What are the Benefits of learning shaolin Kungfu from CHINA? hostel facilities are available in shaolin?

Question

what are the benefits of learning kungfu from china?

does hostel facilities are available there?

does china is less expensive country to live in

i am very thin and weak,can a person of 30 years age can learn kung fu?

instead of going to china,if i will go to thailand to learn kick boxing will be more better alternative? does thailand is less expensive country?

tell me your personal expierence too, from where you had learn martial arts? or you want to go in china or thailnad?

what about japan? give me information regarding that also

Answer 1

Under the Communist regime, I don't think that Shaolin martial arts are taught in China anymore!

Answer 2

Better to have the c**p kicked out of ya by someone who truly knows it, than by some white guy that learnt it from a book.

Answer 3

you should learn in your own country first. i think language barrier will be a big problem.

shaolin is more lifelong practice. i guess you can never be too old to learn though but your body will probably be harder to train than when you were young.

i don't think kickboxing is that great. if you see them fight other disciplines they always lose! but it's better than nothing.

if you are just interested in quick self defense techniques you might want to look into akido or krav maga

go here and scroll down to "variation and scope"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_art...

i think you should do a little more research and find which suits you best then try to learn in your own country first along with some of the language then you can go do a pilgrimage and visit the origin country.

you need to do it gradually instead of jumping in

Answer 4

I think you are a little mixed up !

Why don't you get to a good school where you are now:

Then after going there for a while, if you are very good at

this sport, i am sure you will get the attention of the

instructor or others whom are more serious of this sport !

This way you will have friends doing the same thing you

like , able to instruct and inform you .  Nothing happens

quickly without effort, there are no short cuts ! Especially

in Kung Fu !........it is of course much easier, if in your

country it is a normal thing you grow up with, like in China,

Thailand and those places.    It does not make you equal

just by going to that Country.

Answer 5

This one answer is for your Korea/TKD question too.

Join a local school.  Set up a tent in your backyard.  Get up at 5:30, do 100 push ups, sit ups and run for two miles.  Then practice form and drills for an hour.  Eat a small breakfast, go to work, then class.  After class have a small dinner and go to bet in your tent.  Try this for a month, then get back to me.

If you want to learn a martial art, you do not have to go to a far off land.  There are good schools, with good instructors everywhere.  If you want to get stronger, work out more.  Same goes for any martial art, the more you train, the better you get.  

Besides, what would you do without cable tv, high speed internet, and soft server ice cream?