Answering questions

This page provides popular answers to the questions, but for detailed answers head to the Knowledge Base.

In short, yes. If you plan to train for no more than a month, a tourist visa is sufficient. If you are going to stay longer than 30 days, it is convenient to apply for study visa, an invitation for which we will send after paying the deposit.

Mainly if you make a deposit we are sure that you will come. This will allow us to prepare in the best way: buy uniforms, bed linen, prepare a sleeping place and find the best room. A deposit is required not only if you need to issue an invitation. Unfortunately, this is also due to the increased cases of fraud and obtaining a visa for own purposes.

Sure. The more you can, and the better your physical form, the faster the progress will be. On the first day, Master Shi Yanchen will meet you in person to know you closer and listen. Learns your skills, experience and limitations, offers an individual training plan and further improvement.

We have free Wi-Fi in the house. This is not a secret organization, communication with the world is not prohibited. You stay in touch with friends and family, and you will be aware of the world news. It is worth remembering that Google does not work in China, Facebook and a number of other services are banned. We will tell you in detail about the restrictions before the trip.

kung fu training is generally in Chinese In addition, Master Shi Yanchen speaks a little English. From time to time the school has mature students, including those who speak English. We will definitely help you adapt in the first stage, you will understand everything as if you are in the kung fu section in your hometown. As the master says: “Ask fewer repeat more.”

Shaolin combines the practices of martial arts and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The practice of TCM with the body is actively cultivated in our school as a preventive measure, but we do not have a TCM department for foreigners. In case you wish to have a session or wellness program with Chinese medicine, we can arrange for you to visit a Chinese doctor in Dengfeng and his Songshan Zen, Health & Dao Medical Center clinic.

As of March 2023, all pandemic restrictions ended. You can apply for a visa and arrive.

My school in China

Have you been through my school yet? If your training has gone you know a little about Shaolin kung fu and my school. I want future students to be able to get real and honest feedback, so I want this page to be a source for decision making.

Please write your review here. What did you like, what was interesting, what should we pay attention to, what can we improve, what should the new students think about when they come and start training? This is the way how you can help the same people as you.

Frequently Asked Questions 1
I like this school because of the atmosphere, really felt like a family, besides good practice for the body. That’s exactly what I was looking for for my son. Shifu and his wife are really cared for as relatives.
Svetlana
Russia
We can learn modern and spectacular gongfu and in same time real traditional gongfu not made in wushu way. Before in other school in Dengfeng all the time the traditional forms was empty of meaning and the movement was always too big.
Thomas,
France
Shaolin Temple Warrior Monk Corps. The team has many members, with different masters teaching and different experiences and insights. I hope that my students can learn in different environments. Of course, Master Shi Yanchen’s teaching methods and experience in traditional Shaolin Kung Fu are very rich, which is why I chose it as the Indonesian Shaolin practice exchange training center.
Shi Yanhao
Indonesia
I find the school after doing lot of researches on internet and send emails to a lot of schools. So I choose it because wanted to practice with Chinese, to be totally in a new environment.
Ley Benjamin
France
I enjoyed everything, the rooms, the food and the lessons especially writing chinese characters. But the studying Shaolin movements make me really happy.
David
Switzerland
I went there first time one months. Then again. Then again, with always the sensation that it was too short. Next year I finally decided to go there 3 months.
Cami
France

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