it is old-style teaching. in some schools, the master will look to see what you are good at. if you’re good at somersaults, then you just do somersaults. if you are a soldier, you can only be a soldier. if you are good at one thing, then you focus on that.
in my school, we learned everything: acrobatics, acting, dancing and singing. because i am so big, when i first went to the school, i learned to be a girl. everything had to be very slow; every movement had to be very little; my voice [had to be] very soft. i also played many different characters. sometimes i would play an 