If You Could Choose Your Shaolin Kung Fu Master, Who Would It Be?

Summary: One of the fun things about martial arts is that it teaches you a bit of history as you go through it, and the bull sessions after a good workout are great. One of the bull sessions that Steve, Aaron and I had recently, after closing down the dojo, was sort of like fantasy league baseball, only for shaolin kung fu masters. Now, in fantasy baseball (another avocation of mine), one of the positions you can fill is "team manager", and the team manager helps your stats. For ...

One of the fun things about martial arts is that it teaches you a bit of history as you go through it, and the bull sessions after a good workout are great. One of the bull sessions that Steve, Aaron and I had recently, after closing down the dojo, was sort of like fantasy league baseball, only for shaolin kung fu masters. Now, in fantasy baseball (another avocation of mine), one of the positions you can fill is "team manager", and the team manager helps your stats. For a martial arts school, a good teacher is reflected in how well his students learn, and how well his style spreads. We were pretty careful to avoid direct style comparisons. Aaron knows two styles of Kung Fu, and Steve knows at least three, and I've dabbled in more styles than I like to admit. (Steve makes jokes about Yoshi's New Dance Steps, and Sit On Your Ass Kung Fu when I do something stupid and have to recuperate