Shaolin Kung Fu Training Tour

15 Days to Beijing, LuoYang, Shaolin Temple & Shanghai

This is a special interest trip designed for Kung Fu practitioners and fans. This expedition
will allow you to visit many culturally and historically rich places in China, giving you the
opportunity to gain understanding of the atmosphere and background from which Kung Fu was born.


The journey will lead you to some incredible sites before you move on to the Shaolin Temple for
your martial arts courses. There you’ll spend a full week receiving training from the
grandmasters and monks in both martial arts and the Chinese language.
This itinerary is ideal for martial arts students and groups of professionals.

Day 1: International flight from U.S. to Beijing. Meals will be served in flight.

Day 2: Arrive in Beijing; your tour guide will pick you up at the gate. Once our car takes you to the hotel and check in, the rest of your evening is free.

Day 3: In the morning visit the magnificent Temple of Heaven, the largest temple and altar complex in China, where the Emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasty worshipped Heaven and prayed for good harvests. After lunch a city tours of Beijing to the center of the city -Tianan-Men Square – the largest open plaza in the world accommodating half a million people at one time. Explore the Forbidden City (Palace Museum), the former Imperial Palace for the 24 Emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the evening, attend a welcome banquet of Peking duck. (BLD)

Day 4: Today you will be a “true hero”, as chairman Mao has once said “you will not be a true hero until you climbed the Great Wall of China. Morning explore the Great Wall of China – one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. On the way back visit the jade factory to see how jade is carved. After lunch drive through the city to get a view of the Olympic village, then come back to the hotel to rest. At night, see the amazing Chinese Acrobatic Show. (BLD)

Day 5: Visit the 800 year-old Summer Palace with the largest garden in China. Here, the royal family of the Qing dynasty came to spend relaxing summers and handle government affairs. Visit Beijing Olympic Village, the Bird nest. Take photos and have fun. (Night Sleeper Train to Zhengzhou). (BLD)

Day 6: Historic Luoyang was the capital of thirteen dynasties. Here, you will visit the Longmen Grotto, built 1,500 years ago where 2,345 caves and more than 100,000 statues of Buddha were carved from a solid rock mountain. The statues range in size from miniature (1inch high) to giant-size (57 feet).

In the afternoon bus to Shaolin Temple, relax and get a good night sleep for the training that is to take place for the next few days. (BLD)

Days 7-13: Shaolin Temple. (BLD)
At last, your journey takes you to the 1,500 year-old Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of Kung Fu, the mother of all martial arts. Here you will be stunned by an amazing live Kung Fu demonstration, performed by the grandmasters and monks. In the Thousand Buddhas Hall, you can still see the footprints of the monks stamped into the floor, a reminder of the intensity of their training and practice.

As classes begin, you’ll receive four hours of intensive Kung Fu training daily. There are courses available in Shaolin pugilistic sequences, Wu Shu philosophy, and the free style pugilism forms including Tanglan Quan, Tiger Quan, Da Hong Quang, Eagle Quan, Meihua Quan and much more! Your training will be matched to your skill level and a certificate will be issued after each level of training is completed. An English interpreter will be available for your courses.

In addition to the martial arts training you receive you will also participate in Chinese language courses to improve your conversation, comprehension and reading skills.

During your stay in Dengfeng you will visit the Song Yue Temple Pagoda, the oldest pagoda in the land; Journey into the surrounding Pagoda Forest, the largest forest of its type in China. Here, 220 Shaolin monks are buried. The forest is a favorite location for filming Kung Fu movies and it is also the resting-place for many eminent Shaolin monks.

Day 13: In the afternoon bus back to Luoyang and overnight train to Shanghai) (BLD)

Day 14: Shanghai is China’s center for industry and commerce. It is called the “Paris of the East,” because for many years the city was home to large numbers of Europeans, giving it an international flavor. Check in the hotel and visit the Yu Yuan Garden, this “Garden of Peace and Comfort” offers an escape from the fast pace of the surrounding city, of the many temples and halls, the Grand Rockery is the most popular.

In the afternoon visit the Bund; this famous waterfront has been Shanghai’s center since the mid-1800. It offers a taste of the past with the colonial structures along the promenade and a view of the future across the river in Pudong. The city’s historical landmarks as well as new 21st century structures can all be seen along the 1 mile walk. (BLD)

Day 15: sadly we have to say goodbye to friends in China, but will always remember the wonderful memories. Board the International flight back home. (B)