Frustrated with lag of training

[dippedappe]

I'm so frustrated and confused on what to do now. I have three options.

I have found a Jeet Kune Do school where I live, but the place has been shut down for some reason. The teacher was apparently a financial fool, or just very unlucky. The JKD training is down until he can find a new place for the school. Which can take forever for all I know. He haven't answered my mails yet. I really really want to start in this schools.

The other option is probably the one with the least quality. There is a Wing Tsun school where I live. But the teacher in there are somewhat ignorant. But at least I can get some Wing Chun alike training there. I do not know if I want to train there or not.

The last option is the old school I used to train before I quite with MA. It's Northern Shaolin. Long Quan Pai, and apparently none here have ever heard of that style. But that baby has almost everything, and is beautiful too. But it takes a lot of time to be able to fight well with the style. But I loved it. It's however an hours drive from where I live to the place, and I can only train there once a week.

I have thought about taking up Shaolin again, and then fill in the holes with the Wing Tsun training.

Right now, the only thing I want to train is Jeet Kune Do, but I can't, and I don't want to train the other styles just to skip them when Jeet Kune Do finally starts again. The options I have (the way I see it) is,

1)Wait for Jeet Kune Do to start.

2)Begin Shaolin and Wing Tsun together.

If I wait for JKD, then I might be in for a long time with no training. If I choose Shaolin and Wing Tsun, I wont start JKD when it starts, but concentrate on Kung Fu. What do you think I should do?

[BJJ is 1]

Talk to the JKD teacher see whats upp if it seems like it will be shut down for a while move on to something else

[pineapple]

I know what you shouldn't do.....go a long time with no training.

[battousai16]

if JKD is what you really want to do, i'd work on what you have until the school comes around again.

[dippedappe]

I have send the JKD trainer a mail about when he think he will be open for training again. I still haven't desided yet what to do if he do not answer the mail, or if it's a long wait for it to start. Kung Fu in the meantime would be the most sane choice, but JKD is the only thing on my mind.

[BLueDevil]

Well, I definately wouldnt wait to train, nor would I train with a bum Wing chun teacher. You sound like you really like that other school, you should just do what you enjoy aqnd if that Shaolin style is what you enjoy I say go for that one

[scottnshelly]

If the Jeet Kune Do Instructor shut down to move he might still be open to new students. Ask him (if you can contact him) if he would train you in a one-on-one setting, commonly called private lessons. This might cost a little more than going to a class, but it would be Jeet Kune Do. If he shut down because he isn’t interested in teaching anymore then he may not be willing to teach you.

[dippedappe]

I have just gotten a mail from him now. He doesn't know when he will start again because he hasn't found a place for the school yet. Plus that he is studying. He said he hope that the training will start again soon. I haven't been training for almost a year now, so another months lag of practice wont kill me, but it could just as well take longer. A private lesson (1 hour) is about 23 dollars. I'm not sure I can afford that. Not yet atleast.

[Shaolin Bushido]

Not knocking him but he doesn't sound like an instructor you can rely on to be there long term ... even with the kung fu(both styles you mentioned), your primary consideration should be the quality of the teacher FIRST! Not the style or some preconceived notion of what style is the best because that's usually not true. There's no "best" style. It depends on the quality of the instructor and YOU. What effort and time you put in.

[yamesu]

I agree with Shaolin Bushido,

this JKD instructor doesnt really sound like his intrests lye in martial arts at the moment,

In my opinion, its better, for your sake, to train at the reputable Kung fu schools you mentioned, as the training will be consistent, and the head instructors probably wont run off after a few years, or when things get a little difficult.

As for JKD in general, was this instructor taught by Bruce Lee?

If not your prob' better off training WingChun, and just buying and reading the Tao of Jeet Kun Do, and applying it to the MA youve already learnt.

Good Luck.