Hey all, I am looking for a place where I can intensely train for a prolonged period of time (>6 months) after the summer. From what I've gathered from this forum, many Shaolin schools come and go, and many schools are there just to rip off foreigners. I've also read that even schools like Shi De Cheng's might not be around anymore, but I'm having a hard time putting together all the info from the forum so maybe I'm wrong about this.
So I'd like to ask if anyone has recently been to, or has contact with, any good school that provides a full-time and/or live-in training experience. I am a complete novice, I can only speak English (but I am willing to start on the basics of other languages if required), and have around $7,500 for all expenses (travel, food, training, lodging etc.). Oh, and style does not matter to me much; all of the martial arts attract me, and I'm more interested in doing it than "getting it right," because I do not really know what martial art in particular I'd like to study.
I know this is a common question on the forum, but I can't tell if any of the information I've found on the forum is still valid. I'm hoping that some of you might be able to point me in the right direction, because it seems that what I am looking for is infrequently offered, and even more infrequently made known to outside circles.
EDIT: I might actually plan to leave around January instead, and make a bit more money, if that changes any of my options. (I think I've heard that it doesn't make much sense to go to Dengfeng in the winter.)
Cheers,
Josh
So I'd like to ask if anyone has recently been to, or has contact with, any good school that provides a full-time and/or live-in training experience. I am a complete novice, I can only speak English (but I am willing to start on the basics of other languages if required), and have around $7,500 for all expenses (travel, food, training, lodging etc.). Oh, and style does not matter to me much; all of the martial arts attract me, and I'm more interested in doing it than "getting it right," because I do not really know what martial art in particular I'd like to study.
I know this is a common question on the forum, but I can't tell if any of the information I've found on the forum is still valid. I'm hoping that some of you might be able to point me in the right direction, because it seems that what I am looking for is infrequently offered, and even more infrequently made known to outside circles.
EDIT: I might actually plan to leave around January instead, and make a bit more money, if that changes any of my options. (I think I've heard that it doesn't make much sense to go to Dengfeng in the winter.)
Cheers,
Josh
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