Tai Chi & Qigong Instructor Training Program

Introduction

The Centre is offering Instructor Training Courses and Assessments for Tai Chi & Qigong practitioners. The Instructor Training Course is designed especially for certificating who wants to be a qualified Tai Chi & Qigong Instructor as a future career. Prospective instructors can teach Tai Chi and Qigong exercises in the future when they pass our assessment. Our certification is well recognized in the UK and many countries.

Prospective instructors will learn how to teach Tai Chi and Qigong exercises once they have completed the learning objectives, they will take assessments for certification. They also can apply for any level of instructor certificates and we will give them appropriate level of instructor certificate upon their performances during assessment.

The Instructor Course is a two days seminar and open to people worldwide, but it requires well prepared works in advance at home by following our online teaching platform. All prospective instructors should sign up as early as possible so that we can set up your account online to study at home prior attending the seminar. They are also recommended to join training with relevant seminars organized by the centre or book private lessons online with Grandmaster Liming Yue directly. This will help them to achieve higher level of instructor certificates and build up better profiles for future Tai Chi & Qigong career.

Prospective instructors are advised to contact Grandmaster Liming Yue to discuss their suitabilities prior enrolling on the course, the requirements are listed below.

Procedure

Step 1: Make the payment at the Booking section below.
Step 2: Fill the application form then send it to liming.yue@taichicentre.com with a digital passport size photo.
Step 3: Once you paid, your Gold member will be activated straight away so you can pre-training at home by following our online videos, books and live classes. As a Gold member you are entitle to book FREE face to face tuition online once a week during the Gold member classes time in the Gold member page.
Step 4: Turn up on the seminar and we will polish all you have been practiced according to the level of instructor you applied for.
Step 5: Practical Assessment will take place on Sunday afternoon and we will publish the result on the day so you can receive your instructor certificate and T-shirt upon your success of passing the assessment.
Step 6: Upon you achieved the certificate you can apply for an insurance through Wellbeing Insurance (formerly DSC Insurance Services) of DSC-Strand Ltd. then you can start your teaching activities and enjoy your instructor life.

What will you get from the course when you completed the course successfully

• Receive your Instructor certificate and become a qualified Tai Chi & Qigong Instructor
• Your name will be listed on the instructors listing of Tai Chi Centre web site
• Gain profossional teaching skills and learn how to structure your classes
• Get the ideas and skills of advertising and promoting your classes
• Qualified as a wholesaler to trade through our Tai Chi Shop in the Centre
• Qualified to apply for Tai Chi and Qigong insurrance with DSC Insurance Service ‘Care-sure’ to cover your future Tai Chi and Qigong classes
• Recommend you to join the instructor membership with Chen Zhenglei Taijiquan Federation

Training Course Entry Requirement

The Training Course Entry requirement for each level of instructor is different. No pre-experience is required for the Foundation Level Instructor with Qigong. This Training Course provides you following our instructional online based videos to practice either at home or attending our training in the Centre or at your local classes. Any relevant experience and skills in other martial arts, Physiotherapy or having been an instructor in other exercises such as Qigong, Yoga, Laugar, Shaolin Kung Fu, Football coaching, Dancing…etc will be taken into account for the consideration of acceptance on the course. We will improve your level of skills during the course and enable you to teach Tai Chi and Qigong exercise once you complete the course successfully.

Standard requirement for each level of instructor certificate (you need to meet the requirement at the level you are applying for)

Tai Chi Foundation Level of Instructor certificate with Qigong

Potential instructors should be able to demonstrate at the end of the course:

• a good degree with competence of demonstrating Silk Reeling Energy, Warm Up exercises and Qigong Foundation exercises.
• a good degree with competence of demonstrating the Tai Chi 8 short forms.
• an understanding of basic Tai Chi principles and philosophy.

