Wushu, widely known as Chinese Kungfu, will make its debut as an official sport at the 2022 Dakar Youth Olympic Games.

LAUSANNE, Jan. 8: After appearing as special exhibition events at both the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games, Wushu, widely known as Chinese Kungfu, will make its debut as an official sport at the 2022 Dakar Youth Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee confirmed at Wednesday’s executive board meeting.

It is the first time that Wushu will be officially included in Olympic competition.

With a long history and deep roots in the country’s cultural and spiritual traditions, Chinese traditional wushu elegantly unites the body and spirit. China wishes to share these qualities with the world.

Following the promotional efforts of the International Wushu Federation and Chinese Wushu Association, Wushu has gained a wide-ranging popularity across the world, especially among young participants. Statistics show that, today, about 120 million people are engaged in Wushu around the globe.

The 2020 World Taiji  Championships will be held in Italy

Applications for a spot on the National Tai Chi Team are now available.

You can download the application pack here: Application Form

Or Register through Eventbrite here: Eventbrite

For further updates, go to the IWUF website here: IWUF

Applications are invited for the position of High Performance coach (Taolu or Sanda) for 2020 – 2024 with the basic role description as follows:

• Successful candidate’s performance will be reviewed after two years. If his / her job performance or team performance is not satisfactory, he / she may be replaced.
• Is automatically the national team head coach for the international tournaments during their four year term.
• Is expected to attend all IWuF international tournaments during their term. (World Championships, Regional Championships such as Oceania, and other special IWuF  sanctioned events).
• Should be at every national tournament to look at new talent.
• Will work with KWA Team Selection Panel to decide team officials for each tournament. For example: assistant coach / medic / manager.

Download the application here (HP Coach application) for more information.

KWA President Walt Missingham has today confirmed that the 2020 World SANDA Cup will be staged in Melbourne from the 4-6 September 2020. The event will be the biggest martial arts event ever staged in Australia and the first World Championships to be conducted by KWA.
The multi million dollar Event is being fully backed by the global martial arts event giant KLF and will feature the largest global media coverage ever provided to an Australian martial arts event. Walt paid tribute to the commitment, professionalism and vision of KLF Founder & CEO Jiang Hua and KLF Pacific Asia CEO Ted Yang. We all look forward to what will be a truly amazing milestone on the evolution of martial arts media events.

The World Wushu Championships were held recently in Shanghai, China with athletes from across Australia competing in both Sanda and Taolu events.

Taolu Head Coach Kee Lee Tan, acknowledged the strong effort put in by the athletes with the support of the team officials, especially with tough competition from over 15 countries.

Some notable Taolu results came from Corey Johnstone coming 4th in XingYi Quan, Jessica Lim/Elizabeth Lim coming 5th in Female Duilian and Jessica Lim coming 6th in Female Daoshu.

Sanda Head Coach Rob Williams said:

“For me personally there was a great team atmosphere and to have every Aussie Sanda team member finish in the top 16 in the world it was very rewarding, it was very exciting and shows just how far we have come as country in regards to Sanda.

The quality of the competition was second to none which is to be expected at a World event. All the Australian fighters should hold their heads high as they gave their best and competed with good spirit and honour I was very proud of their efforts.

Congratulation to all and well done. Be it Sanda or Taolu I believe we had a true combined Australian team with true National pride and it was a joy to be a part of it”.

The team’s results can be found here: 15th World Wushu Championships Results

The 2020 World Wushu Junior Championships will be held in Morrocco

Applications for a spot on the National Junior Wushu Team are now available.

You can download the application pack here: Application Form

Or Register through Eventbrite here: Eventbrite

For further updates, go to the IWUF website here: IWUF

The Martial Arts Industry App has recently gone through some updates. This latest version now has an additional Smart ID feautre under the Accedited Instructors Search function. You can now find an accredited instructor and get the details by entering either of the search keys in the textbox:

• instructor name
• town or suburb
• postcode
• type of martial art

The app is now available through:

• IOS App: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/maia/id869238255
• Android Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appxpert.martialarts

The National Executive Committee recently updated the selection policy to qualify for the national team in international events. The policy is now fairer for all athletes from across all states to qualify without comprimising the high standard expected of an elite athlete in competition.

The purpose of this Selection Policy is to provide the selection process to be applied by Kung Fu Wushu Australia (KWA) when selecting athletes and officials for inclusion in the National Team.

The objective of this Selection Policy is to identify those athletes who, in the opinion of KWA, are most likely to achieve the best possible results at one of the following International Events:
(a) World Wushu Championships
(b) World Junior Wushu Championships
(c) World Kung Fu Championships
(d) World Taijiquan Championships
(e) World Wing Chun Championships
(f) Other International Wushu Championships sanctioned by IWuF
(g) The Pacific Games

View the Selection Policy here: (Selection Policy 2019)

The Queensland branch (KWQ) is really excited about holding the Nationals for the first time in 13 years and is aiming to provide you with a wonderful weekend of workshops, competition and friendship.

We are proud to announce we have arranged a special guest from China to conduct a one-day workshop on the Saturday. I will send more details in the next couple of days.

Registration has been extended until August 16th 2019 so for those who haven’t decided you still have a couple of days

Please find attached the links:

https://kungfuwushuaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-Nationals.pdf

www.2019nationals.eventbrite.com.au

The next intake for instructor accreditation and updates will be held:

• Saturday 07^th September
• 9am-12pm
• DSR Conference Room
• 246 Vincent Street Leederville

Bookings can be made through Eventbrite here: EVENTBRITE