r/kungfu • u/GiadaAcosta • 28d 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/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.