they never touch the ground. help me please. I saw this film on the U.S.A network about twenty years ago. it was on black belt theater. help....
Name the old school kung fu movie that has 4 old masters on pogo sticks. they beat the brakes off of people?
I too remember the movie. It was stilts and not pogo sticks and the movie was something along the lines of Chinese elemental martial arts earth water fire wind etc sorry dont remember anything else but good movie also there was another about the misfit shaolin master who did the same with bamboo poles roof thatching and bamboo straps
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Need address for kung fu school in chennai..Can anyone assit me..?
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What should i look for in a Kung fu school?
I checked out a school and they charge around $150 per month. Does this sound reasonable I don't know how much martial arts lessons usually cost. If anyone could tell me what kind of martial arts they take and how much it costs I'd appreciate it. By the way I live in the Riverside, California area so if you know about some schools around here that would be great.
What should i look for in a Kung fu school?
Concerning price, I couldn't say. Different locations harbor different prices for training. What may sound steep to me might actually be reasonable to you.
As far as what to look for in a school, I would suggest asking about trying out a class for free (most schools will do this), watching how the instructor treats their students and if that treatment is agreeable to you, asking the instructor about their lineage (this is a good indicator as to whether they not only respect their art and the history behind it but also can be great in determining if their "brand" of kung fu is a good "brand" -- just because they know kung fu it doesn't mean they actually know it well), and finally ask the instructor any questions you may have.
Don't be shy either, after all, if you want to know something but don't ask...how will you know if the school fits you?
Good luck!
Reply:depends on location and the training.
$150 is a lil much for me. however its not totally unheard of for training to cost that much. all the dojos around here teaching judo is $50 per month. the gym i go to is $90 a month for unlimited muay thai and $140 for unlimited muay thai,brazilian jiujitsu, mma/vale tudo. but might i remind you this is unlimited you can practice like 6hrs a day mon-sat if you wanted to. if your classes is $150 for only the common 3times a week for an hour martial art routine i'd be skeptical of that.
cali is a pretty expensive state compared to here(texas) so price would be lil higher. call around and get prices of other gyms/dojos and compare
Reply:I suggest trying John Bishop's kajukenbo school in Diamond Bar, CA. I don't think he charges anywhere near that much. Check his school out, ask questions, and tell him you were referred by sibak: Hook.
Reply:That cost does seem a little high, but as the typical range is probably $90-$130 or so a month especially on the coasts and in large cities, its not unheard of. I'd check with the other school in your area though to see what they charge, then check each one out and determine if the $150 is worth it for the instructor, the benefits, the number of classes available, or the amenities the school offers.
I run a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, and our students pay about $55 a month. The MOST important thing for you is to watch a couple of classes at each school you are interested in, chat with the instructors and students, check out their schedule of classes, and then try to determine what makes most sense for you. You should have a much cleraer idea after visiting and chatting with each school.
Good luck!
Ken C
9th Dan HapMoosaKi-Do
8th Dan TaeKwon-Do
7th Dan YongChul-Do
What should i look for in a Kung fu school?
Concerning price, I couldn't say. Different locations harbor different prices for training. What may sound steep to me might actually be reasonable to you.
As far as what to look for in a school, I would suggest asking about trying out a class for free (most schools will do this), watching how the instructor treats their students and if that treatment is agreeable to you, asking the instructor about their lineage (this is a good indicator as to whether they not only respect their art and the history behind it but also can be great in determining if their "brand" of kung fu is a good "brand" -- just because they know kung fu it doesn't mean they actually know it well), and finally ask the instructor any questions you may have.
Don't be shy either, after all, if you want to know something but don't ask...how will you know if the school fits you?
Good luck!
Reply:depends on location and the training.
$150 is a lil much for me. however its not totally unheard of for training to cost that much. all the dojos around here teaching judo is $50 per month. the gym i go to is $90 a month for unlimited muay thai and $140 for unlimited muay thai,brazilian jiujitsu, mma/vale tudo. but might i remind you this is unlimited you can practice like 6hrs a day mon-sat if you wanted to. if your classes is $150 for only the common 3times a week for an hour martial art routine i'd be skeptical of that.
cali is a pretty expensive state compared to here(texas) so price would be lil higher. call around and get prices of other gyms/dojos and compare
Reply:I suggest trying John Bishop's kajukenbo school in Diamond Bar, CA. I don't think he charges anywhere near that much. Check his school out, ask questions, and tell him you were referred by sibak: Hook.
Reply:That cost does seem a little high, but as the typical range is probably $90-$130 or so a month especially on the coasts and in large cities, its not unheard of. I'd check with the other school in your area though to see what they charge, then check each one out and determine if the $150 is worth it for the instructor, the benefits, the number of classes available, or the amenities the school offers.
