Once you have booked you will receive a welcome pack with details on how to get to us.

Obtaining a visa to China can be stressful, time consuming and expensive so you should start the process at least 6 weeks before you intend on traveling to China. We recommend anyone staying for a short period to apply for a tourist visa and if you are staying long term we will supply you with a visa invitation letter to help you obtain a sufficient visa.

More info on visas is provided in the RDS welcome pack once you have booked!

Malaria can be a risk at altitudes below 1500m, our altitude is1800m+ however as we are only a 3 hour drive away from the Chinese-Burma border which is a malaria risk area you may want to take malaria medication if you plan on visiting the border areas or going into Burma for the weekend. ​ Although yellow fever is not a disease risk in China, the government requires traveler's arriving from countries where yellow fever is present-to-present proof of yellow fever vaccination. If you will be traveling to one of these countries where yellow fever is present before arriving in China, this requirement must be taken into consideration.

Overall because of our altitude and the clean area we are located in there isn't much risk of anything but it's always best to be on the safe side. We also recommend bringing insect repellents and diarrhea medicine.

For up to date vaccination advice choose one of the following links or view your own countries government recommendations.

NHS (UK) https://www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk/destinations/asia-east/china#Vaccinations

CDC (USA) https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/china

To make it easier and to settle into the training smoother at our martial arts school you should do some whole body training before you arrive - You can follow some of our workouts on the

RDS YouTube channel which will be similar to what you will be doing during your stay with us.

Here is a simple one to start with in your own time, good luck!

Most of the time you will be training so you will mostly need training clothes such as Tracksuits, T-shirts, Shorts, Vests and sweat shirts etc. On your days off there are beautiful scenic spots to visit in and around YongPing Town so bring some casual clothes too. You can also buy training clothes/ shoes here in China!

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Considering our altitude our weather and the general weather in Yunnan Province is excellent. The summers are not too hot and the winters not too cold and all year round there are beautiful, colorful flowers blossoming.

You can expect an average temperature of 20°C year round with the coldest drop during winter months average around 5°C which is only early morning and evening, once the sun rises its nice again.