| What is the best way to learn Martial Arts and FIND A TRUE,GOOD,FOR REAL TEACHER?

What is the best way to learn Martial Arts and FIND A TRUE,GOOD,FOR REAL TEACHER?

tak3032 asked:


I want to learn Martial Arts. But I want to learn from the best, a true Martial Artist and not some person that got a black belt within a year calls himself an expert. Do I need to move to Asia for this? My main interest is Jet Li’s style. Anyone know his teacher? Thanks and real answers please.

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6 Responses to “What is the best way to learn Martial Arts and FIND A TRUE,GOOD,FOR REAL TEACHER?”

  1. Terentius on May 27th, 2009 2:00 pm

    Jet Li’s signature style is Wushu (but I’m not sure if it’s the only thing he knows).
    An easy and practical thing to do is check out a place you are considering studying at and sit in on a practice, maybe talk with the instructor. I don’t think it’s necessary to do research on qualifications or lineage. Just judge if you think he’s teaching crap, or you like what you see. And try to find someone that teaches for the love of teaching, not for business.
    But I don’t know how prevalent non-sport Wushu is in the United States.

  2. eatonwrite on May 29th, 2009 1:41 pm

    A reputable martial-arts instructor may teach a class at a local community college. A phys-ed teacher at your school may have a recommendation. Ask around your community.

  3. crush on May 31st, 2009 6:35 pm

    go to a National tournamnet and watch the Black belt division.
    find the best and ask them yourselves.
    there are quazillions of paper champions but to really know who is good, go watch them fight.
    your right though the majority of school “head instructors” are not capable of doing what the fighters competeing at the national level can do.

  4. peter gunn on June 1st, 2009 12:53 am

    find a wushu teacher if you are interested in stuff like Jet Li. The advantage you have with Chinese MA is that there’s a lot less mcdojo’s around thus you have less risk finding a bad teacher but of course it’s an everlasting truth that if you want to be properly taught you need a good teacher

  5. shootersway on June 7th, 2009 8:10 am

    1st off a real martial arts instructor is not going to waste his time teaching you something you saw in a JET LI movie or try and con you into beleiving movie stunts work in the real world.

    2nd rank is immaterial and style is immaterial .I have met men in all styles mentioned on this forum and in each I have met men who were useless and some who were good and some who were absolutely deadly in real fights.
    Styles dont fight men fight.Where do you fit?

  6. KayRoc on June 11th, 2009 4:24 pm

    You wanna learn an “Art”? Fine. Go anywhere for that, dont stress it. You want to learn how to effectively fight? Take MMA. That simple.