Shorthand was squiggles and wiggles, twirls and whirls you then had to decipher after you had written it?
Schooling was old system grade 1 to standard 5, then high school standard 6 and 7 (when boys went to metal/woodwork, girls cooking classes), I moved to Commercial high standard 8 to senior certificate, where the typing and shorthand came into play, subjects like mercantile law and commerce came into line to prep you for working years in an office.
They offered Typing in my school, but no boys ever did it. That was far too girly. I still only type with 2 fingers, it would have done me well.
The Kung Fu stars were terribly made and failed with stick in the local garages I threw them at. Not all all like Master Po 😒
Handful of guys opted for commercial high and did typing, little did they know it was a good thing to learn back then.
Kung Fu..., most definitely not a master with sticks, we used clay at the end of flexible stick to whip off at each other, similar, did the trick when you learned to flick the wrist properly. 😂