Moving To Pittburgh

[mambi]

" To Pittsburgh ? " Is the usual reaction.Only thing Ill miss here is Ashvillemartial arts..Very tough to change.. Any leads out in Pitt town for a Kung Fu : Praying Mantis ?Kempo for 4 years a couple of months in K.F. Plus Im 55 years and I do Ok.

[David Jamieson]

"Pittburgh" is a very appropriate sobriquet for your new home!

watch your step! :p

[mambi]

Is that like Parogi? Thanks for the feedback Again if there are any suggestions out there?(Tough town !)Id appreciate It ( lets find my ditionary)

[David Jamieson]

sorry, being canadian makes me part french by default. don't ask which part.

sobriquet=nickname

[unyma]

I went to this school for a while a long time ago then moved out of the Pittsburgh area. You may want to take a look at it when you're there.

http://www.rothrockskungfu.com/index.cfm?

Pittsburgh's not a bad town to live in, Not a big city really but there's a lot of stuff to do. Good Luck.

Mitch

[Plymouth Rocks]

****. You want to leave Western NC for the City of Bridges? What don't you like about Ashetown and Black Mountain?

[mambi]

What part French?. hopefully the part that can cook.. Mitch thanks for the tip Will check it out... What dont I like ! ... I work at Mission Hospital and this is a company town where ,if you work in my field you take what they give or leave..Otherwise its ok. Not much to do ..no variety of people but specialy food.. Ethnic stuff.. The water we lack here.. It is a nice place other than working conditions.. Really ,Im just waiting for Castro to drop dead so I can go back and open up a bar for retired M.A s

[David Jamieson]

Cuba is pretty sweet now tourista wise.
It will indeed be a great place in the carribean once the castro regime falls.

[Oso]

mambi, that eagle claw school looks ok. by the time you leave here, you'll know Babu Lian Huan, an eagle claw form.

[Yao Sing]

If it's not to far this is the place you want to train, trust me.
Dave Clarkson (http://www.wahlumpittsburgh.com/main.php)

[yu shan]

If it were me I`d make the short trip up to Beaver Falls and check out Shifu Clarkson. He is very skilled in Tanglang boxing. He personally trains everyday for hours. He knows his material inside out. Outside of the fact that he has a vast number of forms,drills, two-man forms and weapons, he is a very good San Shou Coach. So you will fight.

[MonkeyKingUSA]

I will third that motion! Dave is an awesome martial artist with a TON of MA material. We trained together about a year ago. He knows his stuff! :)
Richard A. Tolson

[RAF]

Are you crazy? Pittsburgh is A+. When I was growing up outside of Pittsburgh during the 1960s the Steel Mills were a mess---most are gone!

Sports is big, fishing is great, mountains are within driving range along with trout streams galore, the strip district is excellent, UPMC University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is superb, lots of great Universities, cultural aspects are great, the Southeast is oversold!:p

There is a disciple of Wang Peisheng teaching in Pittsburgh and he goes well beyond taiji---I don't have his site at hand.

Enjoy Pittsburgh---the incline, rent Flashdance---

Lucky dog, I am stuck here 25 miles south of Cleveland (Akron). LOL, I am just kidding--this area is a diamond in the rough and only needs a little bit of polishing.

[mambi]

To One RAF: Yea Im crazy! got a job lined up at UPMC s Western Psych.I can go on and on about what it is up there. There little pockets od Diamonds through out .. hear Cinci is cool? Wise old man pointed out to me that there is "affinity" a good concept..Glad to hear what you gotta say bout it.. generaly south is ok but lets say its lacking.Sounds like you are aware of it Only thing Ill miss is Sifu at Asheville mart arts and his group.Good people. Good fishing? water? mnts ?straight forward people? How true is that last? To the South:My respect but I take that with me

[mambi]

Will check that out! Whenever Ive traveled and Ive stopped in a school the beauty of the M.A is reflected in the welcome I receive..Catch to all this being that Im 55 and its tough to go through the initial stages again>> Too old for this S-- !

[Myotic24]

www.pittsburghkungfucenter.com

[Yao Sing]

You mean http://www.pittsburghkungfu.com/?

[bodhitree]

www.ycgf.org
www.tongbei.homestead.com
www.steel-dragon.org
www.southhillsjudo.org
www.steelcitymartialarts.com
www.pghfightclub.com
www.kimsjudotkd.com
http://www.sit-dragonleg.com/pgh_thai_home.htm
There is plenty of martial arts to choose from in Pittsburgh.

[bodhitree]

http://www.pgharts.org/
http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/pghsymph.nsf/home+page/home+page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh
http://www.kennywood.com/
There are plenty of great things in pittsburgh.

[bodhitree]

www.ycgf.org
disciple of Wang Pei Sheng, Zhang Yun, teaches taiji and xing yi here in Pittsburgh. he is the person to go to for chinese martial arts in Pittsburgh, for great prices. Rotherocks is a rip off. Don't waste your money because you won't learn anything but little karate forms. You don't learn gong li quan till you're a black belt.

[bodhitree]

there are plenty of great parks in pittsburgh: schenely park, point state park, frick park
there are great bike trails: south side trail, ohiopyle, jail trail, north side trails,
there are plenty of great food markets: strip district, oakland both have a lot of different kinds of food
There are Gallery crawls and bar crawls in downtown regularly.
The cost of living is great!
I love Pittsburgh, its only flaw being cold winters. There is plenty to do, usually free or cheap stuff . Phipps conservatory, the carnegie museum, the aviery, the zoo, the warhol museum, the incline, heinz history center, gateway clipper fleet, and so much more.

[Plymouth Rocks]

I could never find a place to find a bottle of wine when I visited my daughter! And no appreciation in real estate!

[bodhitree]

I could never find a place to find a bottle of wine when I visited my daughter!

PA has weird laws regarding alcohol, but in the city proper there is a 'wine and spirits' store in every neighborhood.

[yi bu san quan]

hey mambi,

i would recommend www.teoulmoon.com just north of pittsburgh or www.steel-dragon.org, they are both excellent schools with teachers that care about your development.

i agree with bodhitree...stay away from rothrock. what a *******!!

[mambi]

I would think that Pittsburgh would have some good training I mean just from the nature of the town. I ve always have had a good instinct for these kinds of things, Lived in L.A , Madrid, Miami ,Frankfurt,Mexico,Detroit, San Juan, and Pitts has its own style, more unique than most.Got an offer in for a place in Idiana Township though Ill be working in Oakland ( any parking places?). Hear you are having a bit of a cold snap! hardy folks(My wifes a native) Love to be there now and train outside at Hartwood acres . Any takers ? ps Will check out you recommendations.