Greetings,
I recently went out to Vegas in June to do a weekend warrior program at the Chan Wu Xue Yuan, and thought I would take a minute to talk about my experience there.
For anyone who is considering visiting the school, I would highly recommend it. I enjoyed learning from both Kevin and Xing Wei. I went to the 5:30 tai chi class on Friday, the 6:30 Kung Fu class on Friday, and the 1:30 Kung Fu class on Saturday, then had two private lessons Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. The classes were fun and I learned a lot, including a shortened version of Shao Hong Chuan.
And, the school is in VEGAS, it’s not like it’s in the middle of nowhere (okay, looking at the surrounding countryside, I guess Las Vegas really is in the middle of nowhere, but you know what I mean.) There’s no reason you can’t both train and…I believe the term in this forum is ‘pray’? The earliest class I had was at 1:00, plenty of time to sleep in after a night out.
It took a lot of preparation. I had figured it would be a hard sell to my friends (hey, let’s go to Vegas! By the way, I hope you don’t mind if I disappear for a few hours over the weekend.) I think in the end they were so happy that they didn’t have to do any of the planning that they didn’t care. After hours spent looking up hotels and airfare and etc., and months of eating peanut butter and crackers for lunch, I was able to save up for and plan out the trip, and 1,500 miles later, there I was. I was only about the fifth person to travel a long distance to visit the school, but it was definitely worth it, and I hope more people will do so in the future. After all, where else can you have all the fun Vegas has to offer AND get to train with a Shaolin monk?
Peace
I recently went out to Vegas in June to do a weekend warrior program at the Chan Wu Xue Yuan, and thought I would take a minute to talk about my experience there.
For anyone who is considering visiting the school, I would highly recommend it. I enjoyed learning from both Kevin and Xing Wei. I went to the 5:30 tai chi class on Friday, the 6:30 Kung Fu class on Friday, and the 1:30 Kung Fu class on Saturday, then had two private lessons Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. The classes were fun and I learned a lot, including a shortened version of Shao Hong Chuan.
And, the school is in VEGAS, it’s not like it’s in the middle of nowhere (okay, looking at the surrounding countryside, I guess Las Vegas really is in the middle of nowhere, but you know what I mean.) There’s no reason you can’t both train and…I believe the term in this forum is ‘pray’? The earliest class I had was at 1:00, plenty of time to sleep in after a night out.
It took a lot of preparation. I had figured it would be a hard sell to my friends (hey, let’s go to Vegas! By the way, I hope you don’t mind if I disappear for a few hours over the weekend.) I think in the end they were so happy that they didn’t have to do any of the planning that they didn’t care. After hours spent looking up hotels and airfare and etc., and months of eating peanut butter and crackers for lunch, I was able to save up for and plan out the trip, and 1,500 miles later, there I was. I was only about the fifth person to travel a long distance to visit the school, but it was definitely worth it, and I hope more people will do so in the future. After all, where else can you have all the fun Vegas has to offer AND get to train with a Shaolin monk?
Peace
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