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!
