Champions at the 2022 World Junior Wushu Championships!

Congratulations to the success of all 12 athletes from Team Canada, including 8 from Wayland Li Wushu, that participated in the 8th World Junior Wushu Championships! The event was held from December 3rd to 11th in Tangerang, Indonesia.

Key achievements:

• Gold medal in Group B Gunshu, Silver medal in Group B Changquan and Bronze medal in Group B Daoshu for Lia Tang-Ruggiero

• Bronze medal in Group C Daoshu for Venus Li

• Bronze medal in Group C Gunshu for Sophia Liao

• Caleb Akai, Amanda Sun, Chris Gao, Allen Liu and Marcus Li finishing with top 10 or better placements in their respective divisions

• Congrats to all of the Canadian athletes - you are all winners and represented Canada proudly

A very special thank you to the kind donors that supported with their generosity. Thank you very much!

Furthermore, thank you to all the parents and supporters during this competition. Great team work and collaboration all around!

And finally, a huge thank you and congratulations to Shifu for all of his efforts with our athletes. Jia you!

Article featuring our Team Canada Wushu Champions!!

On December 2022, the York Region Times published an article on the victorious Team Canada wushu athletes, coaches and delegation officials.

Here is the article below and the original article below.

Jia you!

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第八屆世界青少年武術錦標賽加拿大選手榮獲1金1銀4銅佳績

第八屆世界青少年武術錦標賽於2022年12月2日至10日在印度尼西亞萬丹省坦格朗市舉行，由國際武術聯合會主辦，印度尼西亞武術協會承辦，本屆世界青少年錦標賽吸引了來自62個國家和地區的800多名選手，比賽分武術套路和武術散打兩大項目，共產生71枚金牌。其中武術散打分為兩個年齡組，設置男女17個比賽級別。加拿大選手榮獲1金1銀4銅佳績。

在國際武聯IWUF秘書長張秋平、印度尼西亞總統佐科·維多多 Joko Widodo、印尼青年與體育部長翟努丁·阿馬里（Zainudin Amali）、印尼國家體育委員會主席瑪律恰諾·諾曼（Marciano Norman）、印尼國家奧會執行委員會委員賈迪·拉賈·古古（Jadi Raja Gukguk）和印尼武術協會全體執委會委員，印尼高級經濟部長兼印尼武術協會主席艾朗加·哈塔托（Airlangga Hartarto）的共同見證下，第八屆世界青少年武術錦標賽舉行開幕儀式並順利進行。

加拿大武術團體聯合總會會長兼國際武聯執委鄧華師傅表示，今屆加拿大代表隊獲得很好的成積，分別取得1金1銀4銅佳績。其中包括：B組 的 Lia Mun-Lei Tang-Ruggiero 取得長拳銀牌、刀術銅牌及棍術金牌。而 C組的Fan Li 取得刀術銅牌 、Sophia Jiaqi Liao 取得棍術銅牌，以及散打55公斤級的Johnny Filtness 取得銅牌。

鄧華稱，我謹代表加拿大武術團體聯合總會感謝所有出席第8 屆世界青少年武術錦標賽的教練員、運動員和家長們的團隊精神，共同努力，才能取得到優異的成績。也感謝加拿大境內所有的會友對比賽過程中的支持和關心，給予我們團隊在精神上的鼓勵和力量，特別感謝Alan Tang 做了大量賽前和比賽過程中的準備工作、我們將繼續努力為2026 青少年奧運做好準備。

鄧華續稱，閉幕儀式由印尼體育部長兼副總統穆罕默德優素福卡拉Muhammad Jusuf Kalla主持，原來這位副總統也研習詠春拳，在閉幕儀式後，更與他互相研究黐手。此外，他亦要特別感謝印尼高級經濟部長兼印尼武術協會主席艾朗加·哈塔托Airlangga Hartarto的熱情款待，尤其是在比賽期間，往返酒店與會場，都安排了警車開路，值得贊賞。

第八屆世界青少年武術錦標賽分為套路和散打兩個組別，1. 套路A組：出生年份：2004年、2005、2006年、2007年。第三套國際武術競賽套路：長拳、刀術、劍術、棍術、槍術; 南拳、南刀、南棍; 太極拳、太極劍、太極扇; 對練。B組：出生年份：2008年、2009年、2010年。第一套國際武術競賽套路：長拳、刀術、劍術、棍術、槍術; 南拳、南刀、南棍; 太極拳（42式）; 太極劍（42式）。C組：出生年份：2011年、2012年、2013年、2014年。初級套路：長拳（第三路）、刀術、劍術、棍術、槍術

