Wushu Competition

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World Champions return home from World Juniors!

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Congratulations to the success of all 14 athletes from Team Canada, including 9 from Wayland Li Wushu, that participated in the 10th World Junior Wushu Championships!

Dates: March 26-31 Location: Tianjin, China

Key achievements:

  • 9 athletes from Wayland Li represented Canada on the National Wushu Team in taolu competition

  • Gold medal 🥇in Girls Youth Group A Changquan for Lia Tang-Ruggiero

  • Gold medal 🥇in Girls Youth Group A Gunshu for Lia Tang-Ruggiero

  • Bronze medal 🥉 in Girls Youth Group A Daoshu for Lia Tang-Ruggiero

  • Gold medal 🥇in Girls Junior Group B Qiangshu for Venus Li

  • Gold medal 🥇in Boys Junior Group B Qiangshu for Eason Gao

  • Silver medal 🥈in Boys Junior Group B Jianshu for Eason Gao

  • Gold medal 🥇in Boys Junior Group B Nangun for Lucas Liu

  • Gold medal 🥇in Girls Group C Gunshu Thea Dong

  • Bronze medal 🥉 in Girls Group C Daoshu for Thea Dong

  • Gold medal 🥇in Girls Group C Nanquan Khloe Peng

  • 8th place in Boys Youth Group A Gunshu for Allen Liu

  • 4th place in Boys Group C Jianshu and Qiangshu for Lucas Caragheorghii

  • 6th place in Boys Group C Nanqdao for Derrick Sun

  • With 7 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals, this was the strongest showing for Team Canada Wushu. Canada placed 4th for Taolu!!

Congratulations to all of national team athletes from across Canada, including Junchen Yang, Miranda Wei, Max Dong, Roberta Zhang and Matea Cheng. It was a blast to be on this journey together!

And a special congratulations to Shifu Wenqi Li and Coach Erica Li for your hard work and perserverance in coaching so many athletes.

Well done!

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10 Days until the World Junior Wushu Championships!

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We are 10 days out until the World Junior Wushu Championships, and the team from Wayland Li Wushu are ready to respresent Canada in Tianjin, China.

We’ve been training diligently and DAILY to make this Wushu dream a reality … and make Team Canada proud.

Let’s go!

Group A Athletes

Group B Athletes

Group C Athletes

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Success at the IWUF Wushu Taolu Junior Athletes Training Camp

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On January 2 to 11, 2026, two athletes from Wayland Li Wushu that are on the Canadian National team were invited to participate in the IWUF Wushu Taolu Junior Athletes Training Camp in Beijing, China.

Lia Tang-Ruggiero and Allen Liu joined four other members of the Canadian national team (Junchen, Miranda, Alex and Roberta), and they had the honour of learning from masters Ms. Liu Qinghua (刘清华) and Mr. Zhao Qingjian (赵庆建) and under the organization of Mr. Rong Jun (荣军). Lia and Allen trainied with Coaches Liu and Zhao on the 3rd International Set of Changquan (长拳) and Gunshu (棍术). Master Wenqi Li led the athletes from Wayland Li Wushu, and also attending the camp were Masters Helen Liang and Chenhan Yang.

All athletes and coaches stayed at the Wanda Jin Beijing Pinggu Hotel (北京平谷万达锦华酒), and training was held daily at the Pinggu District Sports Centre.

In addition their routines, all athletes made amazing friendships with fellow wushu practitioners from the around the world.

We are grateful to the IWUF, the Chinese Wushu Association and Wushu Canada for supporting our athletes in this camp!

Paying respect to Master Wu Bin (吴彬).

Master Li Wenqi, Secretary General of IWUF and Wushu legend Zhang Yuping (张玉萍), and Lia Tang-Ruggiero

Team Canada and members from Team China posing together with their certificates of achievement. Well done guys!

2025 Ottawa Open Wushu Championships

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

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Markham City Hall recognition 2025

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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!!

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Congrats Team Canada at the World Wushu Championships

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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!

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Opening Ceremony Demo for the 17th World Wushu Championships

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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.

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2025 Canadian Team Selections Complete!

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Congratulates to all 29 athletes from Wayland Li that competed in the 2025 Canadian Nationals! 

Dates: August 2nd and 3rd, 2025

Location: Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada

Key Achievements:

  • 9 athletes from Wayland Li selected to represent Canada on our Junior National Wushu team at the 10th World Junior Wushu Championships in Tianjin, China. Congratulations to:

    • A Group: Lia Tang-Ruggiero, Allen Liu

    • B Group: Venus Li, Eason Gao, Lucas Liu

    • C Group: Thea Dong, Khloe Peng, Derrick Sun, Lucas Caragheorghii

  • 3 athletes from Wayland Li selected to represent Canada on our Senior National Wushu team at the 17th World Wushu Championships in Brasilia, Brazil. Congratulations to:

    • Erica Li, Rex Lam, Rasa Rahnema

    • Amanda Sun, Caleb Akai as alternates

  • Group A: 9 gold medals 🥇, 3 silver 🥈and 4 bronze 🥉 obtained by Lia, Amanda, Chris, Allen, Marcus, Cindy, Eunice and Ashany

  • Group B: 8 gold medals🥇, 5 silver 🥈and 1 bronze 🥉 obtained by Venus, Lucas, Eason, Ryan and Derek

  • Group C: 13 gold medals🥇, 2 silver 🥈 and 2 bronze 🥉obtained Thea, Khloe, Louise, Derrick, Lucas, Kyle

  • Seniors: 8 gold medals🥇, 3 silver 🥈and 1 bronze 🥉obtained by Erica, Rex, Caleb, Amanda, Rasa and Antigone

  • Recreational / Beginner: 1 gold medal🥇obtained by Annie Rong, and first time competition for Emily

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Champions at the 2025 Presidential Wushu Cup

Congratulations to the success of Canadian athletes that participated in the 2025 Presidential Wushu Cup!

Date: July 5th, 2025

Location: Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Key achievements:

  • Rasa Rahnema named Commander-in-Chief with the top score for the competition and overall grand champion

  • Lia Tang-Ruggiero, Chris Chengrui Gao, Marcus Li and Venus Li named grand champions of their respective age divisions

  • Seniors: 12 gold medals🥇, 2 silver medals🥈and 1 bronze🥉 among Rasa Rahnema, Rex Lam, Caleb Akai, Antigone Tse and Oleksii Kachan

  • Group A: 12 gold medals🥇 among Lia Tang-Ruggiero, Amanda Sun, Marcus Li and Chris Gao

  • Group B: 8 gold medals🥇 and 1 silver medals🥈among Venus Li, Eason Gao and Ryan Gao

  • Overall medal count of 32 gold medals🥇, 3 silver medals🥈, 1 bronze medal🥉

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Contact Details

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

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