From the Eighth = World Wushu=20 Championship, Hanoi=20 Vietnam

Three = Ji Hong Students Bring Glory to=20 Canada!

(Translated from Singtao=20 News, January 11, 2006)

The 8^th World Wushu Championship = was held=20 in Hanoi, Vietnam in December 9^th = to=20 14^th, 2005. With=20 teams from 65 countries and regions and more than 800 competitors, this=20 tournament out-ranks previous championships in terms of the number of=20 competitors and skill levels required. The Canadian Wushu national team = was=20 comprised of ten members, five of whom were from Ji=20 Hong Wushu and Tai Chi College. Leading the team was Master Jennifer = Gu, head coach of the = Canadian=20 national team.

For the first time new competition rules, = on trial=20 since 2003, was officially employed during the tournament. Competitors = were=20 judged on the