What is Benefit of Learning Martial Arts in Life from a forgein country like Korea,thailand?

Question

i am a philosophy honors student

i live in small town so no good martial arts school are there,there are some which are fraud

after completing my studies,i want to learn either taekwando from korea, or any other place,which will be less expensive,give me adive,about Hostel facilites also give me advice

how many of you had learn martial arts or planning to learn from shaolin or korea

Answer 1

I trained with a Korean in the US, then I went to Korea specifically for Tae Kwon Do and I was quite disappointed with what was available near Tongduchon.

The instructor on the Army base was a joke, giving out black belts in 1 year.  Lucky I already had 7 years of martial arts and knew better.  The instructors off base spoke no English, and when I got a translator to go with me, they really were not very interested.  

I ended up training with an American that had lived in Korea since 1988 (I was there in 1991) and we entered joint Korean army/US Army tournaments together.  It ended up being a great experience, but not like the foreign master I was expecting.  I also trained with Thai master in the US.

Here I train under a Korean, and he is the best master I've every had.  I don't think you need to go to Asia to find a good instructor.  There are plenty of Asians here, as well as qualified American instructors.  

I have also been to Japan as a civilian, and my only advice here is that you can expect to need alot of money (Japan is a very expensive place to live) and also expect subservience.  They are not interested in what you already know, or your opinion, they are only interested in teaching you what they know.  It is very easy for an American to accidentally insult/dishonor a Japanese master.

James