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The Wayland Li Wushu Team performed at the Aga Khan Museum during the Family Day weekend celebrations, which featured Lunar New Year activities welcoming the Year of the Horse. The event was presented in partnership with the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto and included cultural performances and family activities.
Dates: Saturday, February 14 – Monday, February 16
On February 6, 2026, the Wayland Li Wushu team performed wushu for a Year of the Horse celebration at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto. The event was held in honour of Canadian government officials and the business community, as well as members of the Chinese Consulate in Toronto.
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On February 7, 2026, the Wayland Li Wushu demonstration team performed lion dance, dragon dance and wushu for the Lunar New Year Celebration Gala at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre. The event was hosted by Redleaf Cultural Integration and featured our top athletes. Nice job guys!
On January 31, 2026, the Wayland Li Wushu team performed a wushu demonstration at the show called “Chinese Stories, Chinese New Year” (中国故事，中国年). The event was held at the Meridian Arts Centre in North York, Canada.
Well done everyone!
On December 16th, 2025, Wayland Li Wushu performed for the opening night of the Wing Chun Dance Drance in Toronto, Canada.
The drama production is based on the life of Wing Chun master Ip Man, with a strong troupe of dancers drawing their inspiration from the martial arts. Check out their website here.
Congrats on the crew that performed for this cool show, bringing our blend of wushu to the VIP crowd.
Nicely done!
Congratulates to all 15 athletes from Wayland Li that competed in the 2025 Ottawa Open Wushu Championships!
Date: November 29, 2025
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Key Achievements:
Group A: 6 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals for our Group A athletes Lia, Allen, Cindy and Eunice
Group B: 7 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals for our Group B athletes Venus, Eason, Lucas and Derek
Group C: 12 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze medal for our Group C athletes Thea, Derrick, Lucas, Lousie, Kyle and Daniel
On November 24, 2025, the City of Markham held a Community Recognition Ceremony for our athletes that competed in the 2024 World Junior Wushu Championships in Brunei for Team Canada. Our athletes were honoured with this recognition alongside our members of the Markham community that had outstanding achievements in sports, the arts, science, business and academics.
Congratulations to the following Canadian Wushu Team athletes:
Lia Tang-Ruggiero (Gold in Gunshu and Gold in Daoshu for Girls B Group)
Ryan Gao (Gold in Daoshu for Boys C Group)
Thea Dong (Silver in Daoshu for Girls C Group)
Eason Gao (Bronze in Qiangshu for Boys C Group)
Chris Gao (Bronze in Qiangshu for Boys A Group)
Venus Li (4th in Qiangshu, 5th in Jianshu for Girls B Group)
Marcus Li (4th in Gunshu for Boys B Group)
Amanda Sun (6th in Jianshu for Girls A Group)
Allen Liu (4th in Gunshu for Boys A Group)
The City put on a great event with the following activities: playing of the Canadian national anthem, awards handed out by Major Frank Scarpitti, individual and group photos, and a short reception with snacks.
Congratulations to all of our athletes and to Master Li and Coach Erica!!
Congratulations to all of the Canadian National Wushu Team athletes who competed this September in the 2025 17th World Wushu Championships. You all did great - amazing performances!
Well done to Erica, Caleb, Rasa, Ashley, Julianna, Cathy, Andrew and Brandon. And special shouout to all the coaches and parents supporting the team.
Some highlights for Wayland Li Wushu Athletes include:
Erica Li achieved 9th place for Changquan, 9th for Jianshu and a top ten finish for Qiangshu
Caleb Akai achieved 6th place in the qualifier round for Daoshu, and 9th overall in the final Daoshu division
Rasa Rahnema achieved 15th place in Nanquan, 10th for Nandao and 15th for Nangun
Jia you!
How cool is that?! Team Canada (along with our world wushu friends) was able to perform at the opening ceremony for the 17th World Wushu Championships. Woah!
Congrats to Erica, Rasa, Andrew, Ashley, Brandon, Chris and Jeremy.
On August 30, 2025, Wayland Li Wushu performed at the 2025 Toronto Dragon Festival that took place at Nathan Phillips Square. Our performance opened the festivities of the long weekend event, including a dragon dance, an exciting lion dance and two wushu demonstrations. Well done to our team for battling the hot sun and putting on a show for the summer crowds!
Days earlier, many of our team members were also featured on local media — CP24 television and CBC Radio — to promote the event.
Well done to everyone for being pros in front of the cameras!
Wayland Li Martial Centre 李文启武术学院
Master Wayland Li (李文启师傅)
145 Royal Crest Ct, Unit 28
Markham, ON L3R 9Z4
Email: info@waylandliwushu.com
