Wushu Training Tips from Beijing China and the Beijing Wushu Team!
Beijing Wushu Team WuDi
Have you ever thought about going to China to train and learn wushu?
I am over here in China as I speak training in wushu.
The training is rigorous. We train 2 times a day. Usually once in the morning and once in the evening. Sometimes the coach switches it up and training is in the afternoon.
Most days training consists of basic kicks and going through your competition form (aka taolu), but some days the athletes need to relax a little and they play some sports or games to focus on conditioning. It can get boring to train the SAME exact thing 365 days a week! Other days we focus on speed training, weight training, or endurance training by going to the gym or track.
Now here are a few important tips about the trip itself. Try to bring currency both US and chinese RMB (ren men bi) BEFORE you come to China. It is a hassle to exchange or withdraw money when you are here. It’s not impossible, but you often need to have a passport or other forms of identification. Then you also end up waiting in long foreign exchange lines. (This just happened to me!)
Do not try to be clever and bring “travelers cheques” because no one accepts them or FEW places do and then you end up going to the bank and exchanging them anyways. Bottom line? Come with enough RMB for at least half if not all your trip (depending on how long you stay.)
How long should you stay? Well I think 3-4 weeks is enough for most people. If you are training hard.. that is a reasonable toll on your body and you will see some significant improvement. If you want to learn about more than just wushu and you want to study chinese and the culture, than thats another subject entirely.
Wushu Coaching – Go to wherever you might know someone or have a referal. You might be coming to China for the experience, but you still want to have good coaching. If you end up with a coach that doesn’t care about you, then you are losing out the full value of your trip. You might as well just spend that money on a good coach in the US who can offer you private lessons!
Methods of training – Don’t get too excited when you are here and injure yourself or over exhaust yourself. KNOW your limits and push yourself, but stay injury free and you will get the most out of your trip.
Other than that, its a great environment to improve because you will around so many high quality athletes, that naturally it will inspire you to improve and up your wushu level to reach theirs!
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October 3rd, 2009 at 1:11 pm
I want to a wushu champion but i am living in pakistan
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I am big fame of JETLI and i want to a wushu champion bur there is no coach of wushu in JAMSHORO PAKISTAN
March 31st, 2010 at 3:06 am
I am ramees a kashmiri since from my childhood my aim is to play wushu at olympics and used to practise 5 hours every day but i feel now i could not achieve my goal because of no coaching.what should i do plz answer kbaryan@gmail.com
April 18th, 2010 at 6:35 am
HI
I am Imran
I want to be a wushu champion but there is no center of wushu training in PAKISTAN so if you tell me some tricks of wushu\kicks that can I do my self without any coach. I am very great full to YOU
THANKS
September 1st, 2010 at 5:09 am
My name is Ya Dang, I have a Chinese name now, but I am an American training in China. I just finished one year, and am starting a second now. I am training in Puyang, Henan, and was in Dengfeng, Henan. If you are going to go to China you need to look into or research Dengfeng. It is where Martial Arts was essentially born. If you have questions or want to know something about China post a note here I will respond. I think it is beautiful to be able to have real training on a large basis, or schedule. I have learned a lot. I came here at 28, quickly I was 29 and at 29 years old, I learned to do the front and back splits. to all who train I wish you the best, Martial Arts of any kind enriches our lives and spirits. Best of luck to all!
September 1st, 2010 at 8:25 pm
hey man how r u?? hope your doin well…
im heading china next month to train martial arts… iv already spoken to a few places im guessin ill have to find out my self because im staying for 2 years and i want to achieve the most of it,o basically i want a place that teaches full time 8-10 hours a day and diff styles gong fu tia chi kung fu and sanda ect…
whats your advise bud thanx
September 2nd, 2010 at 6:25 pm
first where in China are you going? What school? Can they manage a foreign visa! That is very important, some schools do not have the accreditation to handle visas, make sure they can! Also kung fu really means hard work over time. For chinese gung fu you will probabbly just want to talk to your coaches, they will most likely know some or a lot and can teach you on the side. There is plenty of sanda and taolu that is not a problem. My first year I did 2 hours of tolu and 3 of taekwondo at a big school every day, resting on Sundays. 10 hours a day is burn out. You train hard in real schools so you will get more tired than perhaps you expect. I am not training to much in my 2nd year, as I am in a much smaller school designed differently. My first year here in China I went to a very big school in Dengfeng. I would not go there for a 2nd year, there are other school I can recommend in Dengfeng if that is where you want to go! Otherwise there is a school in Yantai, Shandong that hosts mostly foreigners and they have translators for the coaches. Anyway tell me more about where you are headed and your goals, also tell me about your martial arts background so I know what you are coming from! Take care and keep up the way!
