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Furry Chat => Rants and Advice => Topic started by: Sij on September 09, 2011, 08:00:11 PM
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My biggest passion in my life is martial arts. I WAS going to go to the University of Bridgeport. Because they have an accredited program for martial arts. But then I stumbled upon this school in China for martial arts. In the Taining province, a nature reservation in the mountains. So far from what I understand, its 5 hours of training a day. There's no tuition cost. Just a 150$ reservation fee when you get accepted. And of course the fee's to actually get there. Its a school made so westerners (like myself) Can learn the Chinese Martial arts from some of the best masters in the nation, in a westerner-friendly school. Its everything I've ever wanted it to be!
Here's where I need advice. Should I go to a community college first, and get my associates in business first? OR go to the school first and get my degree after? Right now I'm not sure how long I'll be there, so I'm not sure which I should do first. What do you guys think?
I appreciate your help. :)
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I'd recommend getting your associates degree first. Get it out of the way before you go.
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See that's what I was thinking. But then recently I asked myself the question "Why exactly am I going to college?" I can't really come up with an answer. I just don't really know I guess.
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okay, if you are going to china, like legit, then here's some tips as I've been there too.
-don't drink tap water, either boil it or drink water bottles. The water is not that clean, except for Hong Kong which isn't China.
-look both ways and cross the street carefully, don't get run over, I almost got ran over...
-food there is cheap, if your bringing money, bring a lot and buy stuff. electronics are a different thing. for food, it's really cheap, electronics in general are expensive, sometimes more expensive than here in North America.
-you won't get shot, no one has guns, only the military, either way to find a gun dealer on the streets is almost impossible (just sayin)
-when you take a taxi, they will floor it. Just pay what you need to pay, dont tip because they just scared the stuffing outa you when they swerved and passed 10 cars three times the speed of what everyone else is going.
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I don't see how the taxi thing is a tip >_>...
Anyways, it depends on what you plan on doing if you love martial arts that much, maybe you should look at it being your career. Idk, just wasting money to go and get a degree you'll never use seems useless.
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okay, if you are going to china, like legit, then here's some tips as I've been there too.
-don't drink tap water, either boil it or drink water bottles. The water is not that clean, except for Hong Kong which isn't China.
-look both ways and cross the street carefully, don't get run over, I almost got ran over...
-food there is cheap, if your bringing money, bring a lot and buy stuff. electronics are a different thing. for food, it's really cheap, electronics in general are expensive, sometimes more expensive than here in North America.
-you won't get shot, no one has guns, only the military, either way to find a gun dealer on the streets is almost impossible (just sayin)
-when you take a taxi, they will floor it. Just pay what you need to pay, dont tip because they just scared the stuffing outa you when they swerved and passed 10 cars three times the speed of what everyone else is going.
Artic, XD I'm not going to any part of china where I will have to worry about anything you just told me! XD I'm going to a martial arts school that is in a secluded nature reserve in the mountains. Meals and rooms would be provided. And all the training areas will be within walking distance. Although the way I will be getting there is by train from Beijing. (This is all if I actually am able to go there.)
And Self-sain, I already plan on making Martial arts my career. My business degree is so I know what I'm doing when I open my own studio.
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Are you suuuuuuuuuurrrrrrreeeeeeee?????????? ;)
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Are you suuuuuuuuuurrrrrrreeeeeeee?????????? ;)
Yes silly I'm sure! :P
I will be buying clothes and stuff in Beijing when I get there. I'll need some good clothes to train in and clothes are cheaper there than they are here. So your tips will probably come in handy for the first day I'm there! :P :)
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Are you sure you wont drink any tap water? Either at you might need to walk or drive to the train station.
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I don't think they're going to give us dirty water in a school where health is so detrimental to what we are doing. :P Besides, if that's the case I'll just get bottled water.
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Get me a souvenir XD
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When it comes to planning for the future, I'm not very experienced. So you won't get any advice from me. At least... not anything that would be of any use. I do have to say I was hoping to meet you because we live so close to each other. But I guess not. Some people say, "Life finds a way." I say, "Life gets in the way." :/
I hope you have fun with your progress and such. It sounds like you have yourself set on a well built track.
