We can’t wait for the 4th Pan American Kungfu Championships. Jia you!
We Celebrate our World Champions!!!
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!
Champions at the 2022 World Junior Wushu Championships!
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!
Team Canada champion featured in media for World Junior Wushu Championships
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!
We train for the 2022 Canadian Wushu Team Trials!
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！
Congrats World Junior Wushu Champions!
Congratulations to all seven champions from Wayland Li Martial Arts Centre that competed in the 7th World Junior Wushu Championships in Brazil! It has been a long road of training and we are so proud of each of you. Great job representing Team Canada!
A special mention goes out to Adam Shaltout for winning a bronze medal in Group C Gunshu, and Kai-Hsin Chang for winning a bronze medal in Group C Daoshu. Your achievements inspire us!
New Friendships Made at the 2017 U.S. Challenge
Congratulations to our 8 athletes from Wayland Li that competed in the 2017 U.S. Challenge IX (美国精英赛)!
The competition was held on 7 October 2017. It was organized by the U.S. Wushu Academy, as well as support from Kung Fu Magazine (TigerClaw), Zhao Changjun Wushu Academy and World Swordsmen Federation.
A special thank you to Mr. Christopher Pei and Coach Zhang Guifeng for the warm welcome and invitation. We enjoyed the spirit of competition and making new friendships!
Key Achievements:
- Two Group B athletes (Erica, Zeina) took home 2 gold medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze.
- Five Group C athletes (Lia, Adam, Amanda, Kai-Hsin, Ian) took home 3 gold medals, 5 silver and 3 bronze.
- Wayland Li Martial Arts Centre placed second overall in terms of school competition division
2017 CPAC Summer Festival Wushu Demonstration (2017年华夏节武术表演)
Wushu kids from our competition team performed at the 14th CPAC Summer Festival, an outdoor event in the Chinese-Canadian community celebrating Multiculturalism and Canada Day. The event was held at Scarborough Civic Centre in Toronto, Canada on June 24, 2017.
Thank you to all of our athletes for a successful performance, and many thanks to the parent volunteers.
Our performance was covered by local newspaper Chinese Canadian Voice. Here is an excerpt of the article and photos featured on their website.
功夫了得，不愧都是世界级顶尖高手 (Wushu worthy of a world class master)
2017年华夏节风采
不知道是否是夏天的缘故，多伦多的周末是忙碌的！这在华人社区来说，情况更是如此！这不，刚刚过去的周六，6月24日，尽管风有点大， 但预报中的暴雨并没有降临，倒是难得的好天气。号称是华人社区最大的户外狂欢节–CPAC华夏节(Summer Festival)在Scarborough Town Cenre成功举行。
从众多的节目安排来看，这倒确实是社区大狂欢！就拿记者在现场的短短时间里，加拿大中国专业妇女协会百合花艺术团的女声三重唱《踩着云》、Ruby的小提琴独奏、李文启武术学院的中国功夫、成功中文学校鹭舞蹈团的舞蹈《春天在哪里》等，特别吸引老人和小孩子们。