Shaolin
 

Hey everyone,

OK so this summer I decided id try out something a little bit different, and for a white boy with zero martial arts experience and not being hugely fit attending a Shaolin Monastary is quite a change from anything that im used to. Arguably this is bordering on lunacy, a opinion strongly shared by my mother.

Nevertheless I will be attending the Sipling City Martial Arts academy for a month this summer, and was just wondering if anyone else had had any similar experiences or would be eager to try it out with me :D

http://www.shaolins.com/ Is the website, any thoughts would be appreciated!

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You wont last 3 hours.

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lol yeah their website is funny, I love the bit about not visiting the prostitutes in the local villages ;D

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That's pretty cool.

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holy crap!

tbh looks really interesting.

not your average summer break but i guess that's not what you are after :D

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Thought of the day:

You don't seem to be taking this seriously enough to

a) actually do it, and
b) stick around long enough to pack your bags

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Well its too late for me to back out :p Sent my reservation fee off already, and will be booking the flights when my Visa forms come through. Im very serious about it, its something that ive always wanted todo and since this is my last 'summer break' its probably my last chance todo this before i get a job, at which point taking a months holiday off would become very awkward.

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There are red blobs under your name. Does the institute know this?

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Hey Lukey

What will you do without your Esse wideboy lifestyle

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Well, that rules me out, and a lot of the people around here :p

From my experience, when someone does something like this, they come out a better person for it, even if it is as simple as having more discipline.

Good luck

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essex???

how tall is he?

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Thanks alot :)

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For anyone interested, im now out there and doing a little blog!

http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-316659.html

http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-316665.html

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it looks like the building out of Hostel.

But hope everythings going well, looks interesting and if i was still a free man it would definitely be something i would have tried.

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The best of British luck to you ;)

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Nice, Keep em coming!

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I'm very impressed you've actually good through with it. It's inspired me to do something similar next summer, though I probably won't so I'm counting on you to do this well!

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excellent blog, and good luck with this, you are a braver man than i :)

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get the hell out of my country :down:

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Holy farc it seems pretty cool. I used to go to Karate lessons in my youth, actually it was a huge waste of time, because it did not teach how to fight or anything really cool, we just hang around making exercises and Kata (coreographed moves) which sucked.

Kind of like the first half of Jarhead :(

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Hey guys, thanks for all the positive comments! Much appriciated <3

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So how it went?

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Yeah it was a good time :) Definately an experience, came pretty cheap at $2500 orso for the month (flight/food etc) and something that ill remember forever! Its also helped my 6 pack along nicely so that always welcome! But yeah if anyone else is interested in trying something similar gimme a shout at [email protected] n maybe i can offer some wisdom :O