Start Date: 10th April 2008 - End Date: 23rd April 2008; Organized by Chen Style Tai Chi Centre
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This is a teaching and practice course for Tai Chi Forms, Push Hands and Qigong exercises suitable for all levels of students. This course will provide you with an opportunity to practice in the Temple in the Nanyue Mountains , Hunan Province , China , and will be attended by students from other European countries. The accommodation and Tai Chi training will be based in a luxury 4/5 star hotel and the Qigong training will be in the Temple . The price is £1390.00 and it includes training with Master Liming Yue and the Monks, flight ticket, airport to resort transportation, meals, accommodation. Travel insurance and visa applications are at your own cost and should be arranged by yourself. Places on this course are strictly limited so it is advised to book your places as far in advance as possible to avoid disappointment. Everybody will receive a course completion certificate signed by Master Liming Yue.
The detailed arrangements will be discussed on the first day of the trip in China and everybody will have the opportunity to express their preferences. Also anybody who is going to join the trip can express their opinion regarding the trip arrangements to the Centre in advance.
Senior Instructor: Master Liming Yue
Guest Masters in China:
Qigong - Grandmaster Li Zhiyi
Meditation - Abbot Shi Huaiheng and Shi Huaiquan
China Trip - Qigong and Tai Chi Training and Sightseeing - This 14 day trip is open to all Tai Chi students and friends to develop a greater understanding of this wonderful art with some of the highest level masters in China. It will include visiting many of the incredible attractions, such as Shanghai, Nanyue Temple, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, training with Master Liming Yue and monks, additional training on Healing Qigong with Grandmaster Li Zhiyi will be available during the trip. Students will receive a certificate from Master Liming Yue following completion of the training. Please ask the Centre for a leaflet containing further information.
(This is just a proposal for the Trip and the final itinerary will be confirmed upon your arrival in Shanghai in April 2008, everybody who is going to take part on the trip are very welcome to express your own opinions)
Date |
Activities |
Where to stay |
Day 1 - 10th |
Take flight to Shanghai |
On the plane |
day 2 - 11th |
Arrival in Shanghai in the afternoon at 3:30pm, sort out a Chinese mobile phone sim card and exchange some Chinese currency in the airport then relax and have a rest in a spa style hotel. |
Have a rest in a spa hotel |
day 3 - 12th |
Take a flight to Changsha city at 8am Arrival Changsha at 9:30am then take coach to Nanyue Mountain and stay in the Temple. Have a rest in the afternoon. Evening Qigong meditation with Master Liming Yue and the monks from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. |
Dashan Temple 3/4 people sharing a room with shower and toilet |
day 4 - 13th |
Morning Blessing ceremony from 8:00am to 11am (Optional and donation is requried), Chatting and asking questions with monks after lunch break. It is also a good opportunity to buy things from the temple in the afternoon or visit the top of mountain. 7:00pm to 9:00pm meditation in the Temple |
Dashan Temple |
Day 5 - 14th |
Morning chanting with Monks in the temple then take coach to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park at 9:30am and arrival at 4:00pm. Check in the hotel then have a dinner at 4:30pm Healing Qigong introduction with Grandmaster Li Zhiyi in the evening from 6:00pm to 8:00pm (free). |
Tongda Hotel (4 star) |
Day 6 - 15th |
Visit the Forest Park in the morning at 9:00am to 4:00pm Additional Qigong training with Grandmaster Li Zhiyi in the evening from 6:00pm to 10:00pm (£40.00); |
Tongda Hotel (4 star) |
Day 7 - 16th |
Tai Chi traing with Master Liming Yue from 7:00am to 8:00am; Sightseeing in the Forest Park in the morning. Additional Qigong training with Grandmaster Li Zhiyi in the evening from 6:00pm to 10:00pm (£40.00); |
Tongda Hotel (4 star) |
Day 8 - 17th |
Practice Tai Chi, Qigong and preparation for the coding with Master Liming Yue in the morning; Indoor Student Acceptance and Coding Ceremony from 1:00pm to 5:00pm (only for people who has been accepted as an indoor student by Grandmaster Li Zhiyi, please contact Master Liming Yue for the fee information) . Opptional acitivity in the evening: Xiangxi Attraction Performance at 8:00pm |
Tongda Hotel (4 star) |
Day 9 - 18th |
Tai Chi traing with Master Liming Yue from 7:00am to 8:30am; Move to an excellent 5 star holiday resort hotel after breakfast. Additional training with Grandmaster Li Zhiyi for people who has been coded from 3:00 pm to 6:00pm (£60.00). Other people can enjoy your stay in the wonderful hotel. |
Wulinyuan Resort (5 star standard) |
