Tousoonlui (Tousyunneui) or Female Grandstudent.
Joseph Green is John's Tousoon (Tousyun) or Male Grandstudent.
That's it! I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Mike.
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