I run a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, and our students pay about $55 a month. The MOST important thing for you is to watch a couple of classes at each school you are interested in, chat with the instructors and students, check out their schedule of classes, and then try to determine what makes most sense for you. You should have a much cleraer idea after visiting and chatting with each school.
Good luck!
Ken C
9th Dan HapMoosaKi-Do
8th Dan TaeKwon-Do
7th Dan YongChul-Do
Kung fu school?
www.uswushu.com can you tell me if it is real self defense oriented kung fu? i know it says wushu, but they desvcrbie wushu the way it traditonally meant, a self defense martial art. I went to the class and took a practice class, where they taught long fist. I couldnt tell ifi t was authentic. We did things like hurricane kickas and butterfly kicks, but the teacher also showed why we would do these things in a fighting situation.
Kung fu school?
coming from someone who also studies CMA (chinese martial arts) I would say look elsewhere.
These are the things I have a problem with:
1- It is a CMA school- Why am I saing this when I study CMA?
CMA is one of the most egregius styles in having teachers that don't teach you anything, but claim to. Any time you look at a cma school you need to be extra cautious unless it is san da or san shou.
2- The site shows nothing about nor mentions sparring, or any kind of resistance training. The pictures are all of people (many people) aligned in straight rows doing "solo practice". Everyone does solo-practice (shadow boxing, bagwork, etc.) but they don't show any groups working together in a class.
3- the weapons video is pure tripe, the only thing missing is the wires. I've seen plays less choreographed than that. That reflects on how they teach the rest of the school.
4- they claim to teach tons of styles. They can't have instructors who actually know how to teach and apply those techniqes in a real fight. Especially since it is difficult enough to find a CMA teacher who can for even a few, they boast like 10+
5- It is a wushu school, that is a double red terror alert. wushu schools teach for dancing and forms.
6- they have very cute little monk uniforms that they make you stand in for pictures. very nice, bet they would be popular in prison.
7- teacher is demonstrating ridiculous "forms" poses that serve no purpose outside of becoming very popular on broadway.
This is just based off the website. You went to the class. I would go back and ask the following IMPORTANT questions:
1- ask about training and sparring.
If you get a responce like "not for beginners, or not right away" then ok, but if you get a responce that involves or sounds anything like the following they are full of what you find in the toilet after reading the morning paper.
"our techniqes are too deadly to spar with".
Ok, every style has something you can't take to the xth level (certain quick breaks, etc.) but to say that you can't ever spar anything they teach means you aren't learning how to apply it and won't be able to in a fight.
2- if they mention "chi" or any form of "chi" application (they already did on the website) as some magical force you "build" they are full of it.
3- how hard is the class training? Do they train in pairs with resistance or does it seem like the people are just letting the other guy get the technique off. Of course at first you need to learn it, but after the first few successfull tries you need to have your opponent resist you so you can practice properly and realistically and make sure you are really doing it right.
4- ask about thier little uniforms and if you will have to dress up like a fool too.
In my personal opinion it is schools like this that give chinese martial arts a bad name and are ruining CMA. That is why I am so hard on it, its existance and lies are an affront to me and every other student of CMA out there who trains legitimately and spars against others and is able to use thier techniques effectively against other styles. Again, maybe they do train properly, but it is not apparent in thier website. In which case thier website is really bad.
Reply:Wushu is a fighting style. From what I've heard, the US Wushu Center is a reputable training facility. They teach a lot of different styles there, so I don't know how they structure their curriculum.
It's nice that he shows you how to do kicks, but I don't like the idea of simply telling you how you would use those in a fighting situation. Maybe it was because it was an intro class and they weren't going to throw you into the fire right away. I would go and watch some of the advanced classes to see what lies ahead. I've been to schools where the advanced classes did pretty much the same thing as the beginners, but a little faster and a little harder. The styles they teach at US Wushu should allow the advanced students to really let loose with some good techniques.
The best way to see if they teach self defense or just competition is to see if the advanced students spar at full speed, or just practice 2-person sets. There are a lot of sceptics here that will tell you that Wushu is worthless in combat but I'm here to tell you that it is not. You just have to find the right school and train the right way.
Good luck to you.
P.S. Can I change my answer to what Bluto said?
Reply:They teach modern wushu. It's not a kung fu school. The chief instructors have competition wushu forms backgrounds. One is a member of the famed Beijing Wushu Team, and the other is known as Queen of Taichi. If you are a modern forms fanatic, I doubt that you can find teachers with better credentials in your area. They can probably teach you everything in the modern wushu taolu system. You can easily find their performance clips on YouTube and similar services. I’m not a big fan of modern Taichi but Gao Jiamin’s forms are awe inspiring to watch. They retained a bit more traditional flavors than the current dancers that grace the floors. While I wouldn’t be surprised if one or both these instructors have dabbled in wushu sanda, they aren’t experts at it so you should see if they have another instructor for that hidden somewhere.
