How to become a lineage student:
- 3rd dan black belt
- At least 6 years of unbroken training with a given instructor
- this should include both public & private classes
- 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
- 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
