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nasigoreng · 07-01-2002, 10:15 AM

Last year I met 3 young people who spent time (over 1 month) at a Shaolin monastery in China. I asked them to give me details. They said:

The training: physically rigorous(running, strength, endurance)-lots of chi gong- there is a general program and the instructors supplement with 'whatever you're interested in'.

The place: the monks aren't as saintly as we've been led to believe.

The skills:
So i ask 'do you think you learned something you can use in a fight?'
the reply: "hmmmmm, I'm sure if you've train with it for 30years or more you could make it work..."

he showed me a running spinning twirling kick .....yawn.......
(maybe you like that wushu demonstration stuff- I don't)

O.K. maybe you're not going to the same place. I get the impression you're interest in martial arts is not focused entirely on fighting- I'll salute you for that.

just out of curiousity, what is the payment plan? Will you pay monthly? I'd be cautious if they demand you pay a lot of money up front.

I hope you have a rewarding learning experience.

07-01-2002, 10:15 AM	#32 (permalink)
nasigoreng Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 41 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	slipping on rice-paper Last year I met 3 young people who spent time (over 1 month) at a Shaolin monastery in China. I asked them to give me details. They said: The training: physically rigorous(running, strength, endurance)-lots of chi gong- there is a general program and the instructors supplement with 'whatever you're interested in'. The place: the monks aren't as saintly as we've been led to believe. The skills: So i ask 'do you think you learned something you can use in a fight?' the reply: "hmmmmm, I'm sure if you've train with it for 30years or more you could make it work..." he showed me a running spinning twirling kick .....yawn....... (maybe you like that wushu demonstration stuff- I don't) O.K. maybe you're not going to the same place. I get the impression you're interest in martial arts is not focused entirely on fighting- I'll salute you for that. just out of curiousity, what is the payment plan? Will you pay monthly? I'd be cautious if they demand you pay a lot of money up front. I hope you have a rewarding learning experience.