Wushu Media Information
2008 Achievement award Nominees
With this year's Achievement awards Night, we bring to you the full list of all Recipients of the Awards. (Click Here)
2008 Competition Scheduling
Preparation for this years commpetition schedule has been a challenging but fruitful experience for the staff at WUSHUCanada. In an unprecedented lineup of competition, Canada will be sending it's National Team to the Pan American Championships, the Beijing Olympic Tournament, the TREX Games, the World Traditional Wushu Championships and the World Junior Wushu Championships. Team selections are ongoing for several events and congratulations to the team members of the Beijing Championships and TREX Games, all members of the Senior National Team who qualified last year in the World Championships.
Official entry of Wushu into IOC
In 1994, International Wushu Federation (IWUF) was accepted as a member of the General Association of International Sports Federation (GAISF). This body is a recognized association formed by both the summer and winter Olympics Federation for international sports federations to discuss common problems and decide on their sports events calendars.
In 1999, the IWUF was provisionally recognized by the international Olympic Committee (IOC) and finally, in February 2002, the IWUF was fully recognized by the IOC. Like all sports, the opportunity for Wushu routines to reach its fullest potential is intrinsically linked to the IOC and the high ideals of the Olympic Movement. The IWUF and its member federations are fully committed to comply with all IOC directives.
In the recently concluded 10th China National Games held in Nanjing in October 2005, Jacques Rogge, President of the IOC, announced that there will be a Wushu competition in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. However, all medals awarded for Wushu will not be included in the overall Games medal tally. Nevertheless, this is good news for IWUF and its member countries and the millions of Wushu practitioners and supporters worldwide.
The IWuF has now attained formal confirmation from the IOC on this announcement. The IWUF and the international Wushu fraternity are most hopeful that this will be the prelude for Wushu to be accepted as an official Olympic sport in the future Olympic Games.
Wushu in the Toronto District School Board
Since early February, member coaches and athletes of Wushu Canada and Wushu Ontario began conducting introductory wushu programs at schools across the city. To date 12 schools have been visited by our wushu performance team and 5 schools have implemented wushu into their daily phys-ed program. "The students and the physical education teachers are learning great skills, gaining confidence and an appreciation for the program" - Tammy Ross, Principal.
Through the "Wushu for All" program, Wushu Canada has been able to directly introduce the sport to over 5000 participants. "The goal of the program is not to train high level athletes; it is simply there to introduce the public to the benefits of the sport and to educate participants on the unique attributes found in wushu" - Alan Tang.
The program is ongoing and has been very successful earning great reviews from teachers, principals and parents throughout the Toronto District School Board. Afterschool programs will be implemented beginning May 2007.
For more information visit www.wushuontario.ca.
Wushu Tournament Beijing 2008
Mr. Gilbert Felli, Executive Director of the Olympic Games sent a letter to all the NOCs of the Olympic family on December 7，2006, notifying that there will be a Wushu Tournament Beijing 2008 during the Olympic Games. The dates are August 21 – 24, 2008. The venue will be the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium. The participants shall be 120 from 25 national federations. The events will include taolu and sanshou for both men and women. These athletes shall be qualified from the 9th World Wushu Championships.
World Games
The 9th World Games will be held in Gaoxiong, Taiwan from July 16 to 26, 2009. On behalf of the IWUF, Mr. Wang Xiaolin, Secretary General of the IWUF has been discussing with the President of International World Games Association and CEO of the Organizing Committee of the World Games about wushu issue on many occasions. The Gaoxiong Organizing Committee officially informed the IWUF that it was approved wuushu would be an invitational event of the Games. The detailed information will be notified to all the IWUF members in due course.
9th World Wushu Championships
Since the stadium for the venue of the 9th World Wushu Championships is under renovation and wushu competition shall be held after Handball Qualification System for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the 9th World Wushu Championships will be held in early November 2007. The Regulations of the Championships will be circulated to all the IWUF members in April, 2007. The IWUF Technical Committee, Medical Committee, Traditional Wushu Committee, Marketing & Development Committee meetings and 9th Congress will also be held during this time. Proposals for the IWUF Constitution and nominations for election shall be submitted to the IWUF Secretariat 6 months prior to the Congress.
Added: After consultations with the BOCOG and other parties, the dates and venue for hosting the 9th World Wushu Championships and Qualifying Competition for 2008 Wushu Tournament is now fixed. The competition will be held in Beijing from November 11th to 17th, The IWUF secretariat will formally inform the EC and TC about the details. After all are confirmed we will notify the member associations. 2007. The regulations of the Championship and the criteria for the selection will be drafted by the IWUF Technical Committee, and will be submitted to the Executive Committee for approval.
The IWUF Executive Committee, Technical Committee and Traditional Wushu Committee meetings
On October 15 and 16, 2006, the IWUF Executive Committee, Technical Committee and Traditional Wushu Committee meetings were held in Zhengzhou, China during the 2nd World Traditional Wushu Championships. The Executive Committee discussed the matters regarding wushu’s entry into the Commonwealth Games and the World Games. The Technical Committee studied the Regulations of 2nd World Junior Wushu Championships and the Regulations of the 9th World Wushu Championships. The Traditional Wushu Committee discussed traditional wushu development in each continent.
Fact F.A.Q There are currently 116 Official member nations in the IWuF. |
Did you Know? Amy Wong a former Canadian National Team member has been the Female all-round champion in Hong Kong for the past three years, winning 2 bronze medals at the 2004 South East Asian Games, a silver medal at the 2006 World Wushu Championships and a Silver medal at the 2005 East Asian Games |
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