Going to China to train in the Shaolin Temple

[ko man]

good idea as i've heard they need a load of people to sweep up their rubbish and stuff.

[tommarker]

why bother travelling all the way to China for what may or may not be good instruction?

 

There are instructors in the US who are just as good, if not better, than those in China.

[Sepultura]

tommarker has a point,y travel half way across the world to train while u have some of the best masters in the U.S.Try to go to the US shaolin temple if its close to u or just go ask around till u find a good instructor.Best of luck!

[paolung]

it's not so much WHERE you train, but WHAT and HOW you train. that being said, what do you hope to accomplish by traveling to shaolin and training there? i suppose that is the real question you should ask yourself...

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now hold on,

 

yes i might get similar stuff taught at home rather than going all the way to china, but whether it would just as good i would sincerely doubt it.

 

i am planning to go to one of the most infamous shaolin training academy on this earth, and the training has followed near perfection. Training in the USA will not give me the knowledge or as deep understanding which i would likely to recieve from a chinese school, also i would imagine training in the wudan mountains is a far more exhillarating experience that training in a dojo in texas.

[jmd161]

now hold on,

 

yes i might get similar stuff taught at home rather than going all the way to china, but whether it would just as good i would sincerely doubt it.

 

Training in the USA will not give me the knowledge or as deep understanding which i would likely to recieve from a chinese school,

 

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Now you're going a little overboard.

 

Just because you're going to China does'nt mean you're going to get better trained in kung fu.I myself used to think that way ,but i woke up and realized how stupid i was ,and noticed how "Dumb" i sounded.

 

You'll be surprised to know that there are just as many if not more bad and phoney teachers in China.You going to China is a good thing ,but don't think that you are going to learn a better form of kung fu because you'll be fooling yourself..I see that you say your age is 16yrs old i've been in kung fu 18yrs in martial arts 22yrs.My sifu is the Grandmaster of one of the rarest styles of Shaolin kung fu ,and he's right here in Miami,Fl USA.People call and write him all the time from Hong Kong and all over China.To come learn Sil Lum Hak Fu Muhn (Shaolin Black Tiger Style) kung fu from him.

 

You are getting a great chance to learn at one of the birth places of kung fu ,but don't knock the many great sifu/teachers that are in the US. and other countrys around the world teaching kung fu.

 

That is a sign of Disrespect!

 

It's obvious you are too young to see that ,but it is a sign of disrespect.If you know anything about Shaolin Kung Fu you know that respect is very important.One of the most important things in Shaolin Kung Fu.

 

Go and train and have a good time we look forward to hearing about your experience,but don't disrespect the many Grandmasters and Great Sifu outside of China.Most have left China because Traditional kung Fu was illegal inside China.Thus the reason why Wu Shu is so popular in China.

 

jeff

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i apologise if you think i was showing disrespect though even though i am sixteen years of age, it doesnt mean that i dont know what respect is, i have been studying martial arts for about 3 years even though i am in premature stage i do know what the rules of respect are in martial arts.

 

i would appreciate if you didnt use my age to discredit my amount of knowledge in martial arts

 

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[jmd161]

I did not use your age to discredit your martial arts training.I used your age to show you how long i've been in kung fu.So i think i know a little more than you when it comes to kung fu.

 

It does not make me a Master ,but i have studied various styles of kung fu.

 

You have to realize that the Chinese concept of respect and the american/British concept of respect is totaly different.

 

Age means nothing in the response i made to you .It was just to show my experience in kung fu.

 

Like i said i wish you luck in your training at Shaolin Temple i just did'nt like the way you said you doubted that you could find training as good at home.My sifu is chinese and he will tell you that there are great masters outside of Shaolin Temple and China.

 

You have to understand the Chinese Government runs Shaolin Temple now.It's not the same Shaolin Temple everyone has read about over the Centurys.Yes there are monks at Shaolin Temple ,but they do not all hold the standards that monks use to uphold at Shaolin Temple.

 

I'm not going to try and burst your bubble.

 

Have a great time and let us know how it goes ok?

 

Regards,

 

jeff

[Ali]

 

Agreed with JMD161.

 

Being a Hong Kong Chinese, I have

 

many chance to travel in and out to the

 

Mainland.

 

But never think of going to Shaolin

 

for learning Kung Fu

 

I would say usually the Shaolin temple

 

is now short course to earn foreign

 

currency, for example,

 

2 weeks course for 3 Shaolin basic boxing

 

and 2 weapon form. Price is usually

 

about HK$ 1600 (USD$ 200)

 

While in general, monthly fee for coaching

 

in Hong Kong is just HK$ 400 (USD$ 50)

 

Maybe somebody would say Shaolin Kung Fu

 

in China worth better. But this is not obviously the

 

case. Even worse, some Shaolin schools in China teaches

 

your "newly composed modern Shaolin Kungfu"

 

something like "Modern wushu". That is

 

a guy who are jumping here and rolling there,

 

but ignoring the combat skill.

[Withers M.A.A.]

My friend Bao trained there for a few months. he said it was a life altering experience. Only problem was he lost his passport and couldn't return to this country for an extra 3 weeks. He was Asain so they didn't think he was a true U.S. citizen.