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« on: March 03, 2008, 02:01:19 AM » |
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I have been considering moving for Shanghai for six months to a year's worth of internship, and have thus been looking for people to train with in Shanghai. But I haven't been able to find any on English internet. I've found a good amount in Hong Kong, but that's not where I'll be. Does anyone know of any practitioners or groups over in Shanghai, or how I could go about finding them? Note that my Mandarin is horrible, and my Shanghainese is nonexistent.
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« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2008, 10:27:45 PM » |
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You best start learning some Mandarin if you are planning to be there for such a long time. There isn't anything in English for Shanghai, but some of the Traceurs there do speak English. If you get a QQ account, their group number is: 31544905 and you will be able to speak with them there.
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« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2008, 11:10:55 PM » |
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“You do freerunning or parkour, I don’t know, but both are the same. Some people are worried about it, but they are people that don’t train for too long, people that…in terms of training, aren’t mature yet. […] One day I’d like to wake up, open my window, and everyones doing parkour." -Ali Shelton
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« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2008, 01:19:34 PM » |
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That video is in Nanjing (a 2-3 hour long drive from Shanghai) and is of Jin training on his own. It answers none of his questions.
Aardvark, my Shanghainese is not that good as well.... they have a different slang there than anything I've ever heard, but you will be able to make due. If you are going to be there between September 2008 - January 2009, get in contact with me and we'll meet up.
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« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2008, 05:49:43 PM » |
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As far as I knew, a scene does exist in Nanjing w/ Jin and the University. Maybe he could help with getting in touch with a shanghai scene if it existed.
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“You do freerunning or parkour, I don’t know, but both are the same. Some people are worried about it, but they are people that don’t train for too long, people that…in terms of training, aren’t mature yet. […] One day I’d like to wake up, open my window, and everyones doing parkour." -Ali Shelton
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« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2008, 04:29:56 PM » |
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A scene definitely exists in Nanjing as well as Shanghai. They are two seperate, but close, communities. As I said, you can contact their main group through using QQ. If you can't figure out that, then I'd be glad to help you by sending some contacts of English speaking members.
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« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2008, 07:05:26 AM » |
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Thanks for the info, KShap and Gustav. My ability to read 国语 is very, very limited (probably around 100 characters), though I'm trying to fix that, so QQ has been a little overwhelming to me. I may or may not still go, though, so it may end up being a moot point.
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« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2008, 06:18:43 PM » |
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We've been living in Shanghai for about eight months, and in China for a few years. We've only been training in Parkour for a short time, and we have a two year old daughter who trains with us  , but we'd be glad to meet up with you. Our Chinese is pretty decent so I think I might check out that qq number KShap posted as well... |
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