Congrats to our Athletes on Your Wushu Canada Awards!

Congratulations to Lia and Amanda!

On March 17, 2024, Wushu Canada — together with the City of Markham — recognized two Wushu Canada athletes from Wayland Li Wushu for their accomplishments in the sport.

  • Lia Tang-Ruggiero was recognized as “Most promising Wushu Taolu Athlete of the Year 2023”

  • Amanda Sun was recognized as “Wushu Taolu Rising Star of the Year 2023”

In 2022, at the 8th World Junior Wushu Championships, Lia won gold for Group B Gunshu, silver for Group B Changquan and bronze for Group B Daoshu. Amanda placed 5th in Group B Jianshu and 6th in Group B Qiangshu.

Thank you to Shifu Li for his diligent coaching througout the years.

Further, thank you to Mr. Sunny Tang, president of Wushu Canada for presenting the award, as well as Rosalynn Kwok for coordinating the awards.

Amazing stuff!




Champions at Ottawa Open Wushu Championship

On March 9th, 2024, we joined our wushu friends in a provincial competition at the 2024 Ottawa Open Wushu Championships.

The event was held in North Gower, Ontario at the Alfred Taylor Recreation Centre.

Our Wayland Li athletes competed along with friends from Sunny Tang, Wushu Ottawa, Maple China Wushu, Quebec Wushu and many other teams.

Congratulations to the success of all 11 athletes from Wayland Li Wushu!

Dates: March 9th, 2024

Location: Ottawa, ON

Key achievements:

  • 11 athletes from Wayland Li competed in the Ottawa Open Wushu Championships

  • 12 Gold medals 🥇, 9 Silver medals 🥈and 4 Bronze medals 🥉

  • Congrats to Khloe, Maximus, Johnny, Eunice, Ellie, Bohan, Elva, Oscar, Jediah, Cindy and Yawen

And a special congratulations to Shifu Li and Coach Erica for your mentorship and hard work preparing everyone for the championship.

Jia you!


Wayland Li Wushu Team at the 2024 Ottawa Open Wushu Championship

 

Group B

Cindy Shui
Eunice Sun
Ellie Jiang
Elva Wang
Yawen Zhang

Johnny Liang
Oscar Lin
Jediah Tu

Group C

Khloe Peng

Maximus Yu
Bohan Jiang


Results for Wayland Li Wushu Athletes at the 2024 Ottawa Open Wushu Championship

 

Group B Girls - Changquan

Eunice Sun, Gold medal🥇, 8.367
Cindy Shui, Silver medal🥈, 8.183
Elva Wang, Bronze medal 🥉, 7.877

Group B Girls - Jianshu

Cindy Shui, Gold medal🥇, 8.267

 

Group B Girls - Qiangshu

Cindy Shui, Gold medal🥇, 7.74
Ellie Jiang, Bronze medal 🥉, 6.98

Group B Girls - Daoshu

Elva Wang, Gold medal🥇, 8.09
Eunice Sun, Silver medal 🥈, 7.67

 

Group B Girls - Gunshu

Elva Wang, Gold medal🥇, 7.633
Eunice Sun, Silver medal 🥈, 7.46
Yawen Zhang, Silver medal 🥈

 

Group B Boys - Changquan

Jediah Tu, Silver medal🥈, 8.083
Oscar Lin, Bronze medal 🥉, 8.00

Group B Boys - Daoshu

Oscar Lin, Silver medal🥈, 8.17

 

Group B Boys - Gunshu

Oscar Lin, Bronze medal 🥉, 7.767

Group B Boys - Nanquan

Johnny Liang, Bronze medal 🥉, 7.703

 

Group B Boys - Nandao

Johnny Liang, Bronze medal 🥉, 8.133

Group B Boys - Nangun

Johnny Liang, Silver medal🥈, 7.817

 

Group C Girls - Changquan

Khloe Peng, Gold medal 🥇, 8.70

Group C Girls - Daoshu

Khloe Peng, Gold medal 🥇

 

Group C Girls - Gunshu

Khloe Peng, Gold medal 🥇

 

Group C Boys - Changquan

Maximus Yu, Gold medal 🥇, 8.167
Bohan Jiang, Silver medal🥈, 8.07

Group C Boys - Daoshu

Maximus Yu, Gold medal 🥇, 7.818
Bohan Jiang, Silver medal🥈, 7.867

 

Group C Boys - Gunshu

Maximus Yu, Gold medal 🥇, 7.923
Bohan Jiang, Gold medal 🥇, 7.91


Family Day Weekend Lunar New Year Demo

Three days in a row of Wushu performances, and Lion and Dragon Dances!

Thank you Aga Khan Musuem and the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto for hosting us to showcase our team at your Family Day Weekend events.

Great job everyone!

Wushu x Chinese Spring Festival Banquet 2024

The Chinese Spring Festival Banquet was hosted by the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto (17 Feb 2024), and Wayland Li Wushu performed:

  • Lion Dance

  • Dragon Dance

  • Wushu

Plenty of red lanterns, LED-powered lions, red performance silks and amazing displays of athleticism.

Well done team!

Many other Lunar New Demos!

Here are a few demos we did over the 2nd week of February - Happy New Year of the Dragon!


Willam Berczy P.S.


Consulate Demo


RBC Corporate Demo


BAYVIEW villAGE Mall Demo


St. Andrew’s College

Chinese Cultural Centre Demo Complete!

Non-stop wushu? Non-stop lion and dragon dance? We got it - no problem.

On February 10th, Wayland Li Wushu performed at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto for the Year of the Dragon festival.

Jia you!

Burlington Performing Arts Centre Demo Complete!

On February 10th, we performed at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre for Year of the Dragon festivities.

That makes three demos in one day! Phew…

Well done everyone.


Wushu Demonstration


Lion and Dragon Dance

Wushu Demo #3 for the CNY Season!!

We did it again - Wushu demo number three concluded for the Year of the Dragon.

This time we were invited to perform in the production “Chinese Stories, Chinese New Year” (中国故事,中国年) at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. The event was held on January 28, 2024.

Well done to everyone!

2024 Year of the Dragon Wushu Demo in Markham

Second demo of the Lunar New Year done!! This time it was all wushu… on a very small stage. But we adapted and figured it out.

The event was held on January 27, 2024 in Markham, Ontario.

Jia you 加油!

Kicking off Lunar New Year with Lion and Dragon Dance

On January 25, 2024, the Wayland Li Wushu team performed Lion Dance and Dragon Dance in Markham, Ontario to kick off the Lunar New Year. The event was held for the 21st Century Realty team, and celebrated the Year of the Dragon.

Well done team!