So many Grandmasters appear!

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Re: So many Grandmasters appear!

Postby yusuf on Thu Mar 03, 2011 6:23 pm

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Re: So many Grandmasters appear!

Postby Michael on Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:24 pm

Lance Burton: Master Magician (perhaps grandmaster later?)

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His sleight of hand is quite good, (2:38)
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Re: So many Grandmasters appear!

Postby klonk on Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:25 pm

So, if I've kept the discussion straight, the problem is two words mistranslated to become "grandmaster," da shi and si gong. Are there any other Chinese terms so used? I mean terms that when translated across the ocean and the language barrier become "grandmaster." I can't help thinking the multiplication of "grandmasters" is hurting the image of MA in the pragmatic West.

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Re: So many Grandmasters appear!

Postby cdobe on Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:06 am

klonk wrote:So, if I've kept the discussion straight, the problem is two words mistranslated to become "grandmaster," da shi and si gong. Are there any other Chinese terms so used? I mean terms that when translated across the ocean and the language barrier become "grandmaster."

These two are also candidates
宗師, zong-shi: ancestral teacher (dead)
師宗, shi-zong: same caracters, meaning 'founder of a system'
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Re: So many Grandmasters appear!

Postby klonk on Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:03 am

Okay. Thanks! What I am thinking is, there are plain English alternatives to "grandmaster" for all of those. We should be using terms like "distinguished teacher" or "senior teacher," or even "past master" if you like--equivalents that are respectful without being erroneous.
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Re: So many Grandmasters appear!

Postby dragonprawn on Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:26 am

When I first started posting on these boards I was often thinking (and sometimes saying) that being able to study IMA in NYC spoils me. This thread makes me feel the same way because I am having the opposite experience to the majority of you. If I look around the city there are many who do not call themselves Master who could do with a lesson from me and many called Master who could teach me a thing or two. And since they can, who am I to tell them what to call themselves?

I respect JW's opinion, but wasn't his teacher the "King of Chinese Wrestling"? I suppose there are many titles one could have issue with, but again, I'd much rather take lessons from someone with the goods called Grand Pubah than someone with no skills and plenty of humility.
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Re: So many Grandmasters appear!

Postby bailewen on Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:32 am

I dunno what peoples experiences are. I only commented on the language and how I see it evolving.

I have only ever had 2 CMA teachers. One was YC Wong and he goes by "Sifu". I don't see why anyone needs to bother translating it at all. It's a perfect example of when importing a word from a foreign language is perfectly appropriate. My second has been my current teacher, Li Suiyin. Since we are both in China and both speak Chinese, again, no real issue here.

I am only really even aware of the "controversy" from wasting time on the internet.

bwt, "King of Chinese Wrestling" is not a title. It's a nickname. I don't think Chang Dong Sheng ever used that title himself. It's just what people called him like Benny "The Jet" Uruquidez or Bill "Superfoot" Wallace or Omar "The Bajibomber of Xi'an" Belove. ;D
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Re: So many Grandmasters appear!

Postby dragonprawn on Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:56 am

Yes, exactly. it's what others may have called him. But who cares? Call him King, call him sifu, Grandmaster. Makes no difference with a person of such skill. I guess that's my main point. But remember, I do hate hucksters and in that spirit I do see the other side of the coin.
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Re: So many Grandmasters appear!

Postby shawnsegler on Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:26 pm

Where's that GIF of "you can't talk to him unless you adress him as GM cultmasster Nam" on his throne with the words "Haters gone Hate" that was up a while back?

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Re: So many Grandmasters appear!

Postby yeniseri on Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:18 am

I tend to ignore the title(s) but look at what the teacher can show me! Da Shr as a title may be more apt than many but in reference to Chang Dungsheng, he was called as such based on what he accomplished as opposed to the smoke and mirrors of the multitude of masters/see fuse and other taxi drivers!
I mentioned this many times befoer but even the cook, the door greeter, etc is called sifu becaus of their professional behaviour in the performance of their mundance duties.
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Re: So many Grandmasters appear!

Postby Blackcat on Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:04 pm

neijia_boxer wrote:There really is only one.....Grandmaster

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What about Melle Mel?
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Re: So many Grandmasters appear!

Postby DeusTrismegistus on Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:57 pm

We need a zombie smiley for when someone resurrects a dead thread.
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Re: So many Grandmasters appear!

Postby Blackcat on Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:17 am

Grandmaster Sun Lu Tang, however, believed that the most important reason to practice martial arts was the improvement of one's health; developing fighting ability was merely of secondary importance.
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Re: So many Grandmasters appear!

Postby Michael Babin on Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:47 am

And a Mummy one for those who get too wrapped up in the discussion. :-)
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Re: So many Grandmasters appear!

Postby Dmitri on Fri Jun 29, 2012 6:30 am

From one Grandmaster to another... No can defend. -bow-

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