IWUF Featured Video Post on World Champion Lia Tang-Ruggiero

Congratulations to Lia Tang-Ruggiero on her gold-medal performance in Girls’ Group A Gunshu at the 2026 World Junior Wushu Championships in Tianjin, China.

Representing Canada and Wayland Li Wushu, Lia delivered an outstanding performance, earning a score of 9.163 to capture the gold medal. 🥇 We are proud to see Lia’s performance featured by the International Wushu Federation (IWUF).

A special thank you to the IWUF for producing and sharing this video and for showcasing junior wushu athletes on the world stage.

热烈祝贺 Lia Tang-Ruggiero（邓敏莉）在中国天津举行的2026年世界青少年武术锦标赛中勇夺女子A组棍术金牌！Lia 代表加拿大和李文启武术学院参赛，发挥出色，以 9.163分的优异成绩夺得金牌🥇

我们也非常高兴看到 Lia 的比赛视频得到**国际武术联合会（IWUF）**的特别展示。衷心感谢国际武联制作并分享这段精彩的比赛视频，让更多人看到青少年武术运动员在世界舞台上的风采。

IWUF Featured Video Post on World Champion Thea Dong!

Congrats Thea on your gold medal performance 🥇 at the 2026 World Junior Wushu Championships in Tianjin, China to become world champion of Girls Group C Gunshu. Well done!

The International Wushu Federation (IWUF) selects all gold, silver and bronze medal winners and shares their videos on their WushuTV platform. We’re honoured that the IWUF selected Thea!

Congrats Erica and Rasa - Champions at 4th Taolu World Cup

Congratulations to Erica Li and Rasa Rahnema on your amazing achievements at the 4th Taolu World Cup in Hainan, China!! You represented Team Canada and Wayland Li with extraordinary performances. We’re so proud!

2026 - 4TH TAOLU WORLD CUP (第四届武术套路世界杯)

Dates: July 7 to July 9, 2026

Location: Haikou, Hainan, China

Key achievements:

• 2 athletes from Wayland Li Wushu selected to the Canadian National Wushu Team in taolu competition

• Erica Li achieved 6th in Jianshu with an impressive score of 9.696

• Rasa Rahnema achieved 5th in Nandao with an outstanding score of 9.700

Special congratulations to Shifu Li for your dedication and leadership to support these athletes in their intense training to prepare for the world stage.

We are extremely proud of Erica and Rasa. Jia you!

World Junior Champions Honoured by City of Markham Officials

On April 25, 2026, City of Markham Deputy Mayor Michael Chan and Ward 8 Councillor Isa Lee honoured Wayland Li athletes that competed in the 2026 World Junior Wushu Championships.

Deputy Mayor Chan and Councillor Lee made remarks about the success of the Markham-based athletes, and praised their achievements on the world stage. The Deputy Mayor and Councillor then presented each Wayland Li athlete with a certification of outstanding achievement.

Thank you very much, Deputy Mayor Chan and Councillor Lee for supporting our athletes!

2026年4月25日，加拿大万锦市副市长陈国治（Michael Chan）和第8区市议员李思韵（Isa Lee）对参加2026年世界青少年武术锦标赛的李文启武术学院运动员进行了表彰。

陈副市长和李议员在致辞中肯定了来自万锦市运动员们取得的优异成绩，并赞扬他们在世界舞台上的出色表现。随后，陈副市长和李议员向每位李文启武术学院运动员颁发了杰出成就证书。

非常感谢陈副市长和李议员一直以来对我们运动员的支持！

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

Congrats Team Canada at the World Wushu Championships

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!

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🥉

Champions at the 2025 Ontario Martial Arts Games

Congratulations to the success of all 15 athletes from Wayland Li Wushu that competed in the 2025 Ontario Martial Arts Games and Selection Event!

Dates: May 24 - 25, 2025

Location: Aurora, Ontario, Canada

Key achievements:

• 15 athletes competing in high performance wushu competition, some of whom were first-time competitors

• A total of 14 gold medals 🥇 , 12 silver medals 🥈 and 8 bronze medals 🥉

• Congrats to our athletes that qualified for the 2026 Ontario Summer Games: Elva, Eunice, Derek, Jediah, Madison, Lucas, Jacob, Annie, Kyle and Derrick

Congrats to everyone - your hard work paid off!

Champions at Nassau Championships

Congratulations to the success of our athletes that participated in the 2025 International Wushu Championships in Nassau!

Dates: April 19, 2025

Location: Garden City, New York

Key achievements:

• Venus Li named Overall Grand Champions & Wushu Scholarship Award Winner

• Group A: Five athletes achieved 14 Gold Medals 🥇, 3 Silver Medals 🥈

  • Lia Tang-Ruggiero named Contemporary Wushu Grand Champion, Female 13-14, Score 27.926

  • Amanda Sun named Contemporary Wushu Grand Champion, Female 15-16, Score 27.753

  • Chris Gao named Contemporary Wushu Grand Champion, Male 15-16, Score 27.929

• Group B: Six athletes achieved 12 Gold Medals 🥇, 4 Silver Medals 🥈, 1 Bronze Medal 🥉

  • Venus Li named Contemporary Wushu Grand Champion, Female 11-12, Score 28.06

  • Lucas Liu named Contemporary Wushu Grand Champion, Male 11-12, Score 27.743

• Group C: Seven athletes achieved 14 Gold Medals 🥇, 6 Silver Medals 🥈

  • Thea Dong named Contemporary Wushu Grand Champion, Female 11-12, Score 27.779

  • Khloe Peng named Contemporary Wushu Grand Champion, Female 7-8, Score 27.47

  • Jacob Zhou named Contemporary Wushu Grand Champion, Male 7-8, Score 26.709

  • Derrick Sun named Contemporary Wushu Grand Champion, Male 9-10, Score 27.219

• Prizes awarded to Wayland Li athletes include 40 gold medals 🥇, 13 silver medals🥈, 1 bronze medals🥉

2024 Outstanding Taolu Coach of the Year

Congrats to Coach Wenqi Li for making the list of the IWUF’s recognition of Outstanding Taolu Coaches for 2024!

The recognition is based on coaches whose athletes have achieved top three positions in the following events hosted or led by the IWUF in 2024:

• International Wushu Invitational Tournament 2024 – Jiangyin 2024

• 4th World Taijiquan Championships – Singapore 2024

• 9th World Junior Wushu Championships – Seri Begawan 2024

• 3rd Taolu World Cup – Yokohama 2024

• The World Games Series – Hong Kong 2024

In 2024, Shifu Li was a Taolu Coach for Team Canada, and our athletes achieved six top three finishes (including 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals) at the 2024 9th World Junior Wushu Championships in Brunei.

Thank you Coach Li for all of your dedication to the sport and your students.

Our students could not have achieved these amazing results without your guidance and encouragement.

Jia you!