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Wudang Taoist Wellness Academy

Our Three Features !!!

   There are 3 obvious features to Wudang Taoist Wellness Academy(WTWA):
  1. We only teach small classes. In another words, we want to ensure that each student gets enough time for
      instruction with the Master. Usually the class size is around 5. Even if there is only one student, we are still       more than happy to teach. The maximum number of students is 10. This experience you can never get elsewhere.

  2. Gu Shining, the Director of WTWA, is the best English speaker among all the martial   artists.In his view, communication is of vital importance for a student coming from a foreign country.This will  assist you with a deeper exploration of Wudang culture to unveil the secret of health reservation and finally gain       FU  SHOU KANG NING (Happiness, longevity, good health and tranquility) !!!
                                       
   3.We have teaching spots both up in the mountain and below the mountain to meet with the need of different
students from home and abroad.

                                           To Learn Up in the Wudang Mountains !!!
      9-Dragon Mountain Villa - the main teaching spot in the mountains. This is one of the 2 best places to stay in the whole Wudang Shan scenery area, the other being Tianlu Hotel, which is also graded as three starred but with lower elevation. What is the most characteristic about 9-Dragon Mountain Villa is that it seems to have originally designed to be a training spot with nice accommodation and amazing environment.
   About two decades ago there was a movie on National Geographic Channel called the Dragons on Mt Wudang;
in the year 2000, the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon made people all over the world further know about Wudang Moutains and its martial arts; in every entry hall of Wudang temples or palaces, there would be the statues of Green dragon and white tiger; today's greatest Wudang Master is Zhong Yun Long which means Dragon in the cloud; there are really 9 dragons in this Mountain villa... Wudang Shan has a long tradition of respecting dragons, so here in the
9-Dragon Mountain Villa ( Jiulong Shanzhuan), you will easily find energy for yourself.    
                                              
                                               RIGHT UP IN THE CELESTIAL MOUNTAIN !
                              FOCUS ON TAOIST PHILOSOPHY AND INTERNAL ALCHEMY !
                                        SUPER ENVIRONMENT AND CAREFREE SERVICE  !
                               -----WTWA'S TRAINING AND ACCOMMODATION ENVIRONEMNT
 


 

 

 

 

If You Can't Pay For Staying Up In The  Mountains......

    If you can't pay for staying up in the mountains, we can arrange teaching downtown below the Wudang Mountains. Gu Shining usually is in charge of the teaching up in the 9-Dragon Mountain Villa and another teacher give classes in the town teaching spot.This is a place of 2 apartments with a spacious balcony. Although it is located in the town, but it's very quiet as it 's located on the slope at the west part of the town. You can practise and watch the view of the whole town. (This is my office and home as well my wife can prepare good meal - she is a good cook)

Wudangshan Town,also named Lao Ying, just below the mountain


   

                                                

Shou hui Pipa
Meditation on the stone stairs in the ruined palace
Tai Ji Stance in meditation
Gu Shining practising sword


  

 

 

Immortality Practise in
Wudang Taoist Wellness Academy
in 9-Dragon Mountain Villa

 

Some pictures of the school in the past years
Shining Balcony for training.
Fresh air;quiet environment; Easy to have a view of the whole

TEACHING CONTENT IN WTWA

 

Tai Chi Chuan (Moving Qigong):

Wudang Tai chi 28;
Wudang Tai chi 13;
Wudang Tai chi 108

More

Qigong(Static and dynamic) £º

Hunyuan Zhuang Gong;
Laojun Yangsheng Gong;
Taiyi Wuxing Zhuang;

More

Weponry :

Wudang Tai chi Sword;
Wudang Fuchen;

More          

 

Cultural Studies:

Taoist Philosophy;
Chinese Medicine;
Culinary Art;
Caligraphy and Painting;
Chinese

Important Note: those who'd like to learn other subjects than just martial arts, such as Taoism history,Taoist music, Mandarin or TCM, please let the headmaster know.

