Tout dabord pour commencer, il faut se présenter, je me nomme Michael et je suis agé de 21 ans. Je vis en France, sur la cote d azur et je souhaite depuis tout petit en fait, voyager, partitr découvrir les pays qui font notre monde.
Je commence par la chine, avec en projet, aller dans une école de kung fu. Le probleme est quelle école serait la mieux adaptéi vu leur grands nombres, avec internet on trouve quelques écoles mais assez différentes les unes des autres, donc si vous avez des informations je suis preneur de tout conseil les prix moyen , régions à préféré. régions a éviter.
Je compte partir a la fin de l'été, je prévois comme budget environ 4000euros, pour le logement, les repas et entrainement. Le confort n'est pas absolu, je ne voudrais pas me faire "arnaquer" parce que je suis étranger, 😠
J'attends vos informations avec beaucoup d'impatience
Merci d'avance
Bonjour,
Ton budget est bien suffisant mais tu ne dis pas combien de temps tu veux rester.
Les écoles de kung fu il y en a beaucoup autour des monts wudang, là où il a été inventé, mais beaucoup sont très commerciales, c'est à dire chères il y a beaucoup d'élèves et pas toujours avec des profs très qualifiés.
Le mieux pour toi c'est d'aller sur place et de voir, prendre un cours et regarder comment sont les profs, si il y a beaucoup d'élèves par classe. Va jeter un coup d'oeil aux chambres et aux diverses installations. Vérifie que tu peux facilement aller en ville pour boire un verre et que tu n'es pas le seul européen car vivre avec uniquement des chinois quand on parle pas la langue c'est difficile.
N'hésites pas à demander les qualifications des enseignants: la Chine est un pays relativement réglementé à ce niveau là.
Le prix: je pense qu'avec une chambre privée avec salle de bain, eau chaude (vérifie ça aussi car pas toujours présente) et accès internet, plus 5 ou 6 heures de cours par jour, 6 jours par semaine, nourriture comprise, chinoise en général, tu devrais payer autour de 600 euros par mois. Si tu choisis d'avoir des cours de mandarin en plus ça peut augmenter. Si c'est 1000 alors tu dois avoir la clim au moins et d'autres luxes. Aussi refuses d'être plus de 4 élèves par prof, sinon t'apprends mal et surtout tu te fais mal car le prof peut pas te regarder et corriger tes mauvaises postures, en kung fu ça se paye très cher par des genoux foutus à vie par exemple si tu plies tes genoux au lieu de détendre ton bassin.
Je n'ai pas testé les écoles du nord mais j'en connais une très bien au sud de la Chine, qui fait beaucoup de tai chi chen mais aussi du très bon kung fu, c'est une école à yangshuo. Voici le lien: masterfu.com. Tu dois parler anglais car les profs sont tous chinois et parlent anglais.
Je pense que pour toi ça vaut le coup de d'abord faire le voyage pour trouver une école dans les monts wudang qui fait uniquement du kung ju et si c'est pas concluant, revenir au sud à Yangshuo à la fin de ton séjour.
Bonne chance, tiens moi au courant si tu trouves une bonne école dans le nord.
Si tu viens à Yangshuo, fais moi signe.
Bonjour,
Merci de votre réponse, et c'est effectivement ce que j'avais en tete en ce qui concerne les écoles autour des monts Wudang. Quand au entrainement et logement on commencerait le jour ou l'on arrive. Il n'y aurait pas besoin d'annoncer sa venue ? le logement est-il vraiment sur pour le jour meme, je ne voudrais pas à me retrouver dehors la premiere nuit.
Quand a ma durée, ce n'est qu'une idée vague et j'ai dans l'intention de passer une année tout au plus, et revenir plus tard, comme beaucoup😉 Aprés si je réussis a tenir 6 mois je ne serais pas deçu non plus.
Pour le budjet, j'essaye comme meme de viser un peu moins cher, vu le cours de la vie en chine 600E me parait beaucoup pour un mois d'entrainement, ce sont des connaissances qui me l'on avoué.
Pour ce qui est du lien que vous m'avez donnez, je n'ai pas pu rejoindre le site.
Il semble que le site de master Fu Nengbin soit en stand by, je sais qu'il était en restructuration. Il faudra réessayer plus tard. Désolée.
Les monts Wudang c'est le mieux à mon avis, bien sur si tu veux faire du Shaolin kung fu il y les écoles du temple et autour du temple, mais là je n'ai pas eu de bon échos et c'est déjà plus difficile de voir sur place, beaucoup d'écoles, peu d'anglophones et beaucoup d'écoles business.
Je pense aussi que 600 euros c'est cher mais pour le premier mois c'est impossible de faire autrement. Il faut se poser et voir venir. Si on aime l'école on peut juste s'y entraîner et trouver une chambre en ville pour moins de 50 euros par mois, mais sans clim, et la nourriture, moins de 3 euros ça doit pouvoir se faire surtout si tu ne manges que chinois.
Mais donnes toi le temps de parler quelques mots de chinois et de rencontrer quelques européens qui t'aideront à t'installer seul ou en co-location.
Un an c'est bien, mais même si tu aimes l'école ne payes pas pour longtemps à l'avance, la Chine rien qu'avec des chinois quand on parle pas la langue, c'est difficile. Tu pourrais avoir envie de bouger, du kung fu tu peux en faire n'importe où. Si tu décides de voyager d'abord, tu peux choisir la solution que j'ai adopté: prof privé, rien que pour moi et je me suis pris un apart en ville.
En Chine les prix des cours ne sont pas si bas que ça dans la mesure ou comme tu es européen tu as besoin d'un enseignant qui parle un peu anglais donc à moins de 3 euros de l'heure tu trouvera jamais, et plutôt 5 je crois. Et même comme ça tu peux très bien être à 15 dans la classe et plus. En plus en tant que débutant tu as besoin de 3 à 4 heures par jour car tu peux pas encore t'entraîner seul.
Pour ce qui est d'arriver à l'improviste, tant que tu payes tu commences les cours le lendemain de ton arrivée, il y a toujours de la place pour dormir. En Chine y a toujours moyen.
Je rentres de vacances fin février et je reprends l'entraînement immédiatement, si tu n'es pas pressé je demande aux copains kung fu-istes l'adresse d'une bonne école.
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