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Paper Mache and Kung Fu

So I had an insight driving home from class on Friday night.  Studying Kung Fu is a life long paper mache project!  First you start with a wire frame which translates into basic techniques, stances, how to kick and punch, things like that.  Practice and study is how you layer the glue and paper onto your wire frame to make it stronger and take on shape.  Still though you have a very rough, lumpy looking art project.  The finishing touches require that elusive concept of realism and requires the eye for detail that Sifu talks about all the time.  So now each piece of paper is applied with a great deal of thought and patience,  water or straight glue (tears and sweat) is used to smooth out rough edges and lumps that have appeared. 

Essentially you create yourself into a martial artist ... no two are alike ... each journey is unique.   And the best part!   You are never really done ... you add the magic of the six harmonies to give your project life ... the skill of teaching ... so you can share your knowledge and experience ... the gift of leadership/mentoring so you can contribute to the evolution of another human being. 

Does it get any better ... it might ... after all the author is not done yet!

Sifu Terry Beckett