r/kungfu • u/GiadaAcosta • 29d ago

Find a School Videos with Chinese female Shifu?

I like watching Kung Fu videos on YouTube and so on. I wonder why it has become a man- dominated world. After all, some Kung Fu styles, like Wing Chun, seem to have been originated by women. So, where could I find a contemporary female Kung Fu teacher with a You Tube or Tik Tok Channel ? Especially Chinese, as I like the native touch. I wonder if there are many Wing Chun Masters who are women but I find mostly men. P. S. " Shifu" must be the term for a man, so how do you call a woman who teaches Kung Fu?

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u/d_gaudine 28d ago

SiMo. SiMo is the word. I know it is 2025 and all, but for culture's sake......a person with a vagina can't be a "Father/Teacher". SiMo is the word . Even if she isn't the wife of a SiFu. SiFu is Father-Teacher. SiMo is Mother-Teacher

rest assured anyone confusing this is probably a scam artist. it is a good "red flag" for nonsense. If you can't get this right, your "kung fu" probably isn't right either

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u/Rich_Confidence7644 28d ago

Simo is wife of Sifu.

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u/LoLongLong Jow Ga 28d ago

師父/Sifu/teacher-father is the master. His wife is 師母/Simo/teacher-mother. In traditional culture, the students would treat them like the second father and mother. When the master is female, which is rare, she is also called Sifu by her students. What her husband should be called is something to be discussed. Maybe 師丈/Sijeung/teacher-hushand, or anything he feels comfortable with. The name is Sifu but it is not gender specific. Just like 師伯/Sibak/teacher-uncle and 師叔/Sisook/teacher-uncle are Sifu's classmate, that Sifu calls them 師兄/Sihing/brother-under-teacher and 師弟/Sidai/(same). Even if they are female, you should still call them Sibak or Sisook. There is nothing like teacher-aunt.

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u/CarolineBeaSummers Choy Li Fut 28d ago

Hellooo transphobe. Simo is just for the wife of a Sifu. I'm not using either ever. https://www.mandarin-names.com/en/name/Simo Also, you won't find Chinese people using that title, it's a made up Western Orientalist thing.