<Tr> <Th> Combat Style </Th> <Td> Red Panda Kung Fu </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Family </Th> <Td> Shirong (father) Tai Lung (adoptive son) Tigress (adoptive daughter) </Td> </Tr> <P> Master Shifu (Chinese for "Master") is a wise and swift - moving red panda Kung Fu Master who resides in the Jade Palace as its headmaster, known to have trained Po and the Furious Five in Kung Fu, as well as Tai Lung . </P> <P> Before the franchise, Shifu was used throughout his childhood as a shill by his father, Shirong, an incorrigible con artist and master thief who he accompanied to other villages to sell fake amulets . Eventually, Shirong left him at the Jade Palace, promising to return in five minutes . Shifu waited until nightfall, but his father never showed up . So, Oogway took custody of the abandoned cub and trained him at the Jade Palace a member of the original Furious Five, nicknamed "Sea Food". Shirong eventually visited his son every ten years, but each visit always turned out to be a trick, and the deed he made emotionally scarred Shifu from those points onward . </P>

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