2. 散打分為青年組：出生年份：2005年、2006年、2007年。男子專案（8）：48公斤級、52公斤級、56公斤級、60公斤級、65公斤級、70公斤級、75公斤級、80公斤級。女子專案（4）：48公斤級、52公斤級、56公斤級、60公斤級少年組：出生年份：2008年、2009年、2010年。男子專案（5）：42公斤級、45公斤級、48公斤級、52公斤級、56公斤級。

Team Canada champion featured in media for World Junior Wushu Championships

The media group Xinhua featured a series of photos from the 2022 World Junior Wushu Championships and covered a few of the athletes during their taolu routines.

Lia Tang-Ruggiero was featured in one of these photos during his bronze-medal Daoshu performance.

Check it out here!

We train for the 2022 Canadian Wushu Team Trials!

The 2022 Canadian National Wushu Championships will be held from July 28 to 31st in Thunder Bay, Ontario. We are super excited to be training and sending a superb team to the national team trial selections. All the best to all athletes and take this time to train hard!!!

The venue will be held at Lakehead University and will feature High Performance Wushu athletes, traditional Kungfu, Taiji and Sanda events.

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Athletes that make the Canadian National team will have the opportunity to compete in the World Junior Wushu Championships this December, which will be held in Indonesia.

Good luck to everyone and train hard!!

加油！

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Congrats World Champion Erica Li!

Congratulations to Erica Li, world champion that took home bronze for Double Straightsword at the 15th World Wushu Championships. The event was held in Shanghai, China from October 19th to 24th. Erica finished with a score of 9.17. We are very proud of you and your amazing accomplishment!

Team Canada results for Wayland Li Students:

Women’s Double Straightsword
Erica Li - 3rd Place/Bronze, score 9.17

Women’s Changquan
Winnie Cai - 9th place, score 9.59
Erica Li - 14th place, score 9.496

Men’s Daoshu
Rex Lam - 17th place, score 9.313
Dylan Liu - 31st place, score 8.546

Men’s Gunshu
Dylan Liu - 17th place, score 9.36
Rex Lam - 30th place, score 8.97

Men’s Changquan
Jason Chen-Leung - 24th place, score 9.26
Rex Lam - 34th place, score 9.166
Dylan Liu - 39th place, score 8.99

2019 Canadian National champions!

Congratulates to all 39 athletes from Wayland Li that competed in the 2019 Canadian Nationals! 

The event was held on May 25-26, 2019 and featured the very best athletes from across Canada in the sport of Wushu. The event was a qualifier to select the national senior team that will represent Canada at the 15th World Wushu Championships in Shanghai, China.

Based on their excellent performance, 3 athletes from Wayland Li Wushu were selected for the Canadian National team - congrats Dylan, Erica and Rex!

Good luck at Worlds in Brazil!

On July 9-16, 2018, seven athletes from Wayland Li Martial Arts Centre will compete in the 7th World Junior Wushu Championships. This year's competition is hosted in Brasilia, Brazil, and our athletes will represent Canada in:

• Group A - Changquan, Daoshu, Gunshu; Nanquan, Nandao, Nangun
• Group B - Changquan, Daoshu, Jianshu, Gunshu, Qiangshu
• Group C - Changquan, Daoshu, Gunshu

Good luck to Rex, Rasa, Erica, Caleb, Zeina, Adam and Kai-Hsin.

Here is the promotional video introducing the event, compiled by the IWUF and Brazil's wushu organization.

More information can be found on the competition's website (https://www.7thwjwc.com/), including a schedule of events and results for the Taolu and Sanda events.

Good luck to Team Canada and jia you!

2017 International Wushu Sports Festival & National Championship

Canada's national Wushu competition will take place on May 20-21, 2017 at the Markham Pan Am Centre.

This year's event will feature athletes competing in traditional taolu events, contemporary taolu events, Sanda sparring events and qualifying trials for the Senior National team.

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Local Television Interview

Local sports reporter Mike Arsalides interviewed athletes from Wayland Li Wushu in December 2007. Check it out!