Taking martial arts in college

[MartialMunky]

How many people take martial arts in college? Thats how I found martial arts, I got a community college like 2 min down the street. I needed a PE class for my general education and all the classes were either martial arts (danzan-ryu jujitsu, aikido, bujitsudo, judo, tae kwon do, capoeira (not sure if it's regional or angola capoeira I'll fidn out next semester when I take it), and yang style tai-chi (my sensei said when she's finished training in chen style she'll have that as an option too), yeah my college is like a martial art mecca) or like "guts and butts" work out or like weight training. So I took DZR jujitsu, and then my sensei for ever changed my life, I was going to college for a graphic design degree now I'm going for my physical education degree and hoping to one day be on the level of my sensei, she was trained by one of Okazaki's students (shes an old lady, but she could still easily kick my !!! haha) so she teaches us the way that okazaki wanted class to be taught and she wants us when we move on and teach, to run are dojos the same way.I was also suprised to see my school had a dojo and there really proud of there martial arts (this aint no mcdojo either haha real deal at my school) and they have students there who have been training for YEARS, I was so suprised, I never knew you can go to college and graduate as black belt in numerous martial arts. But because of this training I've been looking into other schools (mainly capoeira since I've been in love with it ever since I took it in jr. high and highschool which both offered it for free) and I noticed that commercial martial art schools are EXPENSIVE, not like I Would ever choose a commercial school over my sensei unless she opened up her own school which would never happen as she has always taught at are school and is really dedicated to her students, at my college a whole year is only gonna cost me 36 bucks (talk about CHEAP), next year it'll be $48, but thats still really cheap. I consider myself lucky to have stumbled on this and to have such a dedicated sensei. Anyone else take martial arts in college? if so what does your school offer and how does it compare to a commercial school if you have ever been to one? And how much do you pay?

EDIT: oh yeah, if you live in northern california around the SF area or in HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA the school I'm talking about is Chabot College, if your in the area you should check it out sensei wants us to recruit more people for jujitsu since it's a new style offered more people = longer class and it's already 3 hours long for only 48 bucks a YEAR!!! check the link http://www.chabotcollege.edu/PE/martial_arts.asp

[GTO]

In my experience, martial art taught at colleges is usually not as high-level as you can find at commercial dojo. That said, the folks who teach at colleges typically run commercial dojo as well, but the "true master" types tend to run one school full-time instead of splitting their time between several schools. When I was in college, I had a choice between a Tang Soo Do instructor at college (who also taught t'ai chi and aikido... wasn't too impressed with his credentials, though) and a local school that taught Kajukenbo and Gracie jujutsu. The latter was somewhat more expensive, but the instructor's skill was fantastically powerful (like, *literally* send you flying with a punch). I have no regrets about studying BJJ with the man. :)

[tddeangelo]

Who's your sensei?

I also study Danzan Ryu, except I'm out here in PA....which is the boondocks for DZR. California, especially central and southern California, is where the majority of DZR is still located.

Kokua,

Tom

[crazykl45]

I took martial arts in college. I studied at the University of Michigan Bujinkan Dojo. It was great, and I don't think I could've gotten better instruction at a commercial dojo. Overall, I was suprised at just how cheap it was for how much training we got. I trained three nights a week, for about $120 a year, and there were plenty of people to train with outside of class. Plus, there were three instructors there who all had great taijutsu.

Mostly, my school offered a wide variety of Japanese martial arts karate, kendo, aikido, budo taijutsu, brazilian jiu-jitsu. There's also judo and shorinji kempo in the surrounding town. That's sort of the stuff that Dominates the Ann arbor area.

[MartialMunky]

my senseis name is carrol harris, today she told us shes had 5 years training under wally jay too I also found out shes a 3rd degree black belt but then she told me I shouldnt rate people ont here rank. Are community class is really good though, I've been goign around to LOTS of commercial schools and I really like the way are sensei teaches just shes really leanient, you have to let her know your serious and she trains you serious if your there just to pick up on some self defense she'll train you like that too she studies every student and kinda has everybody working out on different levels.

[Wanderingbudoka]

I took Jeet Kun Do at Chaffey Community College in Rancho Cucamonga. Really good instructor, funny, knowledgable, and really easy to get along with. He had a very wide repitiore of technical knowledge ranging from shotokan karate to wing chun to savate to kali. You name it and this guy could show teach you some. The class was labled "Karate and Athletic Conditioning". Sure wasn't just Karate, but it sure was a lot of conditioning and a lot of matwork and sparring. I lost a pretty fair amount of weight in that class. I guess that attributed to the pretty fair drop out rate. About half the class dropped out by the middle of the semester. For something like 12 dollars (1/2 a credit) I think, it was the greatest deal ever. I really learned a lot and it took my sparring to another level. I suggest that if anyone living in the Inland Empire wants some variety in their training, you should check this class out. The only bad thing I have to say about this class is that it wasn't every day.

[Prince Loeffler]

This looks interesting

http://www.kokushikan.ac.jp/english/contents/academic/r03.html