Sheng Chi Kung Fu

It's easiest to understand the meaning of these terms if you think of them in terms of a family. The Da' Shifu being the grandfather. The Shun Shifu being the eldest son of the grandfather. The Shifu's being the other sons of the grandfather. The brown belt is given the title Shi Bok because he would have a family responsibility but not a direct responsibility of raising the children (students). Like an uncle would. Shi Hing would also have a responsibility to the family but a lesser responsibility than the Shi Bok. Shi Hing is like an older cousin.

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Shi Hing- The term for a lower level instructor. Not in common useage. Literally means cousin.

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Shi Bok- The term for a brown belt. Not in common useage. Literally this term means uncle.

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Shi Mu- A female black belt. This term is not in common useage. It is the female version of Shifu. I don't advise using this term. The female black belts prefer to go by Shifu.

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Shifu- The term used for black belt. The term literally means master, teacher, or father.

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Shun Shifu- The title of the head instructor of the school. Literally means "chosen father" or "first son".

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Da' Shifu- Grand master. Common useage of this term is to define a master who has mastered all eight degrees. Proper useage is to denote the top shifu of a system. The term is properly only used in refference to other shifu's. As the term shifu literally means master, father, or teacher. The term Da' Shifu means Grand master, Grandfather, or Grand teacher.

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Si Jo (Shi Gung)- The creator of the art. This is not necessarily reserved for the original creator of the art. The term is used for a grand master who has contributed to the art and created a grandmaster below him.

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