I got a free lesson in Wing Tsun the other day. I liked it, and am considering signing up, but I have some serious questions. Let’s see what you guys think.
I go to the gym where they hold class, apparently they rent it two nights a week. Two guys are there, they are the teachers. A father and son. I asked if there were other students, and I was told that they had called in that night. (It was a regular class night, they weren’t there especialy for me) O.K… So I got my free lesson. The son was teaching while the father watched. I got the feeling he was teaching his son to teach at the same time the son was teching me to fight.
I learned about chain punches and blocking, mostly. It was quite fun. After the lesson, the son sits down with me and shows me the paperwork. Now I am thinking that this is a scam, there are no other students, they just want my money. But I was wrong. There was no contract. Just a flat 60/month fee, quit any time you feel like it. There was no pressure at all. He explained the basics, and told me to think it over and give him a call.
So what do you think? My theory is maybe there are no other (or very few) students and they didn’y want to scare me off by telling me. They seemed very genuine when I was being taught, and didn’t seem at all like they were out for my money. I am tempted to join for a month because I enjoyed the class so much. Wing Tsun seems to be very effective!
Sounds like a good school.
If you liked it pursue it, and if you are the only student, or only a couple of others go there, you can get much more “specialized” training…
Id say take another class or 2 at least if you enjoyed it, see what its really about.
BTW, 60/mo aint bad at all.
Lots of schools are like this, and sometimes they are very good quality because of the attention you can get in smaller numbers. Ocassionally at a friend of mine’s class only he and another student show up so its not uncommon for it to be that small. Did it seem like they were knowledgable? Try it for a month man youll probly like it.
It sounds fairly normal actually. most schools come and go, move around or rent space from other people. Some schools are larger or smaller. 60$ a month no long term contract is normal and the best way to go in case you decide it isn’t for you.
$60 ain’t much for a month, especially if they’re not locking you into a contract. If after a month you think it’s crap, at least not much time and money went into it.
I agree that this looks like a pretty good opportunity to get some private lessons for little money (in general, private lessons can run up to $60/hr in general schools). Classes that don’t have contracts generally will be small–people come and go.
Thanx for the advice. I am going to call them back to night and join up. Wing Tsun looks like an excellent martial art to learn, much better than the shotgun approach the local Shaolin-Tao school was taking. No offense to anyone!
P.S…about getting yer freak on with a Chinese girl. I have been with alot of different women, the side effect of growning up in California. Gimme a mexican woman any day! Better not let my Irish/American Indian wife read this…
Originally posted by RedSkaNite
[B]Thanx for the advice. I am going to call them back to night and join up. Wing Tsun looks like an excellent martial art to learn, much better than the shotgun approach the local Shaolin-Tao school was taking. No offense to anyone!
P.S…about getting yer freak on with a Chinese girl. I have been with alot of different women, the side effect of growning up in California. Gimme a mexican woman any day! Better not let my Irish/American Indian wife read this… [/B]
Damet. I have a chinese woman and have been with Irish and American Indian. Never Mexican! Now I think I’m missing something!
