hello...just going to introduce myself[geeky right]

[bruceleroy/WFH]

well anways,my name in bruceleroy and i have been a member of shaolinwolf forums for a pretty long time so i decided to look for anyone forum to be apart of as well......my name is derrick b.,i'm 14 years old and very interested in martial arts in general as you know gong fu as well.....so,i am here to learn,understand,and teach lol....[geeky right]:)

[joedoe]

Welcome to the forums. Hope you find what you want here, there are a lot of very experienced martial artists around.

[Chief Fox]

Welcome. FYI, Bold, italic and underlined is annoying.

So are you currently studying a martial art?

[SimonM]

So are you currently studying a martial art?

Duei shenme ta shoa.

[Chief Fox]

Duei shenme ta shoa.
No comprende.

[SimonM]

Lit: "Yes what he said" though my tendency to put Chinese words into English word order has occasionally lead to humourous misunderstandings. ;)

[bruceleroy/WFH]

well,to tell you the truth,no,there aren't any good schools in southern maryland and pretty much suxs....the only schools here are tkd and next after i pay 80$ ....i can really be apart of the school....so,since the beginning of "05" i so called "trained" myself as in doing stances,kicking punching etc etc for the whole year such as what hungar practionors used to do in the old days,had to do basics for 3 years.........now i am experimenting such are how is a good punch or hand strike is excuted and how is a great kick excuted that is why i general know a lot about martial arts in general....i know gong fu,muay thai,tkd,tds,jeetkunedo which isn't really a real art,western boxing,etc etc......so as i said before,i am here to learn,understand and "teach"......i will check all of you out on later threads in post.....peace

[GeneChing]

It's not southern MD, but he'd be worth the commute if you're dedicated. He was on one of our first covers, Spring '93 (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=174), as well as our infamous Winter '94 (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=45) and May June 2001 (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=136).

[bruceleroy/WFH]

yes,he is in maryland,i checked out the schools site a couple of weeks ago wishing i could get a chance to learn there,but his school is located in northen maryland which probably take 2 hours to get to since i moved down here......my parents are lazy and do have the time to brign me up and down from there.....there is also a cool lookin jow ga school in washington dc which is about 30mins from where i live,but my parents as you know won't do it....so when i get my car in i guess a year or two now since i am turning 15 this year,then i will see "wasup" with this schools in the north.....

[bruceleroy/WFH]

thanks anyways for your help tho
this is his schools site: http://www.taiyimkungfu.com/Home.php
here's the jow ga site: http://www.jowga.org/index2.php
but i leave in waldorf with schools like this : http://www.tigerdojang.com/
but hey good news,i just found a school of jow ga located in white plains,md and i will call to see wasup again....thanks guys.......somehow

[SimonM]

Or you could take a bus... How much would a bus to a city 30 mins away cost anyway? Here in China you'd be looking at mabey 5 RMB...

[bruceleroy/WFH]

how long are you gonna be in china?....also since the hung fut school is in a different county it would kind of hard but that is a good idea.......the whiteplains,md gong fu school seems not to be open any more.....i think since i called it

[SimonM]

How long am I going to be in China? I don't know. Realistically I will have to be here for an additional 18 months before I can really afford the airfare home. However I am also in love and if my relationship with Eileen works out as I hope than there will be three additional questions:

1: Will Eileen want to move to Canada?
2: Assuming she was willing to do so when would Eileen want to move to Canada?
3: Assuming she wants to move to Canada and assuming we have reached the time she wants to, with Eileen and I both working as of next September (when her job starts), how long would it take us to develop the revenue necessary for her to emigrate and for me to move back to Canada?

[bruceleroy/WFH]

so your in love with a chinese and learning Martial arts in china,that has always been one of my dreams,but hey good luck your livin' it......you wanted to just stay in china?

[bruceleroy/WFH]

so your in love with a chinese lady and learning Martial arts in china,that has always been one of my dreams,but hey good luck your livin' it......you wanted to just stay in china ever before?

[SimonM]

There have been moments but I generally do want to go back to Canada some day. Mind you when I do I'll probably settle in a Chinatown in either Vancouver or T-Dot...

[green_willow]

How long am I going to be in China? I don't know. Realistically I will have to be here for an additional 18 months before I can really afford the airfare home. However I am also in love and if my relationship with Eileen works out as I hope than there will be three additional questions:

1: Will Eileen want to move to Canada?
2: Assuming she was willing to do so when would Eileen want to move to Canada?
3: Assuming she wants to move to Canada and assuming we have reached the time she wants to, with Eileen and I both working as of next September (when her job starts), how long would it take us to develop the revenue necessary for her to emigrate and for me to move back to Canada?

Good luck with your love life in China. How did you meet Eileen? Let me guess.

A gang of gangsters had her cornered and you happen to be there at the right place at the right time? sure they had the usual knives and clubs like most gangsters do but you sent them pecking with their tails between their legs.

[SimonM]

No actually she showed up with a friend of hers on my doorstep one day. A week later the three of us went out for a trip in the country and I stopped her from slipping off a mountain path at night. ;) Then there were months of uncertainty and not-quite-just-friends-but-not-more-than-friends madness. :p

[shaolinboxer]

Welcome young shaolin warrior.

Training alone at home is how a lot of start out...and where many of us wind up!

Good luck!

[green_willow]

No actually she showed up with a friend of hers on my doorstep one day. A week later the three of us went out for a trip in the country and I stopped her from slipping off a mountain path at night. ;) Then there were months of uncertainty and not-quite-just-friends-but-not-more-than-friends madness. :p

Well it wasn't your kung fu that saved her life, but you saved her in any case. that makes you her hero :D

But now there is certainty right - which is good. Yes Canada is a nice place. Have you asked her yet?

[SimonM]

No.

With Chinese / Westerner relationships it's best not to rush things. One hurdle at a time. Parental acceptance will probably be the next big one. Figuring out where to live comes much later.

[green_willow]

No.

With Chinese / Westerner relationships it's best not to rush things. One hurdle at a time. Parental acceptance will probably be the next big one. Figuring out where to live comes much later.

That's actually a good way to build on a relationship because in the end it takes time to get to know someone. Having said that I read one of your other posts - seem you know Eileen for quite some time.

How long do you intend to stay in China? Did you go there specifically to do martial arts?

[SimonM]

Since early October. And I've been smitten with her ever since. ;) I came to China to work; I'm an ESL teacher by trade. As for how long I will stay? I don't know. Somewhere between 2 and 4 years is likely.

[green_willow]

Since early October. And I've been smitten with her ever since. ;) I came to China to work; I'm an ESL teacher by trade. As for how long I will stay? I don't know. Somewhere between 2 and 4 years is likely.

Great! you've got plenty of time. Or you can take her hand and whisk her away to Canada:D

[SimonM]

LOL

Her mother might not be very crazy about that risk. ;)

[green_willow]

LOL

Her mother might not be very crazy about that risk. ;)

Would be mother inlaws are like that. Main thing is to focus on your girl friend. Buy her flowers - preferably roses, chocolates, candle lite dinners, walk in the park.

Oh yes, of course, get some of your kung fu buddies say 5 of them to pretend to be some street gang who give you and your g/f trouble at the park. You basically deal with them without much trouble.

That will convince her mother that you're a hero and can take care of her precious little daughter.

Just DON'T let them catch you having dinner with those friends of yours -otherwise you'll be in big trouble :D

[SimonM]

LOL

Most of my Kung Fu Buddies are either students at the same university as her... or teachers! :eek: