Introduction

The Tai Chi Centre is offering Instructor Training Courses and Assessments for Tai Chi and Qigong practitioners worldwide at face-to-face in person and online-based program. The Instructor Training Course is designed specifically for certificating individuals who want to be qualified as a Tai Chi and Qigong Instructors for future careers. Prospective instructors can teach Tai Chi and Qigong exercises in the future when they pass the assessment. Our certification is well recognized in the UK and many other countries.

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

The Instructor Course for Assessment is a two days face-to-face on Zoom or VmixCALL online seminar open to people worldwide and in person to applicants who attends our training hall, but it requires good, advance preparation at home by following our online teaching platform.

All prospective instructors should sign up as early as possible so that we can set up a Gold Member for you to study at home prior to attend the Assessment seminar. We also recommend that you should take relevant seminars organized by the Tai Chi Centre or book private lessons online or in person with Grandmaster Liming Yue directly. This will help you to achieve higher level of instructor certificates and build up better profiles for your future Tai Chi and Qigong career.

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

The next dates for training and assessment are 6-7th July 2024.

All existing instructors can find more details of course regarding to polish, renew and upgrade at: Seminar pages .

Procedure

Step 1: Sign up the instructor Membership at the Booking section below.
Step 2: Fill the Application Form then send a digital passport size photo to liming.yue@taichicentre.com
Step 3: Once you have paid, your Gold member will be activated immediately for six months so you can commence training at home by following our online videos, books and live classes on Zoom or vMixcall. There is also a special Tutorial library for instructors.
Step 4: Train with us online at weekly basis upon your Sign up then attend the Instructor seminar in July or December and we will polish all you have been practising according to the level of instructor you applied for.
Step 5: Practical Assessment will take place on Sunday and we will publish the result on the day so you can receive your instructor certificate upon your success of passing the assessment.
Step 6: When you have achieved the certificate you can apply for insurance through Wellbeing Insurance (formerly DSC Insurance Services) of DSC-Strand Ltd. Then you can start your teaching activities and enjoy your life as an instructor.
Step 7: After you have achieved the certificate you can still train with us as Gold member. Your initial Instructor membership is valid for 6 months and you will pay £188.28 per 6 months to keep your instructor certificate valid.

What you will get upon successful completion of the course:

• Receive your Instructor certificate and become a qualified Tai Chi & Qigong Instructor
• Your name will be listed on the instructors listing of the Tai Chi Centre web site
• Gain professional teaching skills and learn how to structure your classes
• Get ideas and gain skills for advertising and promoting your classes
• Qualify as a wholesaler to trade through our online shop
• Qualify to apply for Tai Chi and Qigong insurance 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.

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 Basic 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 Basic 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 Full set of 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 Full set of 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 the Tai Chi 18 short forms.
• 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 of training is required. Prospective 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 can be found at: Seminar pages .

Application Form

We will send you an application form upon you sign up the instructor membership.

Fees

The current fee is £495.00 for sign up then £188.28 per 6 months and it includes:

• A full set of Tai Chi and Qigong videos library access to Gold member area
• Online Gold Member for six months; so you can visit all clubs on the site
• Instructor Certificate
• Access to the Instructor video library
• One weekend seminar tuition fee

Any prospective instructor 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 instructor membership fee is non-refundable and details can be found at Payment Terms and Conditions.

Payment (Terms and Conditions applied)

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

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 Lloyds Bank;

Account Name: Tai Chi Centre / Liming Yue;

Sort code: 30-96-16; Account number: 27361660;

Course Contents – What you will be learning from the course