On February 1, 2025, members of the Wayland Li Wushu team performed at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto for Lunar New Year festivities.
Great job all! Jiayou!
Vote for Lia, Finalist of the Wushu Rising Star of the Year!
Lia Tang-Ruggiero Shortlisted for IWUF Wushu Taolu Rising Star of the Year!
We’re thrilled to announce that Lia Tang-Ruggiero, one of Wayland Li Martial Arts Centre’s top athletes, has been shortlisted for the IWUF Wushu Taolu Rising Star of the Year Award! This honour places her among six exceptional athletes worldwide, including competitors from China and Singapore. Lia’s journey has been made possible by the unwavering support of her community. Now, she needs your vote to secure the IWUF Rising Star of the Year Award.
Vote for Lia here:
https://iwuf.sports.cn/Athlete-of-the-Year-2024/index.html?tabhs=wushutaoluF
Every vote counts—let’s help Lia earn this incredible recognition! Thank you!
Red Leaf Year of the Snake Demo in Burlington
On January 18, 2025, Wayland Li Wushu Centre performed for the Year of the Snake Celebration at the Burlington Peforming Arts Centre. We performed lion dance, dragon dance, and a wushu demo. The event was presented by the Redleaf Cultural Integration group.
Great job on an exciting demonstration!
Congrats Yuki on China tournament achievements!
Congrats Yuki Xu for your achievements at the 2024 Guangdong Kids Wushu Elite Tournament (2024年广东省少儿武术精英赛), in Shenzhen, China.
Yuki competed in the youth division and took home a gold medal 🥇and silver medal 🥈in Changquan and Gunshu.
The tournament had over 300 teams from across the province of Guangdong, with more than 10,000 young athletes competing in various wushu taolu divisions.
Congrats Yuki on becoming the Guangdong Province young champion!
Congrats Ryan on your Gold Medal IWUF Post
Congrats Ryan on your gold medal performance 🥇 at the 2024 World Junior Wushu Championships in Brunei to become world champion of Group C Daoshu. Well done!
The International Wushu Federation (IWUF) selects all gold medal winners and shares their videos as part of the “online learning classroom.” We’re thrilled that the IWUF selected Ryan in this regard.
Jiayou!
First Lunar New Year Performance Complete!
Our first Lunar New Year performance is complete!
On January 11, 2025, we put a wushu demonstration for the variety show “Chinese Stories, Chinese New Year” at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts.
Great job everyone. Many more to go…
Wushu Exchange with Zhejiang Wu Opera Troupe
This month marked the arrival of China's Zhejiang Wu Opera Research Center - they were visiting Canada for a series of performances around the Toronto area. These Wu Opera performers were putting on a show commemorating the story of the Monkey King (Sun Wukong) and its story Journey to the West.
On January 6, 2025, the troupe made their way to the Wayland Li Wushu Center and our athletes were introduced to the Wu Opera team’s tumbling and performances techniques. In exchange, we demonstrated our wushu weapon and jumping techniques. It was a fun and friendly exchange and we thank the delegates who organized the troupe’s visit to our school.
Congrats Lia on your Gold Medal IWUF Post
Congrats Lia on your gold medal performance 🥇 at the 2024 World Junior Wushu Championships in Brunei to become world champion of Group B Daoshu. Well done!
The International Wushu Federation (IWUF) selects all gold medal winners and shares their videos as part of the “online learning classroom.” We’re thrilled that the IWUF selected Lia in this regard.
Jiayou!
We celebrate our achievements at Worlds
On Sunday, October 13th 2024, we celebrated with a party to honor the achievements of our athletes at the 9th World Junior Wushu Championships.
The party featured honored guests from local governments, parents of athletes, students of our school, and of course the 10 National Team athletes that competed at Worlds in Brunei. There was a short demonstration, a speech from Master Li, and plenty of food and fun.
Thanks to all the party organizers!
Champions at the 2024 World Junior Wushu Championships
Congratulations to the success of all 14 athletes from Team Canada, including 10 from Wayland Li Wushu, that participated in the 9th World Junior Wushu Championships!
Key achievements:
10 athletes from Wayland Li represented Canada on the National Wushu Team in taolu competition
Gold medal 🥇in Group B Gunshu for Lia Tang-Ruggiero
Gold medal 🥇in Group B Daoshu for Lia Tang-Ruggiero
Gold medal 🥇in Group C Daoshu for Ryan Gao
Silver medal 🥈in Group C Daoshu for Thea Dong
Bronze medal 🥉 in Group C Qiangshu for Eason Gao
Bronze medal 🥉in Group A Qiangshu for Chris Gao
Venus Li, Marcus Li, Amanda Sun, Allen Liu and Kai-Hsin Chang finishing with top 10 or better placements in their respective divisions
With 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals, there was the strongest showing for Team Canada ever in a single competition event. Canada placed 8th overall!
Congratulations to all of national team athletes from across Canada, including Junchen Yang, Virigina Cai, Melissa Hai and Julianna Huang. It was a blast to be on this journey together!
The championships were held in Brunei from September 22 - 29, 2024.
And a special congratulations to Shifu Wenqi Li and Coach Erica Li for your hard work and perserverance in coaching so many athletes.
Go, go, go Wushu go!
