The Meaning of Kung Fu

One lesson I arrived before other students so it was just Sifu and I for the first 10 minutes.

Again he reiterates the standard important points that he addresses every lesson however he paused and asked me, 'What is the meaning of KungFu?'

I actually tried to answer with what I had read somewhere before maybe wikipedia, that it relates to any skill that some one has gained over time through effort and persistence. It doesn't even have to refer to fighting or combat skills.

After a few moments of confusion whilst I try and explain this, he simply says, 'Kung-Fu means Ha-bit.'

He went on to describe again that we are training to make the movements habitual and controlled by our subconscious, our 'little idea' we're not trying to think, 'he's punched with a right hook, what should I counter with?'

The wikipedia entry isn't wrong, sifu just had a simpler way of summing it up...