Knowing where I should go for what I want.

Don't count on LPN being worth much as a foreigner, RN Can't live here by USA standards.  Have you ever been to the Philippines?  Ideals in contact with reality can be a rude eye openner.  You will need a pile of money to obtain perm res status.

That is completely fine, I don't need to stay there permanently, it was just something that I was thinking about. Not everything in life is about money, I want experience. I know all about things not being as they appear or not being as sweet as they may seem. I know what I'm looking for and that is a relatively safe place to study Kali or FMA. I'm a strong willed human being that is not spoiled. Regardless of being from the USA. Any other great information would be gladly excepted.

You can keep extending your tourist visa up to three years before you must leave.  Many who successfully work and live here do it online.  That will limit  your habitat to places with good, consistent WiFi.  Unless you can do a skilled job that No Filipinos can do you will find it difficult to find employment.  Do you speak any additional languages?  Not speaking anything but English will be a hinderance.

evening every person on Expat
I keep getting  health insurance ''Cigna''
as i had tele;ed tyo the cigna agent what it comes down to I can pay to cigna say  £5000 year and what if i do not have to have no medical treatment { that means i have just thrown away £5000 ]] ..
where can i get an honest philippines insurance for my medical and my health >> this is extremly serious  and serious help wanted !
regards

Foreigners can get Philhealth. It’s quite cheap but doesn’t cover Z Benefits for foreigners. https://www.philhealth.gov.ph/benefits/

Thank you, and Yes i do speak more than just English, I Understand working conditions are not the best. That was just a very small part of what i am looking for. I just want to spend six months studying martial arts specifically Kali. Somewhere Safe and known for there Kali. I understand it will be different, i understand conditions are probably not going to be up to what i am used to. I am fine with staying in a small room that does not have much to offer, i just want to study Kali.

For nursing, just forget about it  many Filipino nurses are unemployed and it is a job for Filipino only not foreigners

I realize that the nursing is a bad idea, i will save up money and not work at all while i am there. Does anyone know a good place to visit before i start to decide where i want to spend six months studying Kali.

Lifestyle is my insurance policy. Living  in the Phils without any health insurance for 12 years and only back home as back-up for major stuff = less expense, and a resignation that we die one day no matter what.
So eating well, exercising at any gym, staying away from booze, drugs or cigs all a good start. Cooking fresh fruit and veg at home with fish and shrimp always a good addition. Getting enough sleep and not try to party any night works well. Keeping on the move into new and different parts of the country helps stim the neurons and keep one out of bouts of depression or loneliness?
Maybe kinda boring sounding, but different strokes....

Flash1991

Getting a job in the Philippines without a Work Visa and special/needed skills is not allowed or difficult to obtain and being able to use your LPN training probably isn't going to happen.  What mugtech mentioned about working online is a possibilty.  Those jobs are mainly teaching a second language to students, mainly in China.  As those companies are not located in the Philippines working for them does not violate the not having a Work Visa in the Philippines.

I found one kali school in Makati City which is the NCR region and living costs are higher.  This does not mean that there aren't others as I suspect there are.  There are probably also schools in Cebu City and Davao.  Have you asked anyone who is practising kali if they know of any schools here? 

Finding a location is key as that will determie your cost of living.  I wouldn't plan on working here if I was you as most workweeks are 6 days long and 10 hour days, no overtime.  Depending on what you do in your spare time, where and how you live and the cost of the school/training academy I would imagine your cost of living would range from $500 - $2000 per month.

If you haven't already, check out this site: http://www.ptkmanila.com/studentguide.html

You could also visit an FMA training center in America that's nearest you for tips and info. It is possible one of their trainors or students trained in the Philippines. Find out if any have gone through what you are planning to do now, and ask about their experience, where they stayed, whom they trained with, etc.

Ask also if someone they know is also planning to train in the Philippines. If you do find someone, perhaps you can go together and share accommodations and learn from each other.

Just avoid unsafe areas in the Philippines, which are mostly in the south. I'm guessing that most training centers are in Metro Manila. Metro Manila is relatively safe. Use common sense and be street smart.

Good luck!