Funny you should mention the word ‘authentic,’ as what they teach is authentic, just not traditional.
So,
If you want to learn modern competition style forms, go for it.
If you want to learn modern sanda sparring, observe a sanda class and see how good they are.
If you want to learn traditional forms, try another school.
If you want to learn traditional applications and sparring, try another school.
If you want to learn practical self-defense fast in a couple of hours per week, forget martial arts schools and try a self-defense school where they teach you how to yell, be alert of your surroundings and practice a few easy but effective moves over and over.
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Kung fu school?
coming from someone who also studies CMA (chinese martial arts) I would say look elsewhere.
These are the things I have a problem with:
1- It is a CMA school- Why am I saing this when I study CMA?
CMA is one of the most egregius styles in having teachers that don't teach you anything, but claim to. Any time you look at a cma school you need to be extra cautious unless it is san da or san shou.
2- The site shows nothing about nor mentions sparring, or any kind of resistance training. The pictures are all of people (many people) aligned in straight rows doing "solo practice". Everyone does solo-practice (shadow boxing, bagwork, etc.) but they don't show any groups working together in a class.
3- the weapons video is pure tripe, the only thing missing is the wires. I've seen plays less choreographed than that. That reflects on how they teach the rest of the school.
4- they claim to teach tons of styles. They can't have instructors who actually know how to teach and apply those techniqes in a real fight. Especially since it is difficult enough to find a CMA teacher who can for even a few, they boast like 10+
5- It is a wushu school, that is a double red terror alert. wushu schools teach for dancing and forms.
6- they have very cute little monk uniforms that they make you stand in for pictures. very nice, bet they would be popular in prison.
7- teacher is demonstrating ridiculous "forms" poses that serve no purpose outside of becoming very popular on broadway.
This is just based off the website. You went to the class. I would go back and ask the following IMPORTANT questions:
1- ask about training and sparring.
If you get a responce like "not for beginners, or not right away" then ok, but if you get a responce that involves or sounds anything like the following they are full of what you find in the toilet after reading the morning paper.
"our techniqes are too deadly to spar with".
Ok, every style has something you can't take to the xth level (certain quick breaks, etc.) but to say that you can't ever spar anything they teach means you aren't learning how to apply it and won't be able to in a fight.
2- if they mention "chi" or any form of "chi" application (they already did on the website) as some magical force you "build" they are full of it.
3- how hard is the class training? Do they train in pairs with resistance or does it seem like the people are just letting the other guy get the technique off. Of course at first you need to learn it, but after the first few successfull tries you need to have your opponent resist you so you can practice properly and realistically and make sure you are really doing it right.
4- ask about thier little uniforms and if you will have to dress up like a fool too.
In my personal opinion it is schools like this that give chinese martial arts a bad name and are ruining CMA. That is why I am so hard on it, its existance and lies are an affront to me and every other student of CMA out there who trains legitimately and spars against others and is able to use thier techniques effectively against other styles. Again, maybe they do train properly, but it is not apparent in thier website. In which case thier website is really bad.
Reply:Wushu is a fighting style. From what I've heard, the US Wushu Center is a reputable training facility. They teach a lot of different styles there, so I don't know how they structure their curriculum.
It's nice that he shows you how to do kicks, but I don't like the idea of simply telling you how you would use those in a fighting situation. Maybe it was because it was an intro class and they weren't going to throw you into the fire right away. I would go and watch some of the advanced classes to see what lies ahead. I've been to schools where the advanced classes did pretty much the same thing as the beginners, but a little faster and a little harder. The styles they teach at US Wushu should allow the advanced students to really let loose with some good techniques.
The best way to see if they teach self defense or just competition is to see if the advanced students spar at full speed, or just practice 2-person sets. There are a lot of sceptics here that will tell you that Wushu is worthless in combat but I'm here to tell you that it is not. You just have to find the right school and train the right way.
Good luck to you.
P.S. Can I change my answer to what Bluto said?
Reply:They teach modern wushu. It's not a kung fu school. The chief instructors have competition wushu forms backgrounds. One is a member of the famed Beijing Wushu Team, and the other is known as Queen of Taichi. If you are a modern forms fanatic, I doubt that you can find teachers with better credentials in your area. They can probably teach you everything in the modern wushu taolu system. You can easily find their performance clips on YouTube and similar services. I’m not a big fan of modern Taichi but Gao Jiamin’s forms are awe inspiring to watch. They retained a bit more traditional flavors than the current dancers that grace the floors. While I wouldn’t be surprised if one or both these instructors have dabbled in wushu sanda, they aren’t experts at it so you should see if they have another instructor for that hidden somewhere.
