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.

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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！

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2021 Online China Tournament

What to do during COVID when all competitions are cancelled? Enter online tournaments of course!

During the pandemic, we were saddened to learn that in-person tournaments were cancelled around the world. In May 2021, however, we were invited to participate in an online tournament hosted by the Sichuan Wushu Association, where we competed in a fun and open online youth competition.

The tournament featured athletes from across China’s Sichuan province … and our team from Canada! This was a great way to keep our athletes motivated to train and hone their skills.

A big thank you to Shifu, as well as Coach Ren Gang from the Sichuan Wushu Association.

Champions at the 2020 Ontario Winter Games

On February 27-March 1, 2020, the competition team from Wayland Li Wushu participated in the 2020 Ontario Winter Games. The event is held every two years in the largest Province of Canada and is supported by the Provincial Government. The games involve over 3500 participants in 27 sports over a 4 day period.

This is the second time that Wayland Li competed in the Winter Games. Achievements in Wushu Taolu events include:

• 5 Gold medals in multiple age divisions, 3 silver medals, 3 bronze medals

• Victor Yang was the overall gold medalist for the male Group A division (15+ years old) . Caleb Akai took the bronze medal.

• Ashley Liu was the overall silver medalist for the female Group A division

• Kai-Hsin Chang was the overall gold medalist for the male Group B in the changquan, daoshu, gunshu category

• Amanda Sun was the overall gold medalist for the female Group B in the changquan, jianshu, qiangshu category. Ruth Wen took the silver medal.

• Chris Gao was the overall gold medalist for the male Group C in the changquan, jianshu, qiangshu category

• Leping Ho was the overall bronze medalist for the female Group C in the changquan, jianshu, qiangshu category

• Robert Zhang was the overall bronze medalist for the male Group C in the changquan, daoshu, gunshu category

• Roberta Zhang was the overall gold medalist for the female Group C in the changquan, daoshu, gunshu category. Venus Li took the silver medal.

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Senior Athletes

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Group B Athletes

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Group C Athletes

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Wushu Taolu Results

Congrats World Champion Erica Li!

Congratulations to Erica Li, world champion that took home bronze for Double Straightsword at the 15th World Wushu Championships. The event was held in Shanghai, China from October 19th to 24th. Erica finished with a score of 9.17. We are very proud of you and your amazing accomplishment!

Team Canada results for Wayland Li Students:

Women’s Double Straightsword
Erica Li - 3rd Place/Bronze, score 9.17

Women’s Changquan
Winnie Cai - 9th place, score 9.59
Erica Li - 14th place, score 9.496

Men’s Daoshu
Rex Lam - 17th place, score 9.313
Dylan Liu - 31st place, score 8.546

Men’s Gunshu
Dylan Liu - 17th place, score 9.36
Rex Lam - 30th place, score 8.97

Men’s Changquan
Jason Chen-Leung - 24th place, score 9.26
Rex Lam - 34th place, score 9.166
Dylan Liu - 39th place, score 8.99

Team Canada competes at the 2019 Chungju World Martial Arts Masterships

The Chungju World Martial Arts Masterships were held from August 30-September 6, 2019 in Chungju, South Korea. The event brought together athletes from over 100 countries, and Wayland Li team members (as well as friends from Calgary and Vancouver) represented Team Canada in the Wushu event.

We would also like to thank the staff at the Canadian Embassy in Seoul for hosting us during our visit.

Rex Lam, Dylan Liu and Rasa Rahnema competed in the event. Congrats everyone for your amazing achievements!

Good luck at Nationals (and school will be closed May 25-26th)

Good luck to all the athletes — beginners and seasoned competitors — at this year’s Canadian Wushu Nationals. This is where all of your hard work pays off.

And a special thanks to all of the parents for their support, Shimu for getting everyone’s weapons and silks ready, and of course, Shifu for his countless hours dedicated to coaching.

Work hard and have fun!

Jia you!

2018 U.S. Challenge X

Congratulations to our 7 athletes from Wayland Li that competed in the 2018 U.S. Challenge X (美国精英赛)! 

The October 7th, 2018 competition 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.

In addition, the event hosted a “Train with Coach Wu Bin (吴彬)” workshop the day before the tournament. Our students were very honored and excited to train with Jet Li and Zhang Laoshi’s coach.

Thanks very much to Mr. Christopher Pei and Coach Zhang Guifeng for the warm welcome.

We celebrate World Wushu-Kungfu Day!

Did you know that August 11, 2018 was the first official World Wushu-Kungfu Day (WWKD) and it was proudly celebrated around the world?

The inaugural event marks the beginning of an annual day to celebrate wushu-kungfu. It was organized by the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) to raise global awareness of all styles and practitioners, whether traditional or contemporary wushu competition forms. 

Here in Canada, our national organization Wushu Canada hosted an event at the L’Amoreaux Community Centre and numerous wushu schools came together to celebrate the occasion.

Several Wayland Li students participated in the Wushu Warrior Circuit Training Challenge, consisting of a timed trail circuit that required athletes to jump, sprint and use strength to get through a challenging obstacle course. 

Congrats to all of our athletes and hope you had a fun time!

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!

Good luck at Worlds in Brazil!

On July 9-16, 2018, seven athletes from Wayland Li Martial Arts Centre will compete in the 7th World Junior Wushu Championships. This year's competition is hosted in Brasilia, Brazil, and our athletes will represent Canada in:

• Group A - Changquan, Daoshu, Gunshu; Nanquan, Nandao, Nangun
• Group B - Changquan, Daoshu, Jianshu, Gunshu, Qiangshu
• Group C - Changquan, Daoshu, Gunshu

Good luck to Rex, Rasa, Erica, Caleb, Zeina, Adam and Kai-Hsin.

Here is the promotional video introducing the event, compiled by the IWUF and Brazil's wushu organization.

More information can be found on the competition's website (https://www.7thwjwc.com/), including a schedule of events and results for the Taolu and Sanda events.

Good luck to Team Canada and jia you!