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I know its the same old question, but its a bit different now.
Im currently in China doing a gap year. Before I go home I would love to train any Chinese MA full-time for one month.
My first option was Real Gap's Shaolin programme. Due to some problems it didn't work out. Luckily for me, since after reading some threads, it seems to be crap and overpiced.
My second choice was Siping City Shaolins. After I wrote them a POLITE email full of questions about their school, they refused to accept me. Apparently my questions were too "trite, negative, critcising, disbelieving". Besides I "questioned the academy's integrity and honesty". Lucky me again. I think the school's crap too.
I found this site and I ve spent a lot of times reading various threads. I feel a lot wiser now, but I'm just as helpless as before. I need some advice.
Here's my situation:
1) I have not even one year experience in Shotokan Karate. I have done half a year of kickboxing and know some Judo. In China I started to do Tai Chi and a school's sport teacher taught me some wushu (I don't think it was traditional) forms. (It was for free. I'm not that stupid.) To sum up, basically I have no experience.
2) I only want to train for one month to get an insight in a new MA and too experience it in China.
3) Money is a big issue.
Now here's my question:
For somebody like me, would it make a difference whether I spend this month in a more traditional or a wushu school?
I suppose I won't get further than the basics anyway, and I think they are very similiar, if not the same in both wushu and traditional.
I know the doc's school recommendations. I think they are good schools, but they seem to be a bit out of my price league and besides would it make a difference to someone with almost no experience?
I thought about goin to Dengfeng myself in order to find a school, but I read a thread about it warning from foreigner ripp-offs.
Does anyone know an honest and cheap school down there?
I don't mind poor living conditions and I can speak enough Mandarin to survive.
Some advice would really help me a lot. Thanks.
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I know its the same old question, but its a bit different now.
Im currently in China doing a gap year. Before I go home I would love to train any Chinese MA full-time for one month.
My first option was Real Gap's Shaolin programme. Due to some problems it didn't work out. Luckily for me, since after reading some threads, it seems to be crap and overpiced.
My second choice was Siping City Shaolins. After I wrote them a POLITE email full of questions about their school, they refused to accept me. Apparently my questions were too "trite, negative, critcising, disbelieving". Besides I "questioned the academy's integrity and honesty". Lucky me again. I think the school's crap too.
I found this site and I ve spent a lot of times reading various threads. I feel a lot wiser now, but I'm just as helpless as before. I need some advice.
Here's my situation:
1) I have not even one year experience in Shotokan Karate. I have done half a year of kickboxing and know some Judo. In China I started to do Tai Chi and a school's sport teacher taught me some wushu (I don't think it was traditional) forms. (It was for free. I'm not that stupid.) To sum up, basically I have no experience.
2) I only want to train for one month to get an insight in a new MA and too experience it in China.
3) Money is a big issue.
Now here's my question:
For somebody like me, would it make a difference whether I spend this month in a more traditional or a wushu school?
I suppose I won't get further than the basics anyway, and I think they are very similiar, if not the same in both wushu and traditional.
I know the doc's school recommendations. I think they are good schools, but they seem to be a bit out of my price league and besides would it make a difference to someone with almost no experience?
I thought about goin to Dengfeng myself in order to find a school, but I read a thread about it warning from foreigner ripp-offs.
Does anyone know an honest and cheap school down there?
I don't mind poor living conditions and I can speak enough Mandarin to survive.
Some advice would really help me a lot. Thanks.
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