Hi everybody,
do you guys know of anybody who offers a full time course to become kung fu instructor?
I do not really care about location (could be China,could be USA, whatever) or style, there are also no financial issues.
Would be great to hear from you.
Greetings
we have a forum poster that goes by the handle Bawang, he has instructor courses.
[QUOTE=Lucas;1174497]we have a forum poster that goes by the handle Bawang, he has instructor courses.[/QUOTE]
He teaches how to make rice bowls.
Ed Parker Kenpo?
He used to run ads for black belt instructors, no experience necessary.
So, you don’t care what you learn, where you learn it from, or how much it costs…as long as you’re called a “kung fu instructor” by the end?
I’ll teach you! 
I’m curious, f you don’t care what style you learn or where you learn it from, why do you want it to be “kung fu”?
[QUOTE=deremifri;1174493]Hi everybody,
do you guys know of anybody who offers a full time course to become kung fu instructor?
I do not really care about location (could be China,could be USA, whatever) or style, there are also no financial issues.
Would be great to hear from you.
Greetings[/QUOTE]
My Instructor course is $7500.00 USD and I am in Cleveland, Ohio. Your Choice of style is Northern Shaolin, Southern Hung gar or Angry Monkey Fist. The course is 3 years and you will need 200 hours of teaching here in my classes and a lot of other stuff.
if you are serious PM me
ginosifu
My instructor course is only $6500 and it includes 2 sets of silk pajamas. I’m also Chinese so you know its legit.
being a student first
over time
you will be teaching/instructor assistant
over time
you will be teacher/instructor.
It takes time.
I agree with SPJ. As an average learner I have had quite a few instructors and I think the best way to learn is to find a true high level martial artist and just train with them for many years. The active part of the training and how the instructor explains the moves verbally is the least important part of the training. The passive part of the training including looking at how the instructor does the moves and getting beaten up by him is the most important part as our bodies will absorb and pick up the moves even without us noticing. After achieving a reasonable level ourselves it will be easy to see what is correct and what is wrong in other people like the beginners who come to train with your teacher. At that point one can gradually start to teach and traditionally most martial artists have learned teaching like this.
[QUOTE=pazman;1174566]My instructor course is only $6500 and it includes 2 sets of silk pajamas. I’m also Chinese so you know its legit.[/QUOTE]
Ok… so I will throw in a couple sets of silk pajamas, a flimsy shiny sword and a pair of Feivues! I’m Italian if that does anything for ya.
ginosifu
[QUOTE=ginosifu;1174599]Ok… so I will throw in a couple sets of silk pajamas, a flimsy shiny sword and a pair of Feivues! I’m Italian if that does anything for ya.
ginosifu[/QUOTE]
I concede defeat.
Real answer:
I don’t know any “instructor” courses, but I know of a lot of places that offer intensive or residential training.
The sports colleges here in China offer degrees in Wushu, Traditional Gongfu, Sanda, kickboxing, boxing, etc, though the quality of these places are not entirely consistent.
There are many private gongfu schools in China that offer this kind of training. As per Chinese culture, either foreigners are not welcome or must pay an princely sum. I cannot recommend any private school in China at this time.
If you are willing to look beyond gongfu, I can recommend at least several places in Japan that offer high quality training at a fraction of the costs in China, though I guess the high cost of living in Japan might offset that.
Finally, I would advise the OP to not start a martial art with the goal of becoming an instructor.
[QUOTE=deremifri;1174493]Hi everybody,
do you guys know of anybody who offers a full time course to become kung fu instructor?
I do not really care about location (could be China,could be USA, whatever) or style, there are also no financial issues.
Would be great to hear from you.
Greetings[/QUOTE]
Are you in the Toronto area?
How committed are you to this?
Are you sure you aren’t putting the cart before the horse?
I say that because most people that learn Kung Fu and are committed to it as a lifestyle become instructors eventually.
I think it’s important to find someone who you believe you can learn from at your level. Learning is a ongoing process, one that never end. Even a 90 year old could learn something from a small child. We are always growing, so I would say use your instinct and try to avoid any “instructor qualifications programs” unless you have good recommendations.
7,500
6,500
… Do I hear 5,500?
Going Once…Going Twice
[QUOTE=ginosifu;1174554]My Instructor course is $7500.00 USD and I am in Cleveland, Ohio. Your Choice of style is Northern Shaolin, Southern Hung gar or Angry Monkey Fist. The course is 3 years and you will need 200 hours of teaching here in my classes and a lot of other stuff.
if you are serious PM me
ginosifu[/QUOTE]
:mad: Are you kidding? 200 hours would add up to less than 5 months training at my school for an average student. My students train like monsters and they would be the first to tell you that they have no business trying to teach Hung Gar after that amount of time.
You are either setting a much lower standard than what I learned or you don’t really teach Hung Gar. I will leave it at that.
200 hours of Pak Mei instruction and practice wouldn’t even get you much past the first set.
[QUOTE=Golden Arms;1175706]:mad: Are you kidding? 200 hours would add up to less than 5 months training at my school for an average student. My students train like monsters and they would be the first to tell you that they have no business trying to teach Hung Gar after that amount of time.
You are either setting a much lower standard than what I learned or you don’t really teach Hung Gar. I will leave it at that.
200 hours of Pak Mei instruction and practice wouldn’t even get you much past the first set.[/QUOTE]
That is 3 years AND 200 hours of TEACHING.
3 years and 200 hours is better, but still nowhere near instructor level for Hung Gar unless you were already pretty deep in another system before you began and had a strong foundation.
[QUOTE=Golden Arms;1175710]3 years and 200 hours is better, but still nowhere near instructor level for Hung Gar unless you were already pretty deep in another system before you began and had a strong foundation.[/QUOTE]
I agree with this. I would say 10 years is a good starting point for a Hung Gar teacher.
At 10 years of study a Hung Gar student is probably likely ready to start teaching the system. It is equally likely that he has already been teaching his under class mates for some time as it is usually 3-5 years that will see a tcma student participate in a student teacher role as sihing.
We are talking about a system of kung fu and not learning how to fight or self defense or any of that. We are talking about the Hung Gar system.
Including the gongs, the weapons, the sets, the drills, the esoterica etc. Yep, 10 years is not a stretch.
[QUOTE=Golden Arms;1175710]3 years and 200 hours is better, but still nowhere near instructor level for Hung Gar unless you were already pretty deep in another system before you began and had a strong foundation.[/QUOTE]
That would depend on how “full time” that full time course is, right?
I don’t know about the 3 years…
Maybe 4 years WITH a soiled base in another “similar style”, even then that depends on the student but again, 3 years at, assuming 5 days a week and 6 hours a day and 1 week holiday:
1530 hours.
at the typical 2 hours a day for 3X a week, that is 255 weeks or close to 5 years.
Or something like that, LOL !