Being based in Australia, the Wushu Herald is bound to be interested in how our region’s Wushu athletes, coaches and individual practitioners are represented in the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) which was established on October 3rd, 1990 and is the international federation governing Wushu in all its forms worldwide. Currently, the IWUF has 146 members, […]
In anticipation of the fast-approaching 14th World Wushu Championships and the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) Congress in Kazan, Russia, we asked Mr Glen Keith, a former Vice President of the IWUF, to clarify several confusing facts about Oceania Wushu structure. He kindly agreed to answer our questions. WUSHU HERALD: There are two websites claiming to […]
Recently, ASADA (Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority) contacted Wushu Council seeking our assistance in warning our athletes about prohibited substance Higenamine, following a flood of positive tests stemming from popular dietary supplements. In just over a year, 13 Australian athletes from nine different sports have tested positive to Higenamine, which is prohibited both in and out […]
Once again, this year the organisers of the annual Malaysia Festival in Darling Harbour, Sydney, invited Wushu & Tai Chi NSW to participate in this event. It was a beautiful sunny Sunday (20 August 2017) morning although cold and windy which did not prevent the volunteering members from giving an excellent demonstration of traditional Yang […]
The International Health Qigong Federation has proposed to introduce the World Health Qigong Day on the second Sunday of August. Many Health Qigong organisations supported this initiative and have run some demonstrations and free workshops on this day. This year, it was 13 August 2017. Wushu Council Australia encouraged everyone with the interest in Health […]
In 2014, Master Han Jin Song, the principal of Tai Chi Australia and a holder of 8th Duan in Wushu, successfully established in the Supreme Court of Victoria that his expulsion from the Australian Kung Fu (Wushu) Federation (AKWF) which automatically resulted in his removal from the Oceania Wushu Federation (OWUF) and the International Wushu […]
The last (long) weekend, Sydney played host to the visit of two professors from China:Prof. Wang Xiao Jun, Beijing Sport University and Prof. Hua Hua, Wuhan University. The visit was organised by the International Health Qigong Federation and Tai Chi Fitness Australia.On Friday 9 June they gave a free demonstrations of some Qigong routines and the attendees […]
World Tai Chi and Qigong Day is an annual event held on the last Saturday of April each year. Since 1999, millions of Tai Chi and Qigong practitioners from around 80 countries joined this global movement to promote the health benefits of these ancient arts. Due to its geographical position, Australia is one of the […]
5-6 November 2016 Our annual “Tai Chi, Wushu & Qigong in Today’s World” Conference took place on 5-6 November 2016 at Macquarie University. See the programme and some random photos below:
World Tai Chi and Qigong Day is an annual event held on the last Saturday of April each year. Since 1999, millions of Tai Chi and Qigong practitioners from around 80 countries joined this global movement to promote the health benefits of these ancient arts. Here are some photos from this event in the period […]
