The Wushu Culture Association (WCA) was formed in 1997 to promote Chinese martial Arts and other aspects of Chinese culture. It is linked to WUDEGUAN (School of Martial Ethics), a school our principal instructor has been associated with for over 25 years. Through these schools, we offer both traditional and contemporary programmes drawing on internationally […]
The 1st Junior World Wushu Championships, held in Malaysia from August 20-25th 2006 marked an important step in the development of Wushu internationally. 44 countries, including New Zealand, competed in Taolu (forms) and Sanshou (free sparring). Youngsters aged between 13 and 17 years took their first step to gain experience with the best in the […]
Introduction Wushu, the Chinese term for Martial Arts, covers a great variety of styles and all of them include combat as a very important aspect of their systems. To take a few examples, Taiji Quan has the specific fighting techniques of Tuishou (Push Hands), Bagua Zhang has the fighting techniques of Roushou (soft hands), and […]
China, the birthplace of Wushu or Chinese Martial Arts, showed its superiority in the game when it collected 18 gold at the eighth Wushu world championships in Hanoi, Vietnam held from 8th – 15th December 2005.Vietnam was second with 5 gold, Malaysia third with 4 gold and the Philippines fourth, with 3 gold in the competition. […]
The following article is part of the material used in my studies at the Beijing Sports University Wushu Department. It is the result of research done in the 1990’s by the Chinese Wushu Research Institute and approved by China’s Sports Commission and the Chinese Wushu Association. It was published by the International Wushu Federation. I […]
We are heading towards the end of 2005 and still there are more exciting events for the Chinese Martial Arts Community in New Zealand. Each year more and more people become interested in Tai Chi. The workshops we held in August provided Tai Chi students with a rare opportunity to train with an internationally respected […]
2005 has brought another great year for Wushu – Chinese Martial Arts. The year's events started with the World Taichi Qi Gong Day on the 30th April. This year saw the largest participation since we started holding the event four years ago. As each country begins at 10:00am local time, New Zealand plays an important […]
The Chinese word wushu means "martial arts" and is used in China to talk about all of the Chinese martial arts schools, including Taijiquan. In this issue of the magazine, I would like to explain how Chinese martial arts systems work in terms of content (elements within systems) and system (the different training methods used […]
Following are the dates for Wushu events in 2005. The details will be confirmed by February 14th 2005 and further information will be available on this website www.1wushu.co.nz Saturday 30th April 2005 World Tai Chi and Qi Gong Day Saturday 28th May 2005 Auckland Wushu Festival Saturday 30th July 2005 Auckland Sanshou Tournament August 19,20 […]
When I arrived with the New Zealand Wu Shu team for the First World Traditional Wu Shu Festival in China, I had no idea that this trip would be one of the most unforgettable experiences of my life. First stop, Shanghai. NZ team at Shaolin temple At Shanghai Airport I was bursting with excitement. I […]