FinalCrowing
White Belt
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Hey everybody. I'm Matt and I'm new so I figured I should post here first. Well, I'm 15 years old and I live in Antioch, Californa. I've been interested in the martial arts for many years now. I used to learn TKD, but the instructor wasn't that great and he barely seemed to know what he was doing, and it wasn't very beneficial to me, so i quit. A few years ago I took up the art of Shaolin Kenpo, and it seemed to be the perfect thing for me. The art's origins and lineage seemed to be very respectable and the instructors who would be teaching me were very kind and they definately had all the skill and knowledge to be capable instructors (they were a married couple and the woman is the daughter of Great Grandmaster Ralph Castro and her brother is Grandmaster Rob Castro). I am currently a blue belt, but I took the summer off because of personal issues. Also, when you turn 15 you go into the adult class and I wanted to make sure it was definately the art for me before proceeding in my studies. I'm not too sure that it is the art for me anymore. Shaolin Kenpo places a lot of emphasis on self-defense, as most arts do I would assume, and is reputed to be a great art for defending yourself on the street, and yet all the dances we learn are a fixed order of techniques with no variety. Maybe, I just haven't reached a deep enough level in my training, but I'm starting to doubt whether or not it's the art for me. I've been looking into other arts, and through my searches, I found this site. So yeah, sorry for such a long first post, but I thought someone might be able to help or offer an opinion. Thanks.