September 2nd, 2010 at 10:42 pm
hey man thanx for the reply im heading off to work now but add me on facebook if possible(tiger raydan) my backround with martial is a bit of everything also taekwondo and mma… but i want to learn kungfu,sanda, gongfu and taichi mainly so yeh my real aim is to get a proper certificate and become a true martial artist the school im heading off to most likely is( http://shaolin-kungfu.com/ ) but add me and well talk soon man well appreciated t.c champ
September 3rd, 2010 at 3:40 pm
The school seems fit to handle foreigners, be sure to learn mandarin. YOU NEED TO LEARN CHINESE. You can expect everyone to speak English, it was very hard for me throughout my 1st year. I started learning to speak when I got here, that was a bad idea. Start now, anything you can. Buy rosetta stone, buy a tutor, online class, anything. Don’t wait, it is hard, but so is a lot of things. I really mean it, there is no guarantee your coaches can speak at all, or maybe they can but it is still hard to communicate. Much is lost in training when you can explain things to someone. There is much more to learning martial arts than look at my hands, or feet. So get started, if you are a good student I meet a Korean guy who studied in Beijing, he learned to be fluent in one semester! He is also on the Korean National Taekwondo team! Laters!
September 3rd, 2010 at 3:56 pm
oh One more Thing, Face book is banned in China it doesn’t work, Everyone here has a QQ account, it’s like MSN IM. I have the international version it’s good for friends and the people you meet. Also have your cell phone company fix your phone to work in China, or buy a cheap one when you get here.
October 9th, 2010 at 10:43 am
hiii ya Dang ,i live in india ,i m planning to go to china to learn wushu
i would like to ask u that are this schools full time can i work there as well an learn .what is the approx yearly cost of living there without any job .hope u reply.
October 9th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Yes I can talk to you, First how old are you, what level are you martial arts skills now, and how long do you want to stay, and what do you do or want to do for work?
October 16th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
hiii ,sorry i have my exams going ,so was late to reply .i m 20yrs old ,
m studying right now ,will be completing my masters in IT this year,right now i m practicing kickboxing for 2.5yrs now. i m planning to stay for a 1 year or more if i get a job there i may stay longer.
October 17th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
You should train Sanda, maybe Taolu if you want to jump around with swords and spears. I don’t mean to put it lightly or sound disrespectful. But if your a kick-boxer, you would love the sanda. KEY thing is, act, train, be like the Chinese. If you act like a lazy foreigner, they will not care about you at all. If you do what your told, and keep at it, they will take you in. That is important to understand. A lot of people come and screw off because they think it doesn’t matter. If you apply yourself it will make it all worth while. Pick a school qualified to take on foreigners, but has few of them. Also, I recommend a large school, it will be more established, and prepared for real training. Smaller schools have trouble filling a day you might get bored. Also LEARN to speak CHINESE, pointing doesn’t cut it, do what you can, besides you will make friends you will want to talk to, don’t count on people speaking english or you language.
October 20th, 2010 at 6:49 am
can u tell me fees this schools charge!!!so that i can have a idea
October 20th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Send me the link for the school you are looking at, or do you want the school I went to?
October 22nd, 2010 at 4:51 am
tell about the school u went too
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:07 pm
Hello mr. Ya dang I am from Greece. i would like to ask you a question. I love China and i also love Wu Shu but i have a problem . i practice for 6 months wu shu but I think that i am very tall person (1.95 m) for wu shu ! my age is 20 years old ! can you tell me your opinion about the people’s height in wu shu ?
February 23rd, 2011 at 6:36 am
hey ya dang how are you champ??
i already went to china and came back for a holiday and leaving back soon.. it is ok there but they don’t have wing chun and its only a academy for foreigners so you really have to rely on them and that doesnt really help but it was good overall and if u have any good place in dengfeng that are good and have wingchun send me thr website or number and your number aswell if you are still in china t.c buddy
February 27th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Dear Mr. nikos karaflakis,
Height is not a problem. In China you can get great lessons in Sanda, Chinese kickboxing! also many schools also teach teakwondo if you are interested. Otherwise the Taolu, or Shaolin style kung fu might be a little awkward at times, but I am tall aslo, and still loved it! Defiantly look into Sanda though!
Dear Tiger,
The school Xiao Long, might be a good place in Dengfeng, mostly taolu, but the wing chun might be ok there, I went to Shaolin Epo Wu Yuan, right around the corner! I would suggest you look at schools in beijing!
March 3rd, 2011 at 11:30 pm
Hey Ya Dang
I am thinking about going to China for a year or maybe more to train, but Im coming up to the problem of a simple lack of information. It seems like a big commitment and I would want to get the most out of it for the money. Whats your recomendation?
Im 23, living in Japan right now, I have done TKD for 3 or 4 years, Kung fu (in America tho) for 2 years before that, and I spent a year in Shanghai studying abroad where I did some Taiji and more TKD.
I wouldnt say I am particularly skilled, but neither am I a complete beginner. So I am looking for serious high quality training.
I also was looking into Shanghai University of Sports Trad.Chin.Martial arts degree.
the new Yantai International Culture martial art school,
and stuff in Dengfeng…
May 29th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
hello
am from africa currently in vietnam . am 25 yaers old. pls i want to study martil at in china for 6 month to 1 yaer. pls any body have any information about any school that i can lean martial ats in china ?
May 31st, 2011 at 1:47 am
hey i live in china and study martial arts full time in a great place for serious learners if you realli interested plz email me
drb_27@hotmail.com
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