"Kung fu", translated literally from the Chinese means "hard work". So you may be misinterpreting the writer's intent. He didn't strike me as some pseudo-martia

"Kung fu", translated literally from the Chinese means "hard work". So you may be misinterpreting the writer's intent. He didn't strike me as some pseudo-martial arts meathead. Perhaps you've never heard someone use the word kung fu to describe their martial art, because their art wasn't of that particular Chinese tradition? Personally I thought the writer's usage was apt, given that he had newly dedicated himself to a difficult path of work.