Funny you should mention the word ‘authentic,’ as what they teach is authentic, just not traditional.
So,
If you want to learn modern competition style forms, go for it.
If you want to learn modern sanda sparring, observe a sanda class and see how good they are.
If you want to learn traditional forms, try another school.
If you want to learn traditional applications and sparring, try another school.
If you want to learn practical self-defense fast in a couple of hours per week, forget martial arts schools and try a self-defense school where they teach you how to yell, be alert of your surroundings and practice a few easy but effective moves over and over.
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Where is a shaolin kung fu school in Rochester, New York?
I want to learn shaolin kung fu very badly, but I can't find a school in Rochester, New York. If you know of one give me your opinion on it if you have one.
Where is a shaolin kung fu school in Rochester, New York?
go to shangai china. to the shaolin temple. they teach good there
Reply:Do a search, I found two locations under the name: Rochester Shaolin Training Academy
7 Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu
100 Boxart Street
Rochester New York USA
Sifu Brian Bateman
(716)663-0445
Roch7StarMantis@AOL.com
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Seven Star Praying Mantis
425 Stone Road
Rochester New York USA
Sifu Brian Bateman
585-663-0445
brian@rochesterkungfu.com
Or you can look up USSD, go to their webpage and enter Rochester, NY to find a local dojo. They teach Shaolin Kempo though, not exactly Shaolin Kung Fu, but most dojo's don't actually teach true Shaolin style anyway. USSD has the belssings and guidance of the Shaolin headmaster and uses his core teachings as their core program.
Reply:shaolin kung fu is a highly suspect art.
Suspect for having bs teachers and teaching methods.
Much has become performance and schools do not train with resistance. This is a problem in Chinese Martial Arts, moreso with shaolin.
I would suggest you find another style, ESPECIALLY in a place like rochester which is not a huge area and you don't have the acess to many schools like you do in NYC.
The odds of finding a chinese martial arts teacher of any chinese martial art that trains realistically and with resistance (as opposed to a compliant partner who just "follows" to make his teacher or the technique look good) is not very high in such an area.
It isn't easy to find in NYC what makes you think it would be in rochester.
I would look for another art, or at least another CMA. Odds of you finding a real shaolin school that will actually train you to fight and do it properly in the U.S. is slim.
Reply:Lucky you - you are positively spoilt for choice!
Try these sites and good luck!
Reply:Type in Shaolin kung fu in your browser there are many great school in NY. If you go to my website and look through the links I'm sure you will get what you are looking for.
peace,
lr
http://www.pacificwingchunassociation.co...
Reply:Shifu Hengxin is an excellent instructor; he toured with my Abbot back in the early '90's. Unless you want to move to Manhattan to train under Shi Yan Ming, look up Hengxin. ;-)
Where is a shaolin kung fu school in Rochester, New York?
go to shangai china. to the shaolin temple. they teach good there
Reply:Do a search, I found two locations under the name: Rochester Shaolin Training Academy
7 Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu
100 Boxart Street
Rochester New York USA
Sifu Brian Bateman
(716)663-0445
Roch7StarMantis@AOL.com
----------------------------------------...
Seven Star Praying Mantis
425 Stone Road
Rochester New York USA
Sifu Brian Bateman
585-663-0445
brian@rochesterkungfu.com
Or you can look up USSD, go to their webpage and enter Rochester, NY to find a local dojo. They teach Shaolin Kempo though, not exactly Shaolin Kung Fu, but most dojo's don't actually teach true Shaolin style anyway. USSD has the belssings and guidance of the Shaolin headmaster and uses his core teachings as their core program.
Reply:shaolin kung fu is a highly suspect art.
Suspect for having bs teachers and teaching methods.
Much has become performance and schools do not train with resistance. This is a problem in Chinese Martial Arts, moreso with shaolin.
I would suggest you find another style, ESPECIALLY in a place like rochester which is not a huge area and you don't have the acess to many schools like you do in NYC.
The odds of finding a chinese martial arts teacher of any chinese martial art that trains realistically and with resistance (as opposed to a compliant partner who just "follows" to make his teacher or the technique look good) is not very high in such an area.
It isn't easy to find in NYC what makes you think it would be in rochester.
I would look for another art, or at least another CMA. Odds of you finding a real shaolin school that will actually train you to fight and do it properly in the U.S. is slim.
Reply:Lucky you - you are positively spoilt for choice!
Try these sites and good luck!
Reply:Type in Shaolin kung fu in your browser there are many great school in NY. If you go to my website and look through the links I'm sure you will get what you are looking for.
peace,
lr
http://www.pacificwingchunassociation.co...
Reply:Shifu Hengxin is an excellent instructor; he toured with my Abbot back in the early '90's. Unless you want to move to Manhattan to train under Shi Yan Ming, look up Hengxin. ;-)
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