Tai Chi Level one Instructor certificate with Qigong

Potential instructors must achieve the level of Tai Chi Foundation Instructor and should be able to demonstrate at the end of the course:

• a good degree with competence of demonstrating Silk Reeling Energy, Warm Up exercises and Qigong Foundation exercises.
• a good degree with competence of demonstrating the Tai Chi 8 short forms.
• a good degree with competence of demonstrating Tai Chi 11 Form.
• a good understanding of basic Tai Chi principles and philosophy.

Tai Chi Level two Instructor certificate with Qigong

Potential instructors must achieve the level one and should be able to demonstrate at the end of the course:

• a good degree with competence of demonstrating Silk Reeling Energy, Warm Up exercises and Qigong Foundation exercises.
• a good degree with competence of demonstrating the Tai Chi 8 short forms.
• a good degree with competence of demonstrating Tai Chi 11 Form.
• a good degree with competence of demonstrating at least First 15 movements of the 83 New Frame (Xinjia) or Old Frame (Laojia), or 18 Short Form with basic Push Hands.
• a good understanding of Tai Chi principles and philosophy.

Tai Chi Level three Instructor certificate with Qigong

Potential instructors must achieve the level one and should be able to demonstrate at the end of the course:

• a good degree with competence of demonstrating Silk Reeling Energy, Warm Up exercises and Qigong Foundation exercises.
• a good degree with competence of demonstrating the Tai Chi 8 short forms.
• a good degree with competence of demonstrating Tai Chi 11 Form.
• a good degree wirh competence of demonstrating at least First 30 movements of Chen Style Tai Chi Form 83 New Frame (Xinjia) or Old Frame (Laojia), Push Hands and Sword (or Sabre).
• a good understanding of Tai Chi principles and philosophy.

Dates and Times

The Instructor Training Course will be running over weekends, however, the potential instructors are expected to have significant practices prior to the course, in general, at least one hour a day and four days a week. Potential instructors on the course will be encouraged to train with Grandmaster Liming’s regular classes and seminars whenever possible to achieve improvement with their forms and knowledge of Tai Chi and Qigong.

We run Instructor Training Course every year. The dates & times of the course are 11-12th July 2020 and 5-6th December 2020. Further seminar details can be found at: Seminar pages .

Application Form

Please click here to download an application form and send it to the Centre.

Fees

The current fee is £435.00 and it includes:

• A full set of Tai Chi and Qigong videos and Tai Chi for Health book are listed on the instructor page at Instructors Tutorial page The password to access will be sent to you once the payment received.
• FREE online Gold Member at www.chenzhenglei.com for 12 months; so you can visit all clubs on the site.
• Tai Chi Centre Instructor T-shirt
• Instructor Certificate
• One weekend seminar tuition fee

Any students who can’t pass the assessment successfully during the course are welcome to join the re-assessment in three month time or take part in the next instructor course at FREE of charge.

However the tuition fee is non-refundable and details can be found at Payment Terms and Conditions.

Payment (Terms and Conditions applied)

Online payment at:: The Booking section above
This is the best way to make payment and your online membership will be activated instantly.

By Cheque: Please enclose a cheque with the application form and make the cheque payable to Master Liming Yue.

Mail address is: Tai Chi Centre, 128 Riverbrook Road, West Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 5UL, UK

Pay by Paypal: Please send a payment through your Paypal account directly to: liming.yue@taichicentre.com

By Bank Transfer:

Any students and clients who wish to pay the tuition fees please send money directly with bank account transaction and the details are as following:

Bank: The Barclays Bank;

Account Name: L Yue Tai Chi Centre;

Sort code: 20-55-59; Account number: 90225665;

IBAN: GB91 BUKB 2055 5990 2256 65; SWIFTBIC: BUKBGB22;

Branch address: 51 Moseley Street , Manchester , M60 2AU;

Course Contents – What you will be learning from the course

For people who have registered on the Instructor Training Program please click on ‘Moor…更多’ to access the instructor tutorial page.