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Kung Fu school in China

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  • 13-06-2013 12:59pm
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    ripcord
    Registered Users Posts: 441 ✭✭


    Hi all.

    I'm travelling in China at the moment and i think i'll have two months at the end of the year free. I'm considering attending a Kung Fu school for the two months.

    I've always been curious about learning some sort of martial arts. My main objectives would be fitness, lose weight, and self-defense. People say go to thailand and learn Mau thai, but that seems a bit extreme. I'm not looking to become a professional fighter, i'mm loking for good close-combat self defense. Probably something like wing tsun?

    Here are a couple of schools I found through google:

    http://www.shaolinskungfu.com/
    http://www.kungfuschoolchina.com/
    http://shaolin-kungfu.com/

    But this post
    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080406112434AAR5kGa

    says that there are also alot of schools in the big cities. I would be looking for somewehere with training and accomodation (and wi-fi!!). I would put in 100% effort- and would be looking for somewhere that has rigerous exercise. Apparently some places also teach mandarin which would be cool.

    Could anyone recommend a school? Or recommend a particular style?

    Thanks!
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    Dermighty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,748 ✭✭✭Dermighty


    ripcord wrote: »

    I've always been curious about learning some sort of martial arts. My main objectives would be fitness, lose weight, and self-defense. People say go to thailand and learn Mau thai, but that seems a bit extreme. I'm not looking to become a professional fighter, i'mm loking for good close-combat self defense. Probably something like wing tsun?

    Going to china to train Kung Fu is no different to going to Thailand to train Muay Thai. The only difference would be your intent, if you go to a Muay Thai school to get fit then you can do that, if you go to give you something to do for 2 or 4 or 6 hours a day then you can do that. You could go to China to train Kung Fu to use it in MMA and train like a mother****er for 10 hours a day...

    Just saying that not everyone who goes to Thailand to train Muay Thai would do it to be a pro fighter.


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    Peetrik
    Registered Users Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭Peetrik


    Complete speculation here but I'd imagine the people suggesting Muay Thai in Thailand over Kung Fu in China is more about a style recommendation than a recommendation on training locations.
    If you are a complete beginner then it will make very little difference if you are training in Thailand, China or Ireland for that matter. As a beginner there will be people who will be better than you which will help you improve.

    What I'm saying is there is nothing to stop you training Muay Thai in China. Maybe give both Thai and Kung fu a go and stick with the one you enjoy the most.


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