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World Champions return home from World Juniors!

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Congratulations to the success of all 14 athletes from Team Canada, including 9 from Wayland Li Wushu, that participated in the 10th World Junior Wushu Championships!

Dates: March 26-31 Location: Tianjin, China

Key achievements:

  • 9 athletes from Wayland Li represented Canada on the National Wushu Team in taolu competition

  • Gold medal 🥇in Girls Youth Group A Changquan for Lia Tang-Ruggiero

  • Gold medal 🥇in Girls Youth Group A Gunshu for Lia Tang-Ruggiero

  • Bronze medal 🥉 in Girls Youth Group A Daoshu for Lia Tang-Ruggiero

  • Gold medal 🥇in Girls Junior Group B Qiangshu for Venus Li

  • Gold medal 🥇in Boys Junior Group B Qiangshu for Eason Gao

  • Silver medal 🥈in Boys Junior Group B Jianshu for Eason Gao

  • Gold medal 🥇in Boys Junior Group B Nangun for Lucas Liu

  • Gold medal 🥇in Girls Group C Gunshu Thea Dong

  • Bronze medal 🥉 in Girls Group C Daoshu for Thea Dong

  • Gold medal 🥇in Girls Group C Nanquan Khloe Peng

  • 8th place in Boys Youth Group A Gunshu for Allen Liu

  • 4th place in Boys Group C Jianshu and Qiangshu for Lucas Caragheorghii

  • 6th place in Boys Group C Nanqdao for Derrick Sun

  • With 7 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals, this was the strongest showing for Team Canada Wushu. Canada placed 4th for Taolu!!

Congratulations to all of national team athletes from across Canada, including Junchen Yang, Miranda Wei, Max Dong, Roberta Zhang and Matea Cheng. It was a blast to be on this journey together!

And a special congratulations to Shifu Wenqi Li and Coach Erica Li for your hard work and perserverance in coaching so many athletes.

Well done!

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10 Days until the World Junior Wushu Championships!

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We are 10 days out until the World Junior Wushu Championships, and the team from Wayland Li Wushu are ready to respresent Canada in Tianjin, China.

We’ve been training diligently and DAILY to make this Wushu dream a reality … and make Team Canada proud.

Let’s go!

Group A Athletes

Group B Athletes

Group C Athletes

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Success at the IWUF Wushu Taolu Junior Athletes Training Camp

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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!

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Family Weekend CNY Demos at the Aga Khan Museum

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The Wayland Li Wushu Team performed at the Aga Khan Museum during the Family Day weekend celebrations, which featured Lunar New Year activities welcoming the Year of the Horse. The event was presented in partnership with the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto and included cultural performances and family activities.

Dates: Saturday, February 14 – Monday, February 16

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Wushu Demo for CNY Chinese Consulate Event

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On February 6, 2026, the Wayland Li Wushu team performed wushu for a Year of the Horse celebration at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto. The event was held in honour of Canadian government officials and the business community, as well as members of the Chinese Consulate in Toronto.

See more coverage here.

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Celebrating Year of the Horse with Wushu in Burlington

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On February 7, 2026, the Wayland Li Wushu demonstration team performed lion dance, dragon dance and wushu for the Lunar New Year Celebration Gala at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre. The event was hosted by Redleaf Cultural Integration and featured our top athletes. Nice job guys!

Contact Details

Wayland Li Martial Centre 李文启武术学院
Master Wayland Li (李文启师傅)
145 Royal Crest Ct, Unit 28
Markham, ON L3R 9Z4

Email: info@waylandliwushu.com

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