The International Wushu Federation (IWUF) has announced that they have officially created a World Wushu Kung Fu Day for all wushu and kung fu practitioners to celebrate.
WWKD will be held annually on the first Saturday after August 8th of each year, with the first celebration being held this year on Saturday 11th August 2018. Continue reading “IWUF announces annual World Kung Fu Wushu Day”
On May 13, 2018, the IWUF delegation led by President Yu Zaiqing, representatives from Chinese Wushu Association (CWA), and the Shanghai Municipal Sport Bureau held a meeting to discuss the preparation of the 15th World Wushu Championships (WWC) which will be held in 2019. Continue reading “2019 WWC Host City Contract Signing Ceremony in Shanghai, China”
Walt recently attended the 14th Annual Wushu World Championships and Congress in Kazan Russia in his capacity as the President of the Oceania Kung Fu Wushu Federation. Walt commented “the last time I was in Russia I was shooting the documentary ‘Last Circus’ back then it was the USSR and a communist country. It was great to see the tremendous advances that have been made in Russia since that time”.
Later this month the 14th World Wushu Championships will be staged in Kazan Russia. Australia will be sending a full team of athletes and coaches and is hopeful of improving on its great results in 2015 in Indonesia.
We send our thanks and best wishes to all Australian Team Members and hope they have the very best of luck.
For those who can’t be in Russia tune into worldwushu.tv for the daily broadcast of all events.
KWA President has been confirmed as the Vice Chairman IWUF Marketing & Development Committee. Walt commented “the marketing of our sport has evolved over the years and I am very pleased that my contributions have made some positive difference. Changing the name of the World Traditional Wushu Championships to the World Kung Fu Championships was a great step forward in our global brand recognition and the recent establishment of worldwushu.tv has been a tremendously successful initiative. Our sport now has a global inertia that will only get better”.
