Apprenticeship Request

Plenary morning session, followed by  Sword Experienceship continued.

Monday through Friday
From  9 AM – 1 PM at the Oranjekerk, Van Ostadestraat 151-hs, 1073 TK Amsterdam.
The location has a wooden floor.

Apprenticeships are scheduled in the afternoon 3 – 5.30 PM
Location: the school on Kerkstraat 441

The Amsterdam Tai Chi School
Kerkstraat 441, 1017 HZ Amsterdam
Our school is located in a friendly, central neighborhood in the heart of the city. In between classes, you can take a walk along the canals or, after a relaxing day of Tai Chi, enjoy a drink in one of the nearby cozy cafés.

The School is easy to reach by public transport. From Schiphol Airport, take a train to Amsterdam Central Station (about 20 minutes). From there, hop on tram 4 in the direction of Station RAI and get off at Keizersgracht or Prinsengracht. Turn on Google Maps, and the School is just a 5-minute walk from either stop.

Oranjekerk
Van Ostadestraat 151-hs, 1073 TK Amsterdam
We’re happy to have found a beautiful new location: the Oranjekerk — just a mile from the School, near the lively Albert Cuyp Market, easy to reach, and with a wooden floor ideal for our practice. This is where we’ll come together for our morning plenary sessions, Monday through Friday.

Flex
Kerkstraat 427, 1017 HX Amsterdam
On Saturday morning, January 10th, the plenary session will take place at Flex, just a few doors down from the School. A number of apprenticeships will also be held at this location.

BY BIKE (7 minutes)
If you can lend a bike (hiring is tourist-level expensive), that is by far the best cheapest way to travel. If you do, be aware of fast e-bikes passing you on the bike lanes. It is 1.7 km journey.

BY TRAM (20 minutes)
Info coming soon

WALK (25minutes)
If the weather is nice you can also walk the distance; it is around 2 km.

You are responsible for your own accommodation. Instead of booking a hotel, you can also take a look at Airbnb, www.airbnb.com. You can rent apartments all around the city through this website. Contact your Tai Chi buddies and book a nice apartment together. Last Winter Training a couple of our apprentices had a good experience dealing with Airbnb. So talk to your friends and book online. At their website you can find more information. Here is a list of hotels in the vicinity of the training location at the Kerkstraat.

• Zoku Weesperstraat 105, 1018 VN, Amsterdam https://livezoku.com/
• Hotel Prinsenhof, 1 star, Prinsengracht 810. About a 5-minute walk to the teaching locations. https://www.hotelprinsenhof.com
• Hotel Armada Amsterdam, 2 stars, Keizersgracht 713-715, about a 5-minute walk to the teaching locations, https://www.ozo-hotels.com/hotels/ozo-hotels-armada-amsterdam
• Nicolaas Witsen, 3 stars, Nicolaas Witsenstraat 4, a 10-minute walk to teachings locations, https://www.hotelnicolaaswitsen.nl/
• Hotel Atlanta, 3 stars, Rembrandtplein 8 – 10, about 10-minute walk to training locations, https://www.atlantahotelamsterdam.nl.
• Hotel Asterisk, 2 stars, Den Texstraat 16, about 10-minute walk to teaching locations, https://www.asteriskhotel.nl/en/.

Prices vary widely, depending on market conditions and the number of stars of the hotel. To get a competitive price we suggest you go to either www.booking.com and find the hotel you’re interested in. Check the price for the room you want and then, instead of booking through either of these sites, contact the hotel directly, and ask for a 10-15% discount. As all hotels have to pay around 15% commission to these booking engine company’s they will usually agree. Amsterdam also has a lot of hostels. On https://www.hostelbookers.com you can find more information and a lot of options.

We find it important that all apprentices feel that they are most welcome to join the training, even if there are financial constraints. Here are three ways to help you with that.

• Apprentices who can lead an apprenticeship and/ or teach a PH /Sword class will be paid an hourly fee that will be deducted from their attendance fee. If you want to teach, send your request to our coordinator (t.b.a.)
• Just like previous trainings we are always looking for volunteers who want to help during the training in return for a discount. It can either be a small or bigger contribution. If you want to help as a volunteer, send your request to: kkrikhaar@gmail.com
• Thirdly you may want to consider the Bernie Dushman Scholarship Fund (BDSF). This Fund supports students/apprentices financially to attend a training. Scholarship Applications are available at the TCF website,  www.taichifoundation.org/scholarship-information. Applications submitted well before the start of the training are more likely to result in awards given the limited amount of funds available for scholarships and the time required for application reviews.

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Questions and requests: Koen Krikhaar  Mobile +31 (0)653 612 169. Registration: Ossian Bakker Website: Johanna Koelman Johanna Koelman