Wushu Beijing 2008 Olympics

BEIJING, Aug. 23, 2008 - Chinese movie and martial arts star Jet Li awards for Cui Wenjuan of China, gold medalist of women's Taijiquan and Taijijian combined competition of Beijing 2008 Wushu tournament, in Beijing, China.

Lets get Wushu in the Olympics

In November time we will be running a National Kung Fu and Sanshou competition. Our aim is to bring awareness to Chinese martial arts and help to promote its place in the Olympics.

This competition will be held to a professional standard with renowned judges and will be held in the Southampton area, there will be many categories to choose from including traditional to modern wushu forms, weapons, tai chi and San Shou, Chinese kickboxing.

We are in the current process of constructing a website for this campaign where you will be able to sign our petition and show your support. On the day we aim to get as many signatures and possible and many competitors demonstrating their various skills and natural ability.

If we can show that UK has a flourishing community of martial arts practitioners and groups dedicated to this sport then we may stand a chance for Wushu to be elected as a sport for the Olympics.

We will keep to posted regarding more information and how you can apply soon.

GB Wushu Team

This year 2014 UKST are under way in setting up team GB for San Shou and Wushu for the Olympics. We are currently in the process of organising try outs and are looking to host these teams in local universities with in the south of england. There will be some amazing opportunity to train with coaches who specialise in these fields taken from the Beijing Wushu team in China and also headed by 34th Shaolin Warrior monk Shi Yan ming. If you are interested in this team and would like to try out or would like more information please like us and watch this space for more update.