dancingalone
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Don't Chinese systems call teachers Sifu and Grandmasters Sigung? It may not be a direct translation to grand master, but I believe sigung is equivalent.
Normally I believe in CMA, 'sigung' denotes your teacher's teacher and its usage is very person specific.
Some of the American martial arts like kajukenbo have altered the meaning of the word to mean a senior grandmaster level instead, but it is a corruption of the term.
By the way as the CMA members will tell you, 'grandmaster' is not a complimentary term to most Chinese MA teachers.