CT school?

[lea869]

hello everyone.

ive been doing martial arts for about 6 years now, but have kept switching schools for one reason or another.
now, at the moment, i am without a school!

the problem is, i cant find a level of teacher or other students that can live up to my past experience.
just an example:
i studied with ai ping cheng in orange, ct until her school went downhill, its just not the same anymore, and all her "serious" students left.
im on the CT shoreline. i guess my question is, has anyone here heard of any school teaching taekwando, wushu-kungfu, or judo (havent tried judo yet but might like to) around my area? with a serious, not mean, but authentic teacher who commands that you work hard?
i know this is a lot to ask, but if anyone can help me, i would be very grateful.
if anyone knows of a good school, please let me know. thank you.

[lea869]

bump.....anyone? should i repost this in a different section?
please, if anyone can help me, im going nuts without my martial arts, lol

[Scott Bolinger]

6 years of experience is quite a bit. Have you thought of starting your own DoJo.

I went through basically the same thing. I started off with ShotoKan, then that instructor moved to California to make big bucks being a body guard. Then I ended up studing 4 other arts. The Shoto-kan style was a americanized shoto-kan style. So I tried to go up in my belt level with a different instructor I would of had to relearn everything like a new style.

Eventually I ended up just restructuring my style and kata a bit. Teach what I feel works and created my own style of fighting. And I feel alot better doing that way. When you have your own style, you don't have anyone over you that you have to report to. But, to continually improve your style, i'd suggest studing a bit, and attending siminars.

Just a few suggestions.

[lea869]

6 years of experience is quite a bit. Have you thought of starting your own DoJo.

I went through basically the same thing. I started off with ShotoKan, then that instructor moved to California to make big bucks being a body guard. Then I ended up studing 4 other arts. The Shoto-kan style was a americanized shoto-kan style. So I tried to go up in my belt level with a different instructor I would of had to relearn everything like a new style.

Eventually I ended up just restructuring my style and kata a bit. Teach what I feel works and created my own style of fighting. And I feel alot better doing that way. When you have your own style, you don't have anyone over you that you have to report to. But, to continually improve your style, i'd suggest studing a bit, and attending siminars.

Just a few suggestions.

wow, no i never did... but i am only 16 years old, haha...
and my 6 years experience was a little bit broken up between schools/styles, and i dont think i am qualified enough to do so.

thank you so much for your suggestions, but i do think that i am enough of a beginner that a new school would be alright, and even learning something comepletely new, as long as it had the elements i was looking for.
(i.e. kicks, punches, throws, spins, and other cool moves and, optimally, weapons, like staff, chain, and sword...)

I just am looking for something to throw myself into, and really love, and be intense about. (im a scorpio. what can i say?)

i feel the same way about "american" martial arts, and am just looking for the real thing. congratulations to you for going through such a frustration experience and finding your way out of it... if you have, im making an assumption here.

again, thank you for your reply!

[Scott Bolinger]

if you learn the swords, i'd suggest iether Willow or the German long sword. I have a friend thats a master swordsman and he says those two are pretty good.

For myself, I mainly use the Nunchuka. One of these days i'll have to have him teach me the sword