JBrainard said:
To expand on that, I once read something that was very interesting and very true: There is no TRUE transmition of ANY martial art, because every student who becomes a teacher learned their art in their own way and will teach it in their own way, no matter how hard they try to adhear to tradition.
Sucks, huh?
IT is true. Just like in learning how to cook a recipe.
Say I am a head chef and set out to teach about 20 students the methods of cooking..... curry goat w/rice and peas.
Now I have my own preferred methods of cooking this dish so I show the students how to do it. First I show the whole class the methods a few times and let them play around with it for a few days.
During all this time I go around the kitchen carefully observing each student on an individual basis. I notice their strengthes and weaknesses in cooking. I also notice some don't like to add onions to the fryer, others don't add too much garlic, while 1 or 2 does rice and peas differently from the rest of the students.
Noticing all this, I encourage each and every one of them to carry on with their interpretations of the desired dish they so want to hone. I also add a few tips here and there to each student, just to help them out more.
Finally it is graduation day, the students have learned to cook curry goat and other dishes on their own! Yes they had my teachings and assistance but, ultimately they made their own meals! They added or took out certain ingredients that didn't fit well with their tastebuds or styles. They modified certain aspects of utilizing the stove, mixing and blending ingredients, etc etc.
So my students depart from me and, during the course of the next 3 years I visit their restaurants and homes to taste their curry goats w/rice and peas. Obviously the dish will have different textures and taste depending who I sample it from; but ONE THING is CLEAR. It is the same dish regardless= Curry goat w/rice and peas!
Just everyone has their own way of cooking and preparing it!
IF you don't believe me, just go to
6 different Caribbean restaurants in the next 3 weeks and try the curry goat dishes. I am very sure you will taste many distinctions when comparing one place's interpretation to the next place
I think this is how Wing chun is; same recipe taught to many students, many students make it their own recipes and change what fits and keep what fits.
, but I would tell you something. WT still proved to be one of the most effective fighting systems ever to be created. Many other styles masters and champoins joined the organization and started to train in. MAN, it's not the master that will help you, it's a gray floor tiled with white stripes. it is the STREET pal.
