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!

Congrats Yuki on China tournament achievements!

Congrats Yuki Xu for your achievements at the 2024 Guangdong Kids Wushu Elite Tournament (2024年广东省少儿武术精英赛), in Shenzhen, China.

Yuki competed in the youth division and took home a gold medal 🥇and silver medal 🥈in Changquan and Gunshu.

The tournament had over 300 teams from across the province of Guangdong, with more than 10,000 young athletes competing in various wushu taolu divisions.

Congrats Yuki on becoming the Guangdong Province young champion!

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Congrats Ryan on your Gold Medal IWUF Post

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!

Congrats Lia on your Gold Medal IWUF Post

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

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!

Champions at the 2024 World Junior Wushu Championships

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

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!

Champions at the 2024 Canadian National Selection event!

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.

Upcoming Wushu Championships - let's go!

This fall brings plenty of national and international Wushu competitions.

We thrilled to be competing at the Canadian National Championships this coming weekend, and then at PanAm Wushu Championships later in August (Santa Clara, California).

Our athletes have been training hard under the guidance of Master Li. We hope to make the Canadian National Team and compete at this year’s 9th World Junior Wushu Championships being held in Brunei.

Jia you!

Champions at the 2024 PanAm Selection Event!

Congratulations to the success of all 44 athletes from Wayland Li Wushu that competed in the 2024 Ontario Martial Arts Games and Selection Event!

Key achievements:

• 44 athletes in high performance Wushu divisions with stellar results: 41 gold medals 🥇, 28 silver medals 🥈, and 12 bronze medals 🥉

• Optional Division: 9 gold medals 🥇, 4 silver medals 🥈. Athletes that qualified for PanAm Games include Erica, Rex, Caleb and Tiggy.

• Group A: 8 gold medals 🥇, 9 silver medals 🥈, and 1 bronze medal 🥉. Athletes that qualified for PanAm Games include Amanda, Chloe, Ellie, Kai-Hsin, Chris and Allen.

• Group B: 14 gold medals 🥇, 8 silver medals 🥈, and 7 bronze medal 🥉. Athletes that qualified for PanAm Games include Lia, Venus, Roberta, Cindy, Marcus, Lucas, Timmy, Johnny and Robert.
  

• Group C: 10 gold medals 🥇, 7 silver medals 🥈, and 4 bronze medal 🥉. Athletes that qualified for PanAm Games include Thea, Brianna, Clara, Khloe, Avery, Ryan, Eason and Jiahao.

Congrats to everyone!!! Jia you!