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just be sure to phone your embassy if you end up in a train accident.....(only a little joke)
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think -long and hard- about moving to china. it's so different there that it's almost unbelievable. chinese people (not to be offensive) are almost like a different species... no underestimation. i know this because for the past 2 years i have lived with a fairly large sample of chinese people, and they -are- like a different species.
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yeah they never get lazy my dad once was at a meeting there they showed a lovely place full of mountains and grass ...then they showed it as a city someone in the meeting went "wheres the mountain" and they went
"ah we moved it" THEY ACTUALLY MOVED A ENTIRE MOUNTAIN FOR A CITY ...honestly if you like living in a nice quiet place that never changes...don't go there ....and also they have very few building regulations and our flat or home could be unstable...its because as the saying goes "Build It And They Will Come"
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The martial arts school is made so westerners (like myself) can go there and learn the real deal. Its owned by a man from England. I'll be staying on campus at the school.
I'm really not worried about not connecting with the people at all. I've been taking Rosetta Stone lessons in Madarin, Chinese, and they have classes for the language at the school too.
Also the actual school is in the Taining Geopark. Not in a big city!
Trust me I've read and read and studied up on the location, and everything about the school possible. This isn't something I would just do on a whim without thinking about it.
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yeah they never get lazy my dad once was at a meeting there they showed a lovely place full of mountains and grass ...then they showed it as a city someone in the meeting went "wheres the mountain" and they went
"ah we moved it" THEY ACTUALLY MOVED A ENTIRE MOUNTAIN FOR A CITY ...honestly if you like living in a nice quiet place that never changes...don't go there ....and also they have very few building regulations and our flat or home could be unstable...its because as the saying goes "Build It And They Will Come"
yo somewhere in europe, they are building a mountain!!!!
it is in a country where it's mainly flat land.
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I highly recommend getting some training WHILE you at least get an Associates in Education and/or teaching. I have studied Chinese Martial Arts under a traditional master for over 22 years, and you're really going to need some prior experience to make the training easier to understand. Though many styles differ greatly, the basics are universal. If you plan on teaching Martial Arts, make sure you can teach, too. When I first was promoted to High Senior, I had to start assisting my master in teaching, and let me tell you, before then, I couldn't even teach worth of shit. (That even applies to playing simple games for children, or teaching them basic dance. I really couldn't teach to save my life.) In learning to teach, you also learn to be a proper student. Discipline, practicing and conditioning is just the very tip of the iceberg.
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I highly recommend getting some training WHILE you at least get an Associates in Education and/or teaching. I have studied Chinese Martial Arts under a traditional master for over 22 years, and you're really going to need some prior experience to make the training easier to understand. Though many styles differ greatly, the basics are universal. If you plan on teaching Martial Arts, make sure you can teach, too. When I first was promoted to High Senior, I had to start assisting my master in teaching, and let me tell you, before then, I couldn't even teach worth of shit. (That even applies to playing simple games for children, or teaching them basic dance. I really couldn't teach to save my life.) In learning to teach, you also learn to be a proper student. Discipline, practicing and conditioning is just the very tip of the iceberg.
I do have martial arts experience. I'm learning Xing Yong Chi Lu Chuan Shaolin 8 Animal Kung Fu right now from a great teacher. I will have no problem learning at all. I practice everything I know every day, regardless of whether I "got it down" or not. And also this school is built around the fact that people with a passion for martial arts, from ANYWHERE, can come there and learn from some of the best masters in China, even without prior martial arts training, so that won't be a huge problem. :P But I understand what you're saying fully.
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My first master had come from Shaolin. My 2nd master was actually from a long line of Ittoryu masters.
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My Sifu learned from a master level black sash. :P IDK where he learned it though.
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Traditional masters vary, so your master might just be one of those who only train like 10 students. Mine opened her own dojo, but she's super epicly selective. I think there's currently only 30 or so students under her at this point. I had heard a few had given up and there were a couple new students in the last 6 months.
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My Sifu has a total of around 6? or 7 or so students. I got lucky to get into her class. The only reason I was let in was because her teacher told me to go to her because she was closer.
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Please stay on topic.
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Sorry Zeph, will do. :P
Shinzuu PM me if you like.
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I am a firm believe of going to comunity college first. It's cheaper and an easy introduction to college. My boyfriend did two years at our local comunity college and then went to the university. =)
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i second that.
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im trying to go there