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!

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Red Leaf Year of the Snake Demo in Burlington

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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!

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Congrats Ryan on your Gold Medal IWUF Post

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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!

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First Lunar New Year Performance Complete!

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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…

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Wushu Exchange with Zhejiang Wu Opera Troupe

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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.

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Congrats Lia on your Gold Medal IWUF Post

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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!

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We celebrate our achievements at Worlds

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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!

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Champions at the 2024 World Junior Wushu Championships

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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!

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Congrats on results at 2024 Pan-Am Wushu Championships

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Congratulates to all Canadian athletes that competed in the 2024 Pan-American Wushu Championships! 

Dates: August 29th - September 2, 2024

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States

Key Achievements:

  • Nearly 60 members of the Canadian Wushu National Team competed in the championships, representing Canada among more than 1,000 athletes from 12 countries participating in the games

  • Wayland Li athletes won a total of 21 🥇gold medals, 19 🥈silver medals and 10 🥉bronze medals

  • Congratulations everyone on your hard work and amazing achievements!

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Champions at the 2024 Canadian National Selection event!

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Congratulates to all 30 athletes from Wayland Li that competed in the 2024 Canadian Nationals! 

Dates: August 3rd and 4th, 2024

Location: Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada

Key Achievements:

  • 10 athletes from Wayland Li selected to represent Canada on our Junior National Wushu team at the 9th World Junior Wushu Championships in Brunei. Congratulations to:

    • A Group: Amanda Sun, Allen Liu, Chris Gao, Kai-Hsin Chang

    • B Group: Lia Tang-Ruggiero, Venus Li, Marcus Li

    • C Group: Thea Dong, Ryan Gao, Eason Gao

  • 8 gold medals, 6 silver and 1 bronze for our Group A athletes Amanda, Chris, Allen, Kai-Hsin, Chloe and Ellie

  • 9 gold medals, 7 silver and 7 bronze medals for our Group B athletes Lia, Venus, Marcus, Robert, Roberta, Lucas, Timmy, Johnny

  • 6 gold medals, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals for Group C athletes Thea, Clara, Ryan and Eason

  • 6 gold medals, 3 silver and 2 bronze for Senior athletes Erica, Rex, Caleb and Antigone

  • 3 gold medals, 5 silver medals and many top 5 finishes for Open Recreational athletes Ashany, Madison, Ella, Louise, Jacob, Lucas and Tommy.

  • Rex Lam was the 2024 Canadian National Champion for senior male athletes, and Erica Li was the 2024 Canadian National Champion for senior female athletes

  • Open recreational events: 8 students participated in competition for the first time, taking home many gold, silver and bronze medals.

The 2024 Canadian Junior National Wushu Team: (front row from right to left): Allen, Chris, Kai-Hsin, Virginia, Amanda, Julianna, Marcus, Junchen, Lia and Venus; (middle row from right to left): Ryan, Eason, Melissa and Thea.

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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