2022 NATIONAL WUSHU CHAMPIONSHIPS
2022 全国武术锦标赛

The 2022 Canadian National Wushu Championships, also known as the National Wushu Selections, were held in Thunder Bay from July 29th to July 31st, 2022. The competition brought together more than 500 martial arts athletes from across Canada, including previous national team members and top athletes from the provinces. As an official event recognized by the International Wushu Federation, the Canadian Olympic Committee, and the Canadian Wushu Association since 1993, the National Championships aim to promote the development of the national Wushu movement. It also serves to select the members of the Canadian National Wushu Team, which will soon represent Canada at the Wushu World Championships and Junior Wushu World Championships.

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Our nationally renowned martial arts school, the Calgary Tai Chi and Martial Arts College, sent 35 athletes to participate in the National Championships, winning 34 gold medals, 37 silver medals, and 24 bronze medals. Our college was also the only institution in Alberta from which students were selected for both the Canadian Junior and Senior National Wushu Teams.

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Four of our college’s students qualified for prestigious positions on the Canadian Senior National Wushu Team. Winnie Cai and Jason Chen-Leung both scored 9.65 points in Jianshu, the highest scores in the category. In doing so, they also won first place in the women’s all-around and men’s all-around categories respectively and were both selected to join the national team. Meanwhile, Murray Cheung ranked first in Tai Chi with a record score of 9.6, qualifying for both the Senior National Wushu and National Tai Chi teams. Finally, Paco Huang was also selected for the Senior National Team, meaning that a full four of the eight spots on the national team will be filled by students from our college. Next year, the Senior team will represent Canada in the 16th World Wushu Championships, to be held in Dallas in the United States.

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In the junior category, Virginia Cai won first place in three categories of the A Group women’s competition, while Artur Ismagilov took home two first places, qualifying them both for the Canadian Junior National Wushu Team. The duo will help represent Canada at the 8th Junior Wushu World Championships in Indonesia this December.

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Despite this being the first National Championships in two years due to the pandemic, the athletes of the Calgary Tai Chi and Martial Arts College were as strong as ever! Many of our team members were younger students, participating in their first national trial. At the competition, these younger athletes won not only medals but also invaluable experience and new friendships. We trust that these up-and-coming athletes will bring yet more honours to the college at national competitions in the exciting years to come, perhaps even as members of the Canadian national teams…