During the late seventies Lawrence Lee, a Malaysian born Chinese Australian, changed the face of kung fu in Australia and the Pacific.
Rising to prominence in the early seventies with featured appearances in the record breaking documentaries ‘World of Kung Fu’ and ‘Kung Fu Killers’ Lawrence established a kung fu school network encompassing schools throughout the Pacific.
Continue reading “Lawrence Lee and the first Kung Fu School in Fiji”
Kung Fu Wushu Australia has organised the 2018 Oceania Wushu Championships and will be held on Sunday 21st October 2018 at:
Springers Leisure Centre
400 Cheltenham Road
Keysborough, Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia
This tournament will have Wushu Taolu, Wushu Sanda, Traditional Kung Fu and Traditional Tai Chi events.
Download the information pack and register here: Oceania Championships
Closing date for internet registration is: Friday, 21st September 2018
OKWF President Walt Missingham, has advised that at the recent Executive Board Meeting in Macau
Kung Fu Wushu Association of Papua New Guinea
Kung Fu Wushu Samoa &
Kung Fu Wushu Solomon Islands
were all accepted as IWUF members. Continue reading “Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Solomon Islands accepted as IWUF members”
Oceania Kung Fu Wushu Federation President Walt Missingham recently attended the 35th Executive Board meeting of the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) in Macau and commented – “I am happy to advise that the recent Executive Board meeting of IWUF has approved. Continue reading “New IWUF Members from Oceania Confirmed”
“Today we stop and celebrate the great and positive impact that kung fu has had on our lives. Kung Fu has acted as a bridge between cultures that extols the virtues of patience, perseverance and mind body fitness across all ages.
-It started with Bruce Lee, we should never forget that.”
Walt Missingham
President Oceania Kung Fu Wushu Federation
