Friday

How to become a lineage student:

  1. 3rd dan black belt
  2. At least 6 years of unbroken training with a given instructor
    - this should include both public & private classes
  3. Bai shi ceremony
    - the student makes a pledge in which they commit to preserving the art, training hard and learning all aspects of the curriculum
    - other conditions will also be met (relative to instructor/school)
    - the instructor embraces the student as part of their own family
  4. Study & practice
    - the real work now begins, with the lineage student training very hard to learn the remaining syllabus material
    - this period of study and tuition usually continues for the remainder of the instructor's lifetime