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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!
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!
Congrats Erica and Rex on your outstanding achievements at the 16th World Wushu Championships in Texas, USA.
You should be extremely proud of your accomplishments - we were thrilled watching the livestream and cheering you on!
Well done!
Good luck Erica and Rex at the 16th World Wushu Championships!! JIA YOU!!!
The 16th World Wushu Championships are around the corner, and our athletes are ready to represent Team Canada on the global stage!
This year’s championships are hosted in Dallas, Texas from November 14-22, 2023.
From Wayland Li Wushu, we have two athletes on the national team: Erica Li competing in the Women’s Division, and Rex Lam competing in the Men’s Division.
Good luck to the both of you!
Jia you! 加油！
On December 18th, 2022, we held a celebration party for the 8 Wayland Li athletes that competed in the 2022 8th World Junior Wushu Championships. The party was attended by the athletes and their families, as well as the existing students, parents and supporters of our school. It was a great way to celebrate our team’s success on the world stage!
We would also like to thank all the generous donors that supported the team - your gesture is much appreciated!
Also, thank you to the team at Canada Newstar Talent for covering the event and interviewing our team members, Coach Erica and Shifu. Very cool!
Congratulations to the success of all 12 athletes from Team Canada, including 8 from Wayland Li Wushu, that participated in the 8th World Junior Wushu Championships! The event was held from December 3rd to 11th in Tangerang, Indonesia.
Key achievements:
Gold medal in Group B Gunshu, Silver medal in Group B Changquan and Bronze medal in Group B Daoshu for Lia Tang-Ruggiero
Bronze medal in Group C Daoshu for Venus Li
Bronze medal in Group C Gunshu for Sophia Liao
Caleb Akai, Amanda Sun, Chris Gao, Allen Liu and Marcus Li finishing with top 10 or better placements in their respective divisions
Congrats to all of the Canadian athletes - you are all winners and represented Canada proudly
A very special thank you to the kind donors that supported with their generosity. Thank you very much!
Furthermore, thank you to all the parents and supporters during this competition. Great team work and collaboration all around!
And finally, a huge thank you and congratulations to Shifu for all of his efforts with our athletes. Jia you!
On December 2022, the York Region Times published an article on the victorious Team Canada wushu athletes, coaches and delegation officials.
Here is the article below and the original article below.
Jia you!
第八屆世界青少年武術錦標賽於2022年12月2日至10日在印度尼西亞萬丹省坦格朗市舉行，由國際武術聯合會主辦，印度尼西亞武術協會承辦，本屆世界青少年錦標賽吸引了來自62個國家和地區的800多名選手，比賽分武術套路和武術散打兩大項目，共產生71枚金牌。其中武術散打分為兩個年齡組，設置男女17個比賽級別。加拿大選手榮獲1金1銀4銅佳績。
在國際武聯IWUF秘書長張秋平、印度尼西亞總統佐科·維多多 Joko Widodo、印尼青年與體育部長翟努丁·阿馬里（Zainudin Amali）、印尼國家體育委員會主席瑪律恰諾·諾曼（Marciano Norman）、印尼國家奧會執行委員會委員賈迪·拉賈·古古（Jadi Raja Gukguk）和印尼武術協會全體執委會委員，印尼高級經濟部長兼印尼武術協會主席艾朗加·哈塔托（Airlangga Hartarto）的共同見證下，第八屆世界青少年武術錦標賽舉行開幕儀式並順利進行。
加拿大武術團體聯合總會會長兼國際武聯執委鄧華師傅表示，今屆加拿大代表隊獲得很好的成積，分別取得1金1銀4銅佳績。其中包括：B組 的 Lia Mun-Lei Tang-Ruggiero 取得長拳銀牌、刀術銅牌及棍術金牌。而 C組的Fan Li 取得刀術銅牌 、Sophia Jiaqi Liao 取得棍術銅牌，以及散打55公斤級的Johnny Filtness 取得銅牌。
鄧華稱，我謹代表加拿大武術團體聯合總會感謝所有出席第8 屆世界青少年武術錦標賽的教練員、運動員和家長們的團隊精神，共同努力，才能取得到優異的成績。也感謝加拿大境內所有的會友對比賽過程中的支持和關心，給予我們團隊在精神上的鼓勵和力量，特別感謝Alan Tang 做了大量賽前和比賽過程中的準備工作、我們將繼續努力為2026 青少年奧運做好準備。
鄧華續稱，閉幕儀式由印尼體育部長兼副總統穆罕默德優素福卡拉Muhammad Jusuf Kalla主持，原來這位副總統也研習詠春拳，在閉幕儀式後，更與他互相研究黐手。此外，他亦要特別感謝印尼高級經濟部長兼印尼武術協會主席艾朗加·哈塔托Airlangga Hartarto的熱情款待，尤其是在比賽期間，往返酒店與會場，都安排了警車開路，值得贊賞。
第八屆世界青少年武術錦標賽分為套路和散打兩個組別，1. 套路A組：出生年份：2004年、2005、2006年、2007年。第三套國際武術競賽套路：長拳、刀術、劍術、棍術、槍術; 南拳、南刀、南棍; 太極拳、太極劍、太極扇; 對練。B組：出生年份：2008年、2009年、2010年。第一套國際武術競賽套路：長拳、刀術、劍術、棍術、槍術; 南拳、南刀、南棍; 太極拳（42式）; 太極劍（42式）。C組：出生年份：2011年、2012年、2013年、2014年。初級套路：長拳（第三路）、刀術、劍術、棍術、槍術
2. 散打分為青年組：出生年份：2005年、2006年、2007年。男子專案（8）：48公斤級、52公斤級、56公斤級、60公斤級、65公斤級、70公斤級、75公斤級、80公斤級。女子專案（4）：48公斤級、52公斤級、56公斤級、60公斤級少年組：出生年份：2008年、2009年、2010年。男子專案（5）：42公斤級、45公斤級、48公斤級、52公斤級、56公斤級。
The media group Xinhua featured a series of photos from the 2022 World Junior Wushu Championships and covered a few of the athletes during their taolu routines.
Lia Tang-Ruggiero was featured in one of these photos during his bronze-medal Daoshu performance.
Check it out here!
The 2022 Canadian National Wushu Championships will be held from July 28 to 31st in Thunder Bay, Ontario. We are super excited to be training and sending a superb team to the national team trial selections. All the best to all athletes and take this time to train hard!!!
The venue will be held at Lakehead University and will feature High Performance Wushu athletes, traditional Kungfu, Taiji and Sanda events.
Athletes that make the Canadian National team will have the opportunity to compete in the World Junior Wushu Championships this December, which will be held in Indonesia.
Good luck to everyone and train hard!!
加油！
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
