During the training, Luoyang Shaolin Kung Fu Academy provides sharing rooms and private rooms can be provided upon request. The shared rooms have air-conditioner and room heater during winter time. The bathroom has 24-hour hot water, western toilet, and laundry machine. You are free to chill in the living room anytime you want, play your tunes on the stereo, or practice your Chinese listening on the TV. You are also free to attack the fridge late night as you will also be part of the family.

Training facilities at the academy count two big indoor training halls equipped with mats, weapons, Sanda gloves, punching bags, weights, multiple parks, and recreation areas. Sometimes, you will practice balance right by the residential apartment building door or go to a nearby mountain to do power training. Any place is a good place to train kung fu. These are located in a beautiful two floored apartment within five minutes walk from the academy.

Kung fu is the first of all martial arts in China, with more than 1,500 years of history. Shaolin kung fu is a coordination of strength, flexibility, balance, confidence, and endurance. You will train your body as well as your mind. For example, you will be holding a horse stance position for 20 minutes which will require a great mind power than physical strength. As master Shi Xin Bin says, "strong Ji Ben Gong (basics) makes strongest kung fu". That is why all students work hard every day to build strong basics more than learning lots of forms. This way, with the help of the masters, the students will discover their own potentials and learn the kung fu style that fits their abilities.

The program will start every day when you will wake up at 7 a.m and get your breakfast at 7:30 a.m. The first class starts at 8:50 a.m. and finish at 11 a.m. Then, you will have lunch at 11:40 a.m. After a break, the next class begins at 3:10 p.m. and finish at 5:20 p.m. Dinner will be served at 5:40 p.m. and the last class starts from 7:20 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

During the first class, you will learn the basics and forms, except Saturday when you will do power training for hard physical exercise. During the second class, you will learn forms using weapons and Sanda. The last class, you will learn jumps and kung fu show which showcase each other the forms you have learned with some music in the background like a real kung fu show.

On Friday, the last class is kung fu theory and question and answer session where you can ask the master any doubts about training or kung fu in general. On Saturday, you only have the first class and the rest of the day is free. On Sunday, you are free the whole day.

Excursions to the White Horse Temple and academy trip to Shaolin Temple will be included in the package as a part of the program.

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  Shi Xin Bin

  Shi Xin Bin, the headmaster of the academy, has more than 20 years of experience teaching Chinese and foreigners. As a disciple of great master Shi De Yang, he has learned the traditional way of Shaolin kung fu and also acquired a great knowledge in modern Wushu and Sanda. After 6 years being the head teacher of his master's school in Shaolin temple, Shi Xin Bin has now opened his own academy in the historical city of Luoyang.

The training will be located on the outskirts of Luoyang city, one of the ancient capitals in Henan province. It provides the peace and authentic Chinese atmosphere for the students practicing kung fu. This place also minutes away to amazing historical places like Long Men Grottoes, White Horse temple, and Shaolin Temple, just to mention the most famous.

Nearby places

• Beijing west railway station - 4 hours
• Long Men Grottoes - 20 to 40 minutes
• Shaolin Temple - 20 to 40 minutes
• Shanghai Hongqiao railway station - 6 hours
• White Horse Temple - 20 to 40 minutes

During the training, you will be served three daily meals including breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Vegetarian, vegan, or any other special food requirements can be catered upon request.

During your free time, there are plenty of historical sites to visit in Luoyang. You can visit the Longmen Grottoes that has more than one thousand Buddhas carved in the rocks of a mountain with the biggest one for about 20 meters high, the White Horse Temple which was the first Buddhist temple built in China, Luoyang Old City which keeps the ancient architecture of the city, and vivid places with a street market and food.

• 3 daily healthy meals
• 179 nights accommodation
• Academy trip to the Shaolin Temple
• A visit to the White Horse Temple
• Complimentary Wi-Fi
• Daily five-hour class from Monday to Saturday
• Invitation letter to apply for Chinese visa
• The use of the training installations and gym
• The use of laundry machine
• Transfers from and to any of Luoyang train stations

• Airfare
• Train tickets

Arrival by airplane

Please book your flight to arrive at Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) or Luoyang Beijiao Airport (LYA). Transfer from and to this airport is available upon request.

Arrival by train

If your flight arrives in Beijing, you must go to Beijing west railway station and buy a ticket to Luoyang Longmen which will take around four hours to get to Luoyang. If you arrive in Shanghai, then you must go to Shanghai Hongqiao railway station and get a train ticket to Luoyang Longmen, it will take around six hours to get there. Upon your arrival to one of those rail stations, Luoyang Shaolin Kung Fu Academy will pick you up there.