The recent events involving the European Wushu Federation(s) encouraged us to do some research on history of European Wushu in general and origins of the current dispute in particular. The European findings give a hint that the entire International Wushu Federation presents much more complex picture than it is supposed to do. Therefore, we are going to have a look at all continental Wushu organisations. Now, let us present the first instalment in this series addressing some interesting facts from the history of the Continental European Wushu organisations: ABDUCTION OF EUROPE Oceania story is simply amazing! Read it before
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From Urs Krebs, Switzerland, former IWUF Treasurer: “I currently got mail from a lawyer in Australia. He speaks in the name of the International Wushu Federation and is threatening me with a court case in Australia. He wants me to remove four blog entries and also claims a payment of AU$ 8’800.–. They also say that their letters to me are confidential. As it concerns me this is quite surprising as well. Is there something to hide?” read more… Former criminals together with the International Wushu Federation (backed by the Chinese Communist Party) attempt to suppress the freedom of information
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“The Chinese Wushu Association has appealed to all the country’s martial artists to maintain self-discipline, and avoid hyping themselves up as “masters” or becoming involved in other violations. The association published a proposal on strengthening self-discipline and promoting martial arts culture on its website, calling on all practitioners to unite, abide by the ethics of ancient martial arts, abide by the rules, and work together to promote Chinese martial arts, an excellent traditional culture also known as wushu. The proposal asked martial arts practitioners not to give themselves titles such as “kung fu master”, “authentic master” and “legacy inheritor”, and
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Recently, the International Wushu Federation has established the Ethics Committee in order to safeguard the ethical principles of the Federation. “The IWUF Ethics Committee’s responsibilities include but not limited to formulate rules and procedures governing the conduct of the ethics or disciplinary process, to oversee compliance with the rules of conduct, standards and policies, to receive, initiate and investigate; to report on types of cases investigated with specific description of difficult or recalcitrant cases; to dismiss or recommend action on ethical cases investigated; to resolve cases by agreement where appropriate.” (http://www.iwuf.org/2020/07/24/iwuf-establishes-its-ethics-committee/) We wonder who the judges are? The members of
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Interview with visiting world renowned Tai Chi Master Jesse Tsao who will be in Newcastle teaching April 4th and 5th (third visit to Australia – second visit to Newcastle) Jesse Tsao, holds a PhD in Wushu from Shanghai Sport University, is an acclaimed author, world renowned Tai Chi master, Qigong therapist and alternative medicine and wellness consultant. Master Tsao is the founder of Tai Chi Healthways USA internationally recognised as a leader in tai chi and Qigong education. Master Tsao is 12th generation direct-line lineage holder of Chen style Tai Chi and formal disciple of Chen Style Tai Chi Grandmaster
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Health Qigong Duan Wei: Most Australians are not Welcome to the Melbourne Health Qigong Event to be held on 7 – 13 August 2019 in Melbourne, Australia Wushu & Tai Chi NSW supports the global movement of Health Qigong as a holistic system of coordinated body posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial arts training. Wushu & Tai Chi NSW recognises International Health Qigong Federation (IHQF) as an international body coordinating the development of Health Qigong world-wide according to the directions from the leading experts in the area. For a long time, Wushu & Tai
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by Amanda Heidke The Tai Chi Association of Australia (TCAA) Annual Tai Chi Championships in Sydney Australia. 1 June 2019 An accident which resulted in substantial injuries meant withdrawing from the competition last year, however, one year on and despite my crunchy, noisy knees and bucket meniscus tear I was determined to compete. I am absolutely over the moon with my results, in particular 32 Sword Form. I lost my focus and faltered during the end posture receiving score deductions but my final score tells me I performed well. If I can keep surgery at bay for another year I will continue to practise
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Almost a year has passed since the decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to grant access to the so called “Kung Fu X-Files” (as referred to in our previous publications). Still, from time to time people ask us what was the goal of that quest and what was the ultimate result. We would like to remind that the initial purpose of the Freedom of Information Request lodged by the Wushu Council Australia was to find out how the recognition by the Australian Sports Commission as a National Sporting Organisation (NSO) was transferred from AKWF (Australian Kung Fu (Wushu) Federation)
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Considering the current ambitions and scale of expansion of the Oceania Kung Fu Wushu Federation Limited (formerly known as Kung Fu Wushu South Australia Limited), you could imagine the magnificence of the recent Oceania Kung Fu Wushu Championships taken place on 21 October 2018 in Melbourne. Have a look at the clip compiled from the videos published by Councillor Sean O”Reilly. After a cute Dragon Dance, if you are still watching, you will see Mr Dana Wong, the President of Kung Fu Wushu Victoria, opening the competitions, Mr O”Reilly greeting the unsuspected participants on behalf of Greater Dandenong City
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In China and some other countries, Wushu is taught at universities and colleges as an academic and professional subject. The absence of formal Wushu education in Australia presents a difficult challenge to the Wushu, Tai Chi and Qigong instructors and the general public seeking their services. The Duan Wei System might be an answer… “The Chinese Wushu Duan Wei System is a system stipulated and implemented by the Chinese Wushu Association to overall evaluate the levels of Wushu practitioners. To further popularize and promote Wushu worldwide, and increase theoretical and technical level, the Chinese Wushu Association holds “Training Course and