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During the warm-up music (mostly) isn't for bad. During the "real thing" however I tend to hate it. I have a problem with my left ear, and I sometimes miss the point if "sports techno" CD is still playing. But again, I find warm-ups "easier" with music playing.

Thanks for info. And Hudson, I don't doubt your words about Hung Gar but you can't practice such in my country. It's been like twenty-thirty years now that "outlander" martial arts have become in question. Before that it's been mainly punching and kicking and biting and scratching as hard as you possibly can. I don't know why exactly but the martial arts you could see around here are mainly Korean TKD, ITF and WTF style, Karate and quite naturally wrestling in swimming suit. Not a Kung Fu land, you could tell. There is KF around, but they mainly concentrate in three cities, the capital included. Luckily, you could practice Wing Chun in all of these, northern styles in two and southern styles in one. At this moment the city I've been planning to study in has Wing Chun and Choy Lee Fut. The other city of potential on the other hand has it all, being a real KF monster of Finland. So, I have a funny feeling, that Wing Chun it is. Besides, I believe that I should be in a pretty good shape by then, after army that is. More near-future plans include applying for a Shaolinquan class in neighbour town. If they still organise those I mean. If I have got this correct; Shaolinquan would be one of the northern styles, but it would combinate the benefits of both styles? I can't really rely on non-internet sources here, as they tend to be wrong or extremely interpretable, and the class itself would next be available for beginners in September 2005.

Sorry for the worst topic title. Couldn't come up with anything good. The thing is, I'm really into martial arts, and did (supposedly Korean?) Hoi Jeon Moo Sool for four years in the past. I had to let it go, for reasons expanding from a bad teacher (18 years old chap with obviously a little too much pee in his head) into bad health (which I had thanks for astma). Now, there are no other martial arts clubs in my little town, but I'm moving off for studying in a couple of years. A friend, who is already studying mechanics at a larger city came back for holidays, and then he started talking about martial arts. I don't quite know the exact name of the style he goes in, but if memory serves it it Wing Chun Kung Fu. Or at least in was a kung fu style. I became greatly interested in his hobby and actually had a search for martial arts available in some potential studying cities. Mainly I found martial arts like Thieu Lam, Choy Lee Fut and various Wushu clubs. Now I'd love to hear some advice of these... sports (missing words here). Do some of these styles require or improve different things like speed and strenght? I know that there are different martial arts focusing on techniques varying from brutal crushing to monkey-like acrobatics depending on style. Other information I find useful is the time required for Kung Fu. HJMS was relatively easy to get into - meaning, that it didn't interfere with my school - but I have no slightest idea of Kung Fu, or any other martial arts. Is it possible, that I learn a good amount of techniques well in four - five years? After such time, can I sincerely say that I know more Kung Fu than I knew before I actually were there? And most importantly; is Kung Fu "fun to do"? Anything other according to overall Kung Fu, it's nature and it's usefullness would be well appreciated.