“Spiritual Shout” – Martial Arts Burbank

It’s not often that I would see Grandmaster Suh angry or upset. But, once-in-awhile, it happened. And, when it did, it was best to “stay back, completely out of the way and not within reach”. That means in English, “it’s better to go home!” 🙂

One day in the parking lot of Mr Suh’s restaurant, he got into a disagreement with a plumber who was rebuilding the plumbing (and a lousy job of it). The plumber didn’t really know Mr. Suh and was coming off kind of rude. Mr. Suh tolerated it for awhile but then I could see him getting a little bit “interested”. I backed away, just a little.

Finally, the plumber stepped forward and raised his voice to Master Suh. It was a really dumb thing to do. Mr. Suh immediately gave him a “spiritual shout”! BAM! The plumber, without being touched by Mr Suh at all, dropped to the ground about four feet back. I was shocked; but, not as much as the plumber.

I looked at Mr Suh and then to the plumber. Mr Suh had the look like “you’re lucky I didn’t chop you” and the plumber was speechless! Eventually the plumber got up on his feet (a bit wobbly though) and suddenly started being very nice to Mr. Suh. In the end, everything was fine and the plumbing job was done properly this time.

Mr. Suh and I went for some sushi and sake. My “lunch lesson” was very interesting that day”.