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Fast Practical courses

Our practical courses are courses for those who want to keep theoretical knowledge at a minimum, but love to do practical work, like giving instructions in sports, do relaxing massages, for instance on the work floor, or work as an acupuncture beautician or dietary advisor.

There is a wide range of choices.

On-line courses

All our theoretical modules, like yin-yang theory, wuxing theory, history, chinese anatomy and fysiology and many more are available as homestudy courses. This makes it possible for you to study while preparing to make time available for the practical part (also available in China), or to just do studies on line and proceed from there.

Full on-line studies include Chinese dietary advisor and Chinese medicine researcher. Medical and Yi Jing studies can for the theoretical part be followed.
For practical additions, we have branches all over the world, so there might be one near you! But our teachers also travel frequently, so we might come near you, let us now and inquire about the possibilities.

Professional courses

International Program to study

CHINESE MEDICINES & SPORTS

中医   道医   武当养生文化   功夫   太极学

such as:

  • Acupuncture  
  • Tuina and Anmo Massage
  • Taiji Gongfu and Taiji Yangsheng Healthsports
  • Revalidation Therapy
  • Counseling and Behavioural Therapy
  • Food and Herbal Diet Therapy

 

Our speciallity is Old Style study: learning Chinese medicine and sports the way the ancients did. we show you the difference between Chinese medicine and western medicine to help you understand Chinese medicine as Holistic whole person medicine. We do not mix with western medicine as is nowadays common practice. we keep them separated and you still learn what you need for your recognition as practitioner. We also show you how sports and aesthetics are the foundation for Chinese medicine.

In a Bachelor Health practitioner and a Master clinical practice program. Study the whole range of Chinese clinical, preventive health, sports, cultural and creative activities not present at any other school. If you want you can shift Campus between Amsterdam, Shanghai, Mexico city and Wudang mountains, travel with your teachers and combine with home study and preparation.
In our program we offer a transcultural blend of ancient and modern Chinese Medicine; Daoist medicine; Yangsheng Healthsports and Taiji Gongfu; Dietery and Beauty enhancement; esoteric and cultural backgrounds, personal development and so on. Doing so we help you prepare for all the pleasures and turmoils of working as a Chinese medicine and/or Gongfu practitioner in a modern society. Learn to take being Human as a foundation for helping others.

Your program starts with learning about health and basic Chinese cultural theories. Your first task is to help produce health and inner/outer harmony and beauty, both in yourself and your students and clients. Learn Acupuncture, Qigong, Yogic Taiji exercise, Inner and Personal Cultivation, and a variety of Chinese Massage styles as tools to understand and create beauty, health and vitality and you will feel secure in learning therapeutic skills and/or develop yourself as a teacher in our personalized program, suited to your individual needs in a comfortable, safe, stimulating and supportive environment.

Your study choice is between:

  • Short fasttrack healthsports courses of maximium 30 hours
  • Our full time and parttime and varied Modules Program based on a 2-2 year BA/MA program which allows for a specializing doctorate program. (over 500 contact hours each). Our parttime program identical to the full time program, but at your own speed and leisure.
  • Over 2000 hours intensive apprenticeship placement including real practice placement in Beijing, Wuhan, Anhui or other cities.
  • Like in Daoist and Buddhist monastic health study programs we also offer a Study-Buddy program to help you get the max out of your learning.
  • We support an extensive special interest workshop and retreat program.
  • We have a bonus discount and savings program for bringing in clients and students that save us expenses in commerce that can help you to study for free!
  • We have an extensive post graduate support program to help you set up clinic, course center, franchise, or to join us in an educational affiliation program which provides high level degree courses in Chinese Medicine and Sports for every country in the world with the aim to qualify Chinese Medicine and sports as a Whole Theory and Practice Science.

Respond direct and email to info@orientalcollege.org 

Start today and help the world to be whole, healthy, fit and harmonious!

Our dean with his Daoist Sifu You Xuande, at Baimashan
(Our dean with his Daoist Shifu You Xuande, at Baimashan, the birthplace of Taiji sports in the Wudang mountian area discussing how nature provides health to life)

Study Acupuncture, Tuina massage, Taijiquan, Qigong, Gongfu, Daoyin, Yi Jing, Chinese food & beverage and herb practice and much more within the framework of  Chinese culture.

The Oriental College offers culture based studies in Chinese/Daoist Medicines and Wudang internalized sports. For this we cooperate with Western and Chinese universities, traditional Daoist teachers from Wudang mountains, a cradle of Chinese medicines and exiting martial arts based sports, and many more experts dedicated to this fascinating science. You can be one of those.

The Oriental College offers Chinese Medicine and Sports courses with a difference. Not only is the study flexible and you can fit it in to your own time schedule, but also we offer Traditional Self Cultivation for (future) practitioners and teachers based on the works of for example Zang Sanfeng, Tao Hongjing and Hua Tuo. For practitioners that have studied at other schools we offer several MA and PhD postgraduate programs and for those who are not in the opportunity to travel to one of our schools in Amsterdam (main office), Mexico, China (Wudang and Wuhan/Shanghai) or Kenia, we offer distance learning programs.

All our professional courses are at university level and when graduated you will can open your own Healthcenter, clinic and/or school, or do significant research. the program model is BA-MA-PhD, which allows you for a good social and professional postion.

Personalized Study Programs

A personalized study program is a program in which the student has maximum control over when and how to study the content of the study program, and to be able to add around 25% of one's program as based on personal interests, experiences and choices. You can learn in a slow pace or condensed and fast, just as you prefer. You can to large degree control the order in which you study the subjects of your program and thus generate your own unique perspective, like doctors in ancient times did. You benefit maximal from the study guide program that is active to support you all the time, also during your hollidays and after you graduated. You can also control the amount of time You need to be on campus. some come for burst of knowledge and skills and digest it in their home country, where we help them develop further and set up clinics, schools and centers of learning.

The value of personalized study programs such as used at the oriental College and as required by EU directives, is in that each student can develop the unique qualities inherent to their personality, excellence in skills and deep understanding of the profession of choice. This is most helpful to become a valuable leading member of the professional Chinese Medicine and Sports Community, No matter which country you come from. We have students enlisting from Europe, East Asia, Arab countries, African countries, North, Middle and South American Countries and so on. Where are you from? Feel welcome to join our extended family!

International Oriental College Mexico city, Mexico Campus
International Oriental College Nairobi city, Kenya Campus
International Oriental College Wudangshan, China Campus
International Oriental College Amsterdam city, Netherlands Campus