I ask;
If you had the opportunity build your dream school along the lines of a Traditional Chinese Style Gwoon, what would you include? What would you stay away from???
Thanks in advance,
K
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I ask;
If you had the opportunity build your dream school along the lines of a Traditional Chinese Style Gwoon, what would you include? What would you stay away from???
Thanks in advance,
K
beat them with a stick, lift weights. remove all acrobatics from forms.
I'm taking notes, thanks for digging China deep on this one:cool:
I would definitely include cute Chinese girls or is that just a given?
I would include lots of iron body training aids, focus on conditioning along with the techniques, and limit acrobatics. I wouldn't remove acrobatics as number one, they're fun to do, but also secondly, they are good strength/flexibility training. It just shouldn't be the focus of the training. This is martial arts after all and not gymnastics.
Some Avatar posters around the school would be pretty sweet too :cool:
I just want a place where I can live AND work out/train others at so i don't have two friggen rent payments.
I own 5 acres of Ohio country land. I would love to put a summer training camp on it. Though I have already built the guan that I had always wanted here in the city.
I would suggest to stay away from installing slippery floors. I've been to a couple of places where hardwood or laminate was installed and it makes for a difficult time getting a grip, even with shoes on. Came close on a couple of occassion to injuring the groin because of them.
I would also make sure you have enough room to practise all you weapons without worrying about hitting the ceiling or another student, again been to places where you couldn't practise the kwan dao or long pole.
Lastly, like others have mentioned, equipment ie: heavy bag etc....
Hmm, that's a tough one bro...
It would depend on the style of course.
Equipment is a given: Bags of all types and modern weights WITH a combination of tradtional strength equipment -
Barbell, dumbells and keetlebells, sure, but also steel staffs, stone blocks and such.
Wooden posts and dummies of course.
We never feel more traditional than when we are doing something that was done lifetimes ago, know what I mean?
- A big training hall
- A smaller training hall
- A lei tai
- All modern gym equipment room
- Amenities (pool, showers, saunas)
- Exterior courtyard and gardens
- meditation chambers
- kitchen and dining hall
- living quarters
This would be the ultimate for me personally, but mostly, it needs room to train, space to work out solo, gym equipment, lockers and showers.
Check out the series we did with our resident Feng Shui master, Wilson Sun - Feng Shui for Kungfu Schools. It'll give you the basics of studio layout based on traditional feng shui principles derived from the cardinal direction of your front doorway. The series ran over several issues: 2000 March, 2000 April, 2000 May & 2000 June.
Also, Master Piandao might want to take a peek at The Feng Shui of Sword Display from our 2005 January/February The Sword Collector's Special. ;)
Greetings,
I think David Jamieson put forth the ideal settings.
If I were you I would start simple and then build:
High ceilings, a place to train on your own, a few bags, strength training equipment, mirrors, locker room with showers,mats, ballet bar, office. You are good to go. That is just for training area. The actual school is really you and what you are bringing forth. KEEP YOUR COSTS LOW.
mickey