Elderly martial arts master Elderly martial arts master The elderly martial arts master is a mentor/teacher stock character in fiction, especially "Wuxia", "Chanbara", and other martial arts films. Typically an East Asian male, he is a near-invincible master of the martial arts, despite being advanced in age and presumably having a decrease in physical strength. Often he possesses the rank of Sensei (or teacher) and is referred to as such by his student. The elderly master most often teaches either generic kung fu or an exotic style specific to the fictional period (see List of fictional martial arts). During the films, the master often
Grandmaster (martial arts) arts school, or "kwoon" (館, guǎn) is an extended family headed by the Shifu. The Shifu's teacher is the "師公 honorable master" or "Shigong". Similarly the Shifu's wife is the "Shimu" "teacher mother" and the grandmaster's wife is known as: 師姥 shi lao; or 師婆 shi po. Male and female students who began training before you and are thus senior, are 師兄"Shixiong" "teacher older brothers" and 師姐 "Shijie" "teacher's sisters". Women in traditional society did not have the same status as males (despite what modern movies depict). Students junior to you are your "Shidi" and "Shimei". The pattern extends to