Many replies.  Dumaguete City is good place for foreigners.   Silliman Universty graduates nurses by the hundreds.  Great place to find a life partner BUT. Nurses everywhere, at concession registers.  Waiting to go OFW.
That being said, the people are very friendly and accepting if the foreigner is respectful and does not show his wealth. 
Plan on 1200USD per month or live in distress.  Good Luck

Thank you so much!! I Have learned that working there is not a good idea, that being said thak you so much for the rough estimate on the cost of living! I will inflate that number regardless because i would like to be more safe that sorry! I have not been able to talk too anyone who has studied in the Philippines. Once again thank you!

Thank you! Such good advice!

Thank You!

As a former people-helping professional in NA, and after having applied as master's level trainer at a nursing college in Manila (22,000 pisos/month or about $400/month for super long hours, etc.), and observing and knowing some physician 'friends' and others here, let me add what I do know.

Permanent or fulltime temporary work in the medical system here may be super hard to find, especially if you don't have money. It's my considered opinion that the plum jobs go to friends and family of people who call the shots, whether at university hospitals, clinics and otherwise.
Although your RN status will carry more weight here than will most RNs locally trained, you're in super stiff competition where friendships and favours add much to who gets work.
Money.
Especially at the entry level, you will likely only be paid a wee bit over minimum wage that in that profession likely is about 400-500 pesos a day (US$10). For the average filipino, that is not bad, and far above the average of about 200-400/day. In other words, you can scrape by on that, but they will 'tax' you in other ways if they can. Your western origins = 'rich person' status immediately. If you flash around your plastic cards, you will be seen as rich even if you owe big bucks on them. Of such simpleness are the majority of these peoples (not one group at all!). Behind the friendly smiles at a casual level is interest in your status, a target on your back.
Unless in the ER, shifts are long and, and depending on what dept., perhaps super boring. Unless you have an outgoing, sincere personality, it's likely you will get stuck in sth no one else wants, and likely won't further your career. But everything in life is a crapshoot, and you never know what might happen. A better plan could be to work in your country for 1-2 years, save as much as you can, and then come over to spend time not nec. in your profession, but as a visitor wanting to travel and experience things. But to live comfortably even close to what you are used to, you will need at least 40,000 pesos / month, and that might stretch you somewhat depending on your lifestyle requirements. With pinoy landlords, things can get rugged because almost everything in the country is done sloppily at best, and so many expats here have fallback positions at much better digs in expat compounds, that is, if you can find any.

I've lived in the Phils now over 12 years, taught at a small university, worked parttime as an 'expensive' consultant (800p/hour), and learned many things of the culture and how this society works (and doesn't work). It's a trip to say the least, but as the money is so bad re. work, might be better to work at home, save, and once here volunteer in some way that fulfills you, and not nec. any system.
Your English will help you, as English is spoken by everyone with a high-school diploma, but most uneducated men - maybe 40% of the populace - won't have a clue about what you are saying. Picking up a working knowledge of a local lingo is very useful.
There are two main strata here, that structures what you will experience once over here. The chinoy or Chinese filipinos who own pretty well everything, and oppress the rest, and the malay or indian pinoy who in general are a simple people with few dreams past a plate of rice, a rooster and a beer. Their women tend to work at dead-end under-employed jobs, and in many if not most cases exist for their men (if they have one) and their kids. The ratio of 1 man to every 3 women is so imbalanced that you might understand why so many filipinas are single and try to work abroad, why so many of the more industrious men are seamen away from home 3-9 months at a time. If you want to learn more, ask to talk to some of your local pinay who work in your local bank, restaurant, pharmacy, hotel, stores and shops. They will quickly inform you about how life is in their home country, city and town, or mountain/seaside provinces.
Where to go?
What do you want to experience? Big city? Village? Small city? Rural setting? Beach, mountain? Expats, locals? North, south? Think on this and maybe some of us can help?
Hope this wee bit helps...

Thats a good question! I am also an aspiring writer so somewhere quiet seems like it would help, but i do plan on training in Kali almost everyday i can. I really would like my schedule to consist of just training and writing, with a little bit of fun once a week. I do plan on saving up my money before i come there and im estimating on living on about 3500$ a month.

$3500 a month is good living anywhere in the Philippines.  I am currently living on about $850/month and living good 5 blocks to a public beach on the ocean in a gated community.  I could spend more and eat, drink and entertain a bunch but that isn't my style.

Don't know about FMA in my area but I can ask.

You should be able to live anywhere here for $3500 per month. And live quite well in most places for that amount.