I want to learn Martial Arts. But I want to learn from the best, a true Martial Artist and not some person that got a black belt within a year calls himself an expert. Do I need to move to Asia for this? My main interest is Jet Li%26#039;s style. Anyone know his teacher? Thanks and real answers please.|||find a wushu teacher if you are interested in stuff like Jet Li. The advantage you have with Chinese MA is that there%26#039;s a lot less mcdojo%26#039;s around thus you have less risk finding a bad teacher but of course it%26#039;s an everlasting truth that if you want to be properly taught you need a good teacher|||1st off a real martial arts instructor is not going to waste his time teaching you something you saw in a JET LI movie or try and con you into beleiving movie stunts work in the real world.
2nd rank is immaterial and style is immaterial .I have met men in all styles mentioned on this forum and in each I have met men who were useless and some who were good and some who were absolutely deadly in real fights.
Styles dont fight men fight.Where do you fit?|||Jet Li%26#039;s signature style is Wushu (but I%26#039;m not sure if it%26#039;s the only thing he knows).
An easy and practical thing to do is check out a place you are considering studying at and sit in on a practice, maybe talk with the instructor. I don%26#039;t think it%26#039;s necessary to do research on qualifications or lineage. Just judge if you think he%26#039;s teaching crap, or you like what you see. And try to find someone that teaches for the love of teaching, not for business.
But I don%26#039;t know how prevalent non-sport Wushu is in the United States.|||A reputable martial-arts instructor may teach a class at a local community college. A phys-ed teacher at your school may have a recommendation. Ask around your community.|||Jet Li was a wushu champion.
Wushu is the chinese term for martial arts, there are many sub styles of wushu itself.
Much like you I decided I wanted to learn wushu from watching movies.
Also, I was disheartened by the casual attitute taken towards training by the more prevalent arts in my area, primarily the watered down franchised versions of Japanese and Korean karate.
When i first set out to find a school i thought i wasnt going to find anything without moving state but i was lucky enough to find something perfect.
What i suggest you do is to tabulate a list of all the schools that teach wushu in your area.
Then i suggest you read about wushu itself, find out what it is and what should be taught to become a master in it.
I narrowed my list down to 4 schools in my local area, by ticking off the criteria i had researched.
I think my primary focus was,
* traditional hand drills
* physical conditioning
* multiple opponent training
* weapon training
* traditional philosophy
Rather than make my decision on paper, i went down to the schools and spoke to the people there to see what it was like, i sat out on a training sessions and watched.
You should also be able to get a chance to speak to the head master as well, this should help you to find out if its just a school or if there is a true master there.
hopefully you can find something like that near you, i dont think you specifically need to move to asia.
though whenever searching for an answer to any question i would always be prepared to find a negative answer or to not find any answer at all : )
Good Luck : )|||You wanna learn an %26quot;Art%26quot;? Fine. Go anywhere for that, dont stress it. You want to learn how to effectively fight? Take MMA. That simple.|||go to a National tournamnet and watch the Black belt division.
find the best and ask them yourselves.
there are quazillions of paper champions but to really know who is good, go watch them fight.
your right though the majority of school %26quot;head instructors%26quot; are not capable of doing what the fighters competeing at the national level can do.|||Unless you have an amazing bank balance, plenty of free time, and a secure way to gain an entry visa to the Asian country of your desires, your thought of moving to Asia is more than a little unrealistic.
You can travel the world in search of the perfect teacher, and miss them in your own back yard. A true teacher is someone who speaks to YOU! It doesn%26#039;t matter much what the discipline, what their rank, where they learned, or where they reside. What matters is that they can reach you, enlighten you, expand your experiences, increase your knowledge, advance your skills, and garner your respect and trust.
Like all journeys for the novice, the desire to seek the most qualified, experienced, and talented is often a forlorn hope as they will be virtually impossible to find, identify, and engage. Your first task is to START your journey. Do this at home.
Look at all of your local martial arts schools and visit each, or focus on your Wushu interest. Speak with all the instructor/s, students, and guets at each school. Observe a number of the classes you will participate in and select wisely based on your comfort with the school and instructor. Once your journey has begun, you will begin to increase your knowledge and understanding and will later have opportunities to seek out additional training, growth, and development.
Every journey of a thousand miles beings with one step. Your step should be at home and a small one. Find a quality instructor close to you and begin the journey. Don%26#039;t try to jump 500 miles down the road immediately. Life and your martial arts journey just doesn%26#039;t normally work that way.
Good luck
Ken C
9th Dan HapMoosaKi-Do
8th Dan TaeKwon-Do
7th Dan YongChul-Do
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