Residential Taiji camp led by Wee Kee Jin
14th to 20th April 2025 – Langley Hall School, Norfolk, UK
Standard cost: £995. Book before 14th February to get the Early Bird discounted price of £945.
Places are offered on a first-come, first-served basis and early booking is strongly recommended. Once all available places are filled, new applicants will be put onto a reserve list to fill out cancellations.
Experienced practitioners and beginners welcome
In the unlikely event that Wee Kee Jin is unable to lead this camp, rather than cancel it will be led by Paul Fretter.
For many years, Wee Kee Jin has visited the UK twice per year, but from 2025 onwards this will only be once per year. Don’t miss this opportunity to train with this World-renowned Taiji teacher and practitioner.
The camp is a “retreat” held in pleasant surroundings in the Norfolk countryside, with full-board accommodation and catering provided by a local school outside of normal term-time. The camp is essentially a ‘retreat’, and this environment is necessary to allow students to focus on Taiji practice without the distractions of daily life.
While the class schedule may look very full (8+ hours per day), you will find yourself in between the classes either wanting to practice more or asking other people for advice and assistance. Total immersion in practice for this period of time can significantly advance your level of practice and understanding, particularly so if you then practice what you have learned over the coming months. The camp is also an excellent opportunity to practice partner work (e.g. push hands) with different people, especially those whom you don’t meet very often.
The atmosphere is friendly and relaxed, with the training schedule accommodating all levels of practice. A number of TSCE instructors attend the camp, and they are all willing to answer questions and assist you with your practice.
The standard price for attending the camp is £995 or at an Early Bird discount price of only £945 if booked early. The price includes training, accommodation and meals. We do our best to keep the price affordable so that the camp is accessible to as many people as possible. Note, however, there has been an inevitable price increase this year to reflect the significant increase in food and energy costs.
The Early Bird discount price of £945 applies only if you are attending the whole camp and a confirmed reservation (deposit or full payment) is received by the Early Bird deadline of midnight on the 14th February 2025.
Confirmation: Your registration is only confirmed once we have received your registration form and either a £200 deposit or full payment of the training fee. The final deadline for all registrations is 3rd April 2025.
The minimum age for participation at the camp is 18 years.
Accommodation: Single and Twin accommodation will be allocated after booking and a deposit or full payment has been received, on a first-come first served basis. We will confirm to you once allocated. We cannot guarantee the availability of single accommodation for everyone, so early booking is recommended, and we can only offer our best endeavour in this regard.
If you wish to book for a limited number of days and not the whole camp or require accommodation only for an accompanying partner, please contact paul.fretter@taiji.org.uk directly to discuss your requirements.
Cancellation policy: If you want to cancel your place more than 6 weeks before the camp starts we will retain a part payment of £100. For cancellations between 2 and 6 weeks before the camp starts, a part-payment of £200 will be retained. Cancellations 2 weeks or less cannot be refunded. In the unlikely event of the whole camp having to be cancelled, all payments will be refunded.
Travel Information
Langley Hall (School) is located in Norfolk, close to the village of Chedgrave and the market town of Loddon, near the A146 Norwich-Lowestoft road.
Arriving by car, the school is just 30-minutes from Norwich International Airport, 90 minutes from Stansted Airport and approximately 2 hours 30 minutes from Heathrow or Gatwick.
Cambridge, home of the famous university, is one hour away and London can be reached in 2 hours.
Address: Langley Senior School, Langley Park, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 6BJ
Train
If arriving at Norwich, Beccles or Lowestoft stations you can take the local bus to Langley. Norwich bus station is approximately a 20 minutes walk from the railway station.
The classes will comprise Forms, Partner training and fundamental exercises
Tailored guidance will be available for beginners.
Monday 14th
12 noon to 6pm – Arrival and registration
4pm to 6pm – free practice
6:00pm – Dinner
7:30pm to 9:30pm Evening training
Tuesday to Friday
6am to 7am – Free practice
7am to 8am – Free pushing
8:00am – Breakfast
9:30am to 11:30am – Morning training
11:30am to 12noon – Free time or training
12noon – Lunch
[ Free time ]
4pm to 6pm – Afternoon training
6:00pm – Dinner
7:30pm to 9:30pm – Evening training
Sunday 20th
6am to 7am – Free practice
7am to 8am – Free pushing
8:00am – Breakfast
9:30am to 11:30am – Morning training
12noon – Lunch
1pm – Depart
Langley Hall School
Loddon Village
Loddon is a small market town about 12 miles southeast of Norwich on the River Chet, a tributary of the River Yare within The Broads National Park, Britain’s largest protected wetland. The name “Loddon” is thought to mean muddy river in Celtic in reference to the Chet.
Wikipedia has this to say about Loddon:
The earliest written mention of Loddon (Lodne) is in the will of Ælfric Modercope written in 1042 or 1043. In the will Ælfric split his land holdings in Loddon, Bergh Apton and Barton between the Bishops of Bury, Ely and St Benet of Holme. Ælfric held 450 acres (1.8 km2) of land in Loddon and was by far the biggest landowner. His manor house is believed to have been close by the church overlooking the river and the fields are known as Manor Yards. The Parish Council adopted Ælfric for Loddon’s town sign in 1961 and the bronze statue still stands on Farthing Green.