China Reflection

China Reflection also offers its guests a chance to strengthen and exercise your bodies, as well as your minds. We use one of the country’s most prestigious sports training schools, Beijing Shichahai Sports School, as an avenue for you to have amateur or professional training (both short and long-term). Beijing Shichahai Sports School has trained some of China’s best and brightest athletes (i.e. Olympic athletes Luo Wei, Zhang Nan, Feng Kun, Ten Haibin, and Zhang Yining) in a multitude of sports.

Sports training offered at the School:

Chinese martial arts/Wushu

Wushu is both an exhibition sport, as well as a sport that is used for help training oneself in self-defense. It was created in 1949 after the establishment of what is now known as the People’s Republic of China. Wushu was created as a method of nationalizing Chinese traditional martial arts. Often referred to as “kung—fu” in the West, Wushu has been popularized by such movie stars as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li (former graduate of Shichahai Sports School).

More about Beijing Shichahai Sports School

Established in 1958 near Bei Hai Park, this school provides an excellent location for the student as it is located directly in the heart of Beijing City. The school has a long history of training top-notch Olympic athletes such as gymnastics stars Teng Haibin and Ma Yanhong, table tennis champions Wang Tao and Zhang Yining, tae kwan doe champion Luo Wei, and wushu champion (as well as tv and movie star) Li Lianjie. In addition to such high level sports’ stars, the school offers amateur and beginning level training classes as well. Foreign students from around the world are also encouraged to take part in the classes offered at this school. In addition to foreign students, there are also foreign experts who teach in Shichahai Sports School, creating an excitng and global environment in and outside of the classroom.

Wushu Classes

The wushu classes will be taught at Shichahai Sports school, every morning for four hours from 8am until 12pm. These classes are very intensive, and you will be matched with an instructor according to your level.

Mandarin Chinese Classes

Besides immersing yourself in Chinese through staying with a local Beijing family, China Reflection will also arrange a personal, one-on-one Mandarin tutor to suit your needs. It doesn’t matter how much Mandarin you can speak before coming to China—all levels are welcome. Our tutors are professional and experienced teachers. They will either meet you in your own home or in a place that is easy for both you and your tutor to get to. Specifics for time and location of your classes can be arranged later. The teachers will be as flexible as possible with regards to your schedule, keeping your personal space and music classes in mind.

Homestays

Because part of the goal for this program is to improve your Chinese as quickly as possible, we will arrange for you to homestay with a local family. These families are located in central Beijing, or near metro stations which can get you to central Beijing quickly. We encourage you to speak as much Chinese as possible with your host family, as it can only help you improve that much quicker. Should you have any questions about homestays, and the kinds of families we have, check out our FAQ page for a brief overview.

Sample schedule:

We will try to stay as flexible as possible with our Chinese classes; however, we cannot control the class time for the Wushu classes, as they meet every morning from 8am until 12pm. We realize that this makes for a very intense schedule, so please keep this in mind as you sign up for this progmam.

Monday: 08:00am - 12:00pm: Wushu 02:00pm - 04:00pm: Chinese class
Tuesday: 08:00am - 12:00pm: Wushu 02:00pm - 04:00pm: Chinese class
Wednesday: 08:00am - 12:00pm: Wushu 02:00pm - 04:00pm: Chinese class
Thursday: 08:00am - 12:00pm: Wushu 02:00pm - 04:00pm: Chinese class
Friday: 08:00am - 12:00pm: Wushu 02:00pm - 04:00pm: Chinese class

Price for one month studying Wushu and Mandarin Chinese: US$3,280

Price includes:

• Airport pick-up/drop off
• Two maps of Beijing
• Mobile phone card
• Homestay (internet connection, air conditioner, daily breakfast and dinner)
• Small Chinese-English dictionary
• Study textbooks
• Mandarin Chinese instructor’s fee
• Shichaihai school and application fees
• One day cooking class
• One day cultural excursion in Beijing
• One Beijing transportation card

Price does not include:

• International air tickets
• Laundry
• Meals that you eat outside of the ones included in homestay
• Taxi services
• Other sites visited in Beijing
• Insurance