WTWA SCHEDULE

(The schedule tends to adjust according to different season and particularly different weather)

6:00 -7:00 ¡¡¡¡¡¡morning exercise for refreshment

7:30 ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Breakfast

8:00 - 10:00¡¡¡¡ morning class(2 periods)

10:30 - 11:30 ¡¡¡¡Chinese language or other cultural courses

12:00 ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Lunch

12:30 - 14:30¡¡ ¡¡Post-lunch rest

15:00 - 17:00 ¡¡¡¡Afternoon class (2 periods)

17:00 - 17:30 ¡¡¡¡fun

18:00 - 18:30 ¡¡¡¡dinner

18:30 - 19:00¡¡¡¡ post-dinner walk on the mountain road

19:00 -20:00 ¡¡¡¡cultural study program (payment excluded)

20:00 - 21:00 ¡¡review of the martial arts lesson you've learned in the daytime

21:00 - 22:00¡¡ shower

22:00 ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Go to bed

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Testimonial

Job from Holand, stayed in the school at the beginning of 2007.A genuine lover for Wudang Martial arts and help upload video on youtube.com

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¡¡Job greets you in a Taoist way

Hello my name is Job, and I come from Holland. I have been training here for 1 month. I love this place because i learn the things that interest me and the nature is very beautiful here. It is these 2 things that make my stay fun!¡¡

Georg from Germany, a three year student in our school(2007-10-12)

¡¡     Georg practising Taichi

I am in Wudangshan since September 2006. I really love the senery here. You often can feel the powerful but soft energy of the mountains; just like the amazing martial arts, that have developped here. Often, when I go somewhere on th mountain I am newly charmed by that great appeareance. So I am very happy to be able to study martial arts in such an environment and with such a good master, knowing excellent martial arts and being kind in his heart.
Thanks to headmaster Gu Shiyi, for giving me the chance to learn at his school; and thanks to my parents, for helping me financially and supporting my decision.

 

Ana Leonor, Portugal(2007-9-12)

I am happy to came to this school of Martial arts, where everybody are fantastic.
I like very much the training and the metodology.
Whole environement provide necessary balance of mind and body to learn Tai Chi Chuan. It is important to understand more the concept of this art in this cultural context.
Tank you because I became more conscious of my self.
 
 
Angelica,Portugal (2007-9-9)


I found a local for training and studying in which i feel at home.
A home in which the kindness of people i have never felt in other place.
The integration of my self was easy and the exchange of knowledge was very precious.
I received all that they have to give to me and i feel that they received all that i had to give to them.
It's good to feel that i belong to a world in which doesn't exist diferences between races, cultures and ideologies
We are all in one.'
 
Sandra,Portugal (2007-9-6)

It takes time before the COSMOS understands what people want or they need.
For me it was a course of changing with some exchange also, kindness, where
we created a strong effect.
I consider the schooll have the eternal exchange to understand the students.
 
Sofia,Portugal (2007-8-25)
Message:
'It's trully a big sensation to feel that we are in the heart of all the traditional culture of China and of the Universe, and to have access to that - the martial arts, the internal martial arts, the I Ching, the Taoism... Here we can work our counscious and our uncounscious alltoghether and be a more complete being!

 

GUESTBOOK

Welcome to learn:

Taoist Philosophy

Taoist Immortality Practise

Tai Chi Chuan

Kung Fu

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Culinary Art

Caligraphy and Painting

Traditional Music and Folk songs

Mandarin

&

Whatever you are interested in

 

"Which Teaching Spot Should i Choose? "

We have the main teaching spot in 9-Dragon Mountain Villa on the east route to the Grand
Summit of Mt Wudang; we have a teaching spot below Wudang Mountains; and we can also arrange teaching in 5-Dragon Palace Scenery Area. Then there is a question for everyone who is likely to come join our courses: "which teaching spot should i choose ?"

This is largely related to the tuition. In the 9-Dragon Mountain Villa, definitely the price is high. But the accommodation is super, and the envionment is supernal -very ideal for practise in internal martial arts ! Downtown, there is not the celestial mountain atmosphere,
you feel there is something missing. But there are obviously good points for those people who, besides training, want to enjoy the town's life. And also the price is much lower , and you can save some money to buy more staffs you like.

Then let's come to the tuition part. With all these elements, you will make your own decision as to where to stay.

WTWA MONTHLY TUITION
Unit: CNY

 
 
Main Course
Food
Room
Total Price
Description
9-Dragon
Mountain
Villa
5,000
750
2,400
8,150

TYPE A:¡î¡î¡î¡á ¡á

standard room with
air-con, TV,toilet/
shower,cleaning service.If you take a laptop, you can use internet. 2 persons share the room. If you prefer just you stay in the room, then you pay 4800yuan monthly.

1,800
7,550
TYPE B:¡î ¡î ¡á
Economical room
(single).
900
6,650

TYPE C:¡î ¡î ¡á¡á
Economical room
(double)

Downtown
Below the Mountain
4,000
1,000
5,000
TYPE D:¡î ¡á¡á
homestay;
easy access to
convinient city life; once in a while visit the mountain

STUDENTS'PHOTOS AND FEEDBACK

Jacqueline & Pascal (duration May 4-Nov 4, 2010)

 

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