At 03:45 PM 6/8/97 GMT, Gary Kleppe wrote:

Gary: Hey, everybody. Welcome to another installment of SHONEN SUNDAY
THEATER 3000. My silly cohorts and I have been locked in here by an
insane principal, in order that we might read fanfics and make clever
commentary on them.

Kasumi's Little Secret

	Presently Kasumi finished her kata, bowed to the dojo, and turned

Daisuke: I suppose that's okay, but if the dojo bows back you should be
worried...

It's perfectly ok.  You *do* bow to the dojo whenever you enter or leave it.
It shows respect.

	"Then let's begin," she said.  Kasumi watched Ranma out of the
corner of her eye as they moved through the form.  This particular form
came naturally to her, it was the first one that Sifu Huang had taught her

Hiroshi: What's a 'Sifu'?
Gary: A master craftsman, an experienced worker. I've always seen it as
"Shifu". Anyway, presumably it indicates a martial arts master.

yes, it does.  Actually, the title you address a martial arts master by
depends on what style s/he's involved with.  I don't remember specifically
which styles address their Masters as "Sifu" 

btw -  the first time I heard someone addressed this way, I thought he was
being called 'seafood' <g>



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