Originally Posted by westway50

well have u noticed that a lot of the masters arent very strong in fighting. but they can still do a lot of stuff, even when they are like forty, fifty, and some even older. Kung Fu is not suppose necessarily for fighting. its for improving yourself. If u want to learn to fight, take up boxing or tai quan do. you probably wont be able to do those stuff when your older, but if u just wanna learn to fight now, u should learn something mainly for street use. But kung fu is suppose to be art like and for your health. also ur arguments about weapons is true, but if u learn the weapons, u can use those techniques with other items as weapons. Your sifu is probably right about ur ego.