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”.

Oceania Kung Fu Wushu President, Walt Missingham recently visited Vanuatu to facilitate the formation of the newest Oceania Kung Fu Wushu Federation member ‘Kung Fu Wushu Vanuatu’.

Walt commented: Vanuatu joins PNG, New Zealand and Australia in what is the expanding presence of Kung Fu Wushu in the Oceania region. This is an important step as we move to achieve the recognition of Kung Fu/Wushu as a Pacific Games sport. Jean Baptiste Leong and his team have my complete confidence in their capacity to advance kung fu/wushu participation in Vanuatu”

The 14th World Wushu Championships (WWC) will take place from September 27th to October 3rd in Kazan City, Russia.

Click here to find the 14th WWC Regulations. Please note the deadline for the final entry to be completed through the online system is on August 4th, 2017.

IWUF has also announced that an event website featuring the Championships is under construction and shall be launched soon. Please stay tuned!

Oceania Kung fu Wushu Federation President, Walt Missingham, has advised that IWUF has declared the IKFF as a conflicting organisation. The full notice can be viewed here:

2016-07-18 Important Notice -International Kung Fu Federation (IKFF) determined as conflicting organization

Walt has advised that the Oceania membership policy will be amended to accommodate this IWUF directive.

Oceania Kung Fu Wushu Federation President Walt Missingham has today advised that the IWUF Executive Board held its 32nd meeting on November 14th, 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia, it was decided by the EB that the name of the World Traditional Wushu Championships will be officially changed to the World Kungfu Championships, namely, the 7th World Kungfu Championships for the 2017 edition.

Walt commented; “I have been pushing for this change for some time so it is good that it is finally done. This is an important and proactive step in improving the ‘brand recognition’ for our sport internationally.”