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Age Restrictions, Application, Visa, Insurance and Vaccination etc.

Are you ready to start your Tai Chi training at Chenjiagou TaiJi School China?

Tai Chi, as a treasure of traditional Chinese culture, contains profound philosophical thoughts and health-preserving wisdom. It emphasizes the use of softness to overcome hardness and stillness to control movement. Through slow and coherent movements, it harmonizes qi and blood, dredges meridians, and achieves the purpose of strengthening the body and cultivating temperament.

Travel to the birthplace of Tai Chi – ChenJiaGou, learning the most traditional Chen Style Tai Chi and Chinese martial arts with the original Chen Tai Chi disciple masters. We have been assisting students from all over the world as they make their initial journey to ChenJiaGou, China. From here, you will start a new martial arts journey and feel the infinite charm of Tai Chi.

You can get information in this page about Age Restrictions, Application, Visa, Insurance, Vaccination and Weather etc. We’d like to help you organize your trip after you submit the application form and pay the reservation fee.

Age Restrictions

Tai Chi is a fitness exercise suitable for everyone, there isn’t any age limit. But students who are younger than 13 years must be accompanied by an adult. If you are under 18 years old, your parents & guardian will need to confirm with us that you can come here on your own.

If you are over 60 years old, you need to provide a health check report (in English) from within one month prior to your arrival date; otherwise, we may refuse your admission upon arrival at the school.

Application

We recommend to all the students to apply between 6 and 2 months before of arriving to our academy. So you can organize everything in peace and with time.

Please use the following Application Form to apply online for training at Chenjiagou Taiji School. Your application will automatically be emailed to our office and we will confirm your application information by email.

Visa

After you submitted application form and reserved a place in our school, you need to start your visa application process as soon as possible. You should apply for a Tourist Visa (L Type) or Study Visa (X2 or X1 Type). Please first find your nearest Chinese embassy look up their website to apply online or call them to check exactly what kind of documents they require. Usually you will need :

  • Passport (valid date should be 6 months longer than the duration you plan to stay in China),
  • Photos (the size required by the Embassy),
  • Visa apply form ( you can download from the Chinese Embassy’s website)
  • Official Invitation Letter from our school.
  • Admission Notice from our school.

For the Invitation Letter and Admission Notice, usually the scanned version will work, but there is some very strict Consulates that require the original letter. We are able to post it if needed. An air-mail takes at least 2 weeks. This is the reason we suggest you to apply for visa as early as possible.

If you got required to offer our school certifications / license please email us.

If you want to stay and training at Chenjiagou Taiji School for a longer period than you planned, we can help you to extend you visa up to a year. If you are planning to stay for more than a year, you need to leave Mainland China for minimum 48 hours to apply for visa then you can reenter China. Some of our students travel to Hong Kong, Tai Wan or a neighboring countries to reapply for visa after one year.

Insurance

In many countries martial arts are considered a dangerous sport and and extra fee might occur regarding this matter, you should consult your insurance company, or a professional travel agency before departure from your country. The academy assumes no responsibility for injuries occurring before, during or after training, while under the academy’s supervision.

We recommend you purchase a major medical/travel insurance to cover possible injuries(sports injuries), illnesses and home transport from your stay in China.

Vaccination

There are no vaccinations required to enter China, If you are coming from an area with a special disease, you may be required to have certain vaccinations. You can contact the nearest embassy or your airline.

In China, local clinics and hospitals are well-equipped and have many western, Chinese and compound medicines. It is convenient to have a medical bag of your own, with things like sunscreen, insect repellent, band aids, painkillers for headaches, some cream or ointment for cuts and bruises, something for an upset stomach or nausea, any prescription or allergy medicine and multi-vitamins if taken.

If you have any specially health cases, please note it in your application form.

Weather

Our school is located at ChenJiaGou (or Chen Village), Zhaobao Town, Wen County (Post Code 454850), Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, China. Chenjiagou has distinct climate characteristics. It belongs to the warm temperate continental monsoon climate zone with distinct four seasons and sufficient sunshine. Spring is warm and windy, summer is hot and rainy, autumn is cool and pleasant, and winter is cold and dry.

The annual average temperature of Chenjiagou is about 14-15℃, and the annual accumulated temperature is above 4500℃. The highest temperature in summer can reach above 30℃, while the lowest temperature in winter can drop below 0℃. The temperature in spring and autumn is relatively moderate, which is a good season for tourism and outdoor activities. The annual precipitation in Chenjiagou is between 550-700 mm, mainly concentrated in summer.

More weather information should be found in ‘School Info‘ page.

*VPN In China

VPN (or Virtual Private Network) is an encrypted service connection that allows you to access every website and online service privately. Because here in China google services as well as Netflix, Facebook, Instagram, and other western social media outlets are blocked, we recommend students to purchase a secure VPN to be able to communicate with their families back home using online resources that you won’t be able to access here in China. There are many companies that provide VPN, some that are free but not secure. You can research these companies on your own.