Program · Ages 10+ · 1–4 weeks
Martial Arts & Culture Study Tour
Some students come to China for the language; some come for kung fu. This tour refuses to choose: mornings of small-group Mandarin at our Gaobeidian campus, afternoons of systematic wushu training, and a week that ends with more Chinese in your legs and your lungs than any classroom alone could put there.
- When
- Year-round · best April – October
- Where
- Gaobeidian campus & training hall, Beijing
- Class size
- 4–8 per training group
- Ages
- 10+ · adult groups train separately
- Price
- Ask for a quote
A training week
The day has two halves and both count. Mornings are Mandarin: three 50-minute lessons in a group of four to eight, weighted toward the spoken language you’ll use that same afternoon — counting reps, following commands, asking your coach to show that move again. Afternoons belong to wushu: systematic training with a professional coach, building from stances and basic forms toward a routine you can actually perform. Weeks close with a demonstration — students show a form, in Chinese, start to finish.
More than kung fu
Martial arts is the spine of the tour, not the whole body. Evenings and free afternoons rotate through the culture program our campus is known for: calligraphy, guqin, traditional archery, and heritage crafts like seal carving and paper-cutting. Weekend excursions put the week’s Chinese to work at the Great Wall and around Beijing. The idea is old — 文武双全, mastering both the pen and the sword — and it structures everything here.
Who it’s for
- Kids & teens (10–17) — train in age-banded groups; the tour pairs naturally with our summer camp season.
- Adults — separate training groups, same structure; complete beginners welcome, experienced martial artists challenged.
- School groups — sister schools and visiting classes can book the tour as a private cohort with its own schedule.
No martial-arts background is required — coaches train each group from its real starting level, exactly as our language teachers do.
Dates & booking
Tours run one to four weeks, year-round, with April to October the sweetest months for outdoor training. Tell us your dates, ages, and group size and we’ll confirm a training plan and full weekly schedule before you book.
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Good to know
Your questions, answered
Do I need martial arts experience — or any Chinese?
Neither. Training groups are formed by level, and coaches start complete beginners from stances and basics, exactly as our language teachers start from your first placement test. Experienced martial artists get pushed at their own edge in the same session.
How physically demanding is the training?
Honest but adjustable. Afternoon sessions are real training — warm-ups, drills, forms — led by a professional coach who scales intensity by age and fitness. Tell us about any conditions when you book and the coach plans around them.
Can kids and parents do the tour together?
Yes. Children from 10 train in age-banded groups and adults train separately, but a family shares the same weekly rhythm — mornings in Mandarin class, afternoons in training, weekends on excursion — so you compare bruises and new words over dinner.
What happens outside training hours?
The culture program our campus is known for: calligraphy, guqin, traditional archery, and heritage crafts in the evenings and free afternoons, plus weekend excursions — including a Great Wall day — that put the week's Chinese to work.
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One conversation is enough to check dates, fit, and the right level.