Day 10 - 19th |
Tai Chi traing with Master Liming Yue from 7:00am to 8:30am; Visit Baofeng Lake in the morning and have a countryside lunch in a local family house. Additional training with Grandmaster Li Zhiyi for people who has been coded from 3:00 pm to 6:00pm (£60.00). Other people can enjoy your stay in the wonderful hotel. |
Wulinyuan Resort (5 star standard) |
Day 11 - 20th Sunday |
Further training or a free day to chill out in such a nice hotel. |
Wulinyuan Resort (5 star standard) |
Day 12 - 21th Monday |
Take flight to Shanghai and arrival Shanghai in the evening then check in the hotel. |
Spa Hotel (4 star standard) |
Day 13 - 22nd Tuesday |
Sightseeing and shopping in Shanghai |
Spa Hotel (4 star standard) |
Day 14 - 23rd Wednesday |
Sightseeing and shopping in Shanghai during the day then fly back to the UK in the evening at 11:45pm. (Stuart takes overnight train to Beijing) Arrive in the UK at the following day. |
Arrival home |
Note: All hotels are 4 /5 star standard with luxury facilities (except stay in the temple). detailed trip itinerary and leaflet is available on request at the Centre.
Please click here for trip booking form and click here to download visa application form!
The Terms and Conditions have been changed since last China trip, for the details please read the information below:
Reservations can be made by completing the booking form and sending it together with the £600 payment of deposit, administration charge and flight resevation fee. Everybody who wishes to take part in the trip must provide their own valid travel insurance to cover the trip by end of March 2008.
The price for the trip is £1,390 (all inclusive). An initial payment of £600 is required to secure a place. The final balanceis £790. Late booking charge is £100 (this is to cover the additional cost of making late flight and accommodation bookings). Single supplement fee is £210 per person if applicable (subject to the availability).
An initial payment of £600 is a non-refundable deposit, administration charge and flight reservation, and it is required upon reservation. Final balance of £790 should be paid in full by end of Feburay 2008. Bookings made after the end of Feburary 2008 requires full payment at the time of booking, plus a £100 surcharge.
Total Payment for the trip includes: Tuition fees for the training with Master Liming Yue, breakfast, main meals (excluding drinks and snack), accommodation, training insurance (subject to individual's health condition and ages), all transportation (excluding the cable car at the tourism, taxis air-tickets and airport tax,) and admission fees to all tourist attractions arranged by the group in China. Travel insurance and visa applications are at your own cost and should be arranged by yourself.
Clients who make cancellation on any confirmed bookings will be liable for the following cancellation charges based on the time when we receive the notice of cancellation in writing.
A. Once booked the trip and cancelled 61 days prior to the departure date, the deposit of £300 is non-refundable.
B. 31-60 days prior to departure date -50% of total cost.
C. 3-30 days prior to departure date -75% of total cost.
C. 3 days or less prior to departure date - 100% of total cost.
If, after acceptance of the booking, the customer alters the confirmed arrangements, an amendment fee of £100 per person plus any communication charges may be charged. If major alteration is required, the booking may be treated as a cancellation to which cancellation charges will apply.
We reserve the right to cancel or alter holiday arrangements at any time up to and including the departure date. Full refund of all monies will be made in the event of cancellation. Cancellations will be notified to clients without reasonable delay.
As part of the China Trip package the Chen Style Tai Chi Centre will complete all visa application procedures on behalf of the client who residents in the UK (fee is not covered). However all clients are themselves responsible for ensuring that they are in possession of a valid passport and applicable visa at all times and places during the journey. Refunds or endorsement can not be claimed by clients who are rejected by local immigration for any reason.
As part of the China Trip Package the Chen Style Tai Chi Centre will arrange standard insurance to cover all the training abroad for all clients. However the Chen Style Tai Chi Centre acts only in the capacity of Agent for the clients in all arrangements. Expressly the Chen Style Tai Chi Centre shall not be liable for any injury, death, accident, loss, damage, or irregularity which may be occasioned by neglect or default of any other company, or additional expenses due to delays or changes in flights, trains, coaches or other services, or because of strike, war, sickness, weather, quarantine or other causes.
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