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”.
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!
We sadly advise of the passing of Sifu Randy Bennett who died on the 24 March 2017 after a battle with ‘mantle cell lymphoma’.
Randy was a martial artist of over 42 years experience having trained in the Jow Gar Kung Fu system under Master Chin Yuk Din in the USA and Grandmaster Chan Man Cheung in Hong Kong. Under his direction his training centre quickly gained a reputation as both an authentic and high quality establishment.
KWA Walt Missingham commented: “Randy called me earlier in the year recalling old times and sharing memories, I did not realise it at the time but he was clearly saying goodbye. Randy was a highly regarded kung fu practitioner whom I knew from shortly after he arrived in Australia from the USA – we became good friends.
He will be missed our organisation and our art is the poorer for his passing”.
Mr. Sherif Mostafa, President of the African Wushu Kungfu Federation and
Vice President of IWUF, has announced that wushu has been accepted as an
official sport in the African Youth Games, which will be held in Algiers,
Algeria July 17-27, 2018.
The acceptance was confirmed in a letter from Major General Ahmed Nasser,
the President of the Association of African Sports Confederations, and
Lassana Palinfro, the President of the Association of National Olympic
Committees of Africa. President Mostafa will attend a technical coordination
meeting in March for a visit to the sport facilities in Algiers, and for a
discussion with the organizers of rules and provisions, qualification
standards, and representation and participation of wushu in the Games.
IWUF President Yu Zaiqing remarks, “I am extremely pleased that wushu has
been accepted into the African Youth Games, as it signals a strong and
positive step for the development of our sport on the continent of Africa. I
commend the hard work and efforts of Mr. Mostafa and his team, and
congratulate the African Wushu Kungfu Federation on its great success in
this notable achievement. We look forward to a fine showing from Africa’s
wushu youth in the upcoming Games in Algiers.”
Mr. Mostafa says, “After many years, this dream has come true for our
federation in Africa. I offer my heartfelt thanks to all the members of AFWF
for their support and collaboration, and I am eager to continue our work
together to make this a bright and successful wushu competition.”
The African Youth Games is an international multi-sport event held every
four years to complement the current All-Africa Games. Wushu joins 27 other
sports in the 2018 African Youth Games. This accomplishment is a significant
milestone for the AFWF, as it is steadily growing the sport of wushu on the
African continent.
