Organizer: Chen Style Tai Chi Centre
Option A - Tai Chi Trip: Start Date: 4th August 2011 - End Date: 21st August 2011 (18 days);
Price: The total cost is £1690.00 per person (all inclusive).
Additional training, grading and competition fees:
£100.00 per person covers two days intensive training with Grandmaster Li Zhiyi on Shen Gong (exclude code)
£40.00 per person covers three hours training with Grandmaster Chen Yu on Chen Style Tai Chi Form and Application;
£125.00 per person covers two days of training and assessement for Chinese Wushu and Qigong grading (exclude certificate fee).
Please click here to pay online! and click here to view pictures of previous China Trip;
Due to the popularity of the forthcoming China Trip 2011, we are going to divide people into different groups for training and entertainment. Each individual group will have their own instructors and team leaders. Master Liming Yue will work with all groups throughout your training and development. 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 about the trip arrangements to the Centre in advance. To book your place on this exciting trip please sign up by sending the application form with the deposit to the Centre as soon as possible.
Senior Instructor: Master Liming Yue
Guest Masters in China:
Qigong Grandmaster - Li Zhiyi
Tai Chi Kung Fu Grandmaster - Chen Yu
Shaolin Kung Fu Grandmaster - Long Jiaxiong
Chinese Calligraphy and Painting - Jin Jiayi
China Trip - Wushu Grading, Training and Sightseeing - This trip is open to all Tai Chi & Qigong 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 Beijing, Zhengzhou, Shanghai, Shaolin Temple, Tai Chi village, Tian Men Shan mountain and Zhangjiajie Forest Park. All training with Master Liming Yue is covered by the Trip and additional training with the monks in the Shaolin Temple school and Grandmaster Li Zhiyi is available at extra cost during the trip. Students will also be eligible for additional Duan Wei grading by the Chinese Wushu Association and Qigong Federation. 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 in Beijing upon your arrival on 5th August 2011, 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 - 4th, Thursday |
Departure from UK |
On the plane |
Day 2 - 5th |
Arrival in Beijing in the afternoon. Check in the hotel. Sort out local mobile phone sim card, exchange Chinese currency or bank account. |
Beihuan Heyi Hotel (4 star) |
Day 3 - 6th Saturday |
Visit Summer Palace in the morning, Forbiden City and Tian An Men Square in the afternoon. Meditation in the evening. |
Beihuan Heyi Hotel (4 star) |
Day 4 - 7th Sunday |
Visit White Cloudy Temple to practice meditation in the morning. Practice Qigong with Chinese Qigong Federation in the afternoon. Tai Chi practice in the evening. |
Beihuan Heyi Hotel (4 star) |
Day 5 - 8th |
Visit Great Wall during the day and training in the evening. |
Beihuan Heyi Hotel (4 star) |
Day 6 - 9th |
Tian Tan Park Tai Chi and Qigong practice in the morning, addtional training with Grandmaster Chen Yu in the afternoon. Preparation for Wushu and Qigong grading in the evening. |
Beihuan Heyi Hotel (4 star) |
day 7 - 10th Wednesday |
Wushu and Qigong Grading during the day and Ceremony in the evening; Free sightseeing and shopping for people who do not want to take grading. |
Beihuan Heyi Hotel (4 star) |
Day 8 - 11th August |
Shopping at Silk Market during the day and take coach to Meng Zhou in the afternoon. |
Meng Zhou Yin Cai Hotel (4 star) |
Day 9 - 12th |
Visit Tai Chi village and training in the Meng Zhou Shaolin School all day. |
Meng Zhou Yin Cai Hotel (4 star) |
Day 10 - 13th Saturday |
Visit Shaolin Temple and Grandmaster Liang Yiquan's Shaolin School all day. |
Deng Feng Shaolin Hotel (4 star) |
Day 11 - 14th |
Early morning training with Shaolin School students in the mountain area - that will be a great opportunity to taste the life of trainning as a Shaolin monk. Take overnight train to Zhangjiajie Forest Park at 5pm in the afternoon |
over night sleep train |
Day 12 - 15th |
Arrival Zhangjiajie in the afternoon and meeting with Grandmaster Li Zhiyi in the evening |
Vide Hotel (4 star standard) |
Day 13 - 16th |
Tai Chi and Qigong training with Master Liming Yue in the morning and additional Shen Gong training with Grandmaster Li Zhiyi all day |
Vide Hotel (4 star standard) |
Day 14 - 17th |
Visit Huangsizai mountain, Gold whip valley, Tianzisan and Yuanjiajie mountain, Yellow cave and Baofeng Lake during the day |
Vide Hotel (4 star standard) |
Day 15 - 18th |
Tai Chi and Qigong training with Master Liming Yue in the morning and additional Shen Gong training with Grandmaster Li Zhiyi all day |
Vide Hotel (4 star standard) |
Day 16 - 19th |
Shen Gong coding with Grandmaster Li Zhiyi all day and night. Fee is not covered by the trip price and to be confrimed. |
Vide Hotel (4 star standard) |
Day 17 - 20th Saturday |
Visit Tianmengshan mountain all day and additional Blessing Ceremony in the tempel will take place in the afternoon. End of the Trip Fare Well Party in the evening |
Vide Hotel (4 star standard) |
Day 18 - 21st Sunday |
Flying home |
On the plane |
Note: All hotels are 4 star standard with luxury facilities (except the hotel 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 payment. Everybody who wishes to take part in the trip must provide their own valid visa to China and travel insurance to cover the trip by 21st July 2011.
The price for the trip is £1,690 (all inclusive). An initial payment of £600 is required to secure a place. The final balance is £1090 and it is required to be paid in cash or cheaque on time. Late booking charge is £100 (this is to cover the additional cost of making late flight and accommodation bookings). Single supplement fee is £465 per person if applicable (subject to the availability).
An initial payment of £600 is a non-refundable deposit and administration charge, and should be paid by upon your reservation . Final balance of £1090 should be paid in full by 31st May 2011. Bookings made after 31st May 2011 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 and taxis), air-tickets, airport tax and admission fees to all tourist attractions arranged by the group in China are covered. 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 £600 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.
Chinese visa are at your own resposible and can be obtained at: http://www.visaforchina.org.uk/visaen/visaView.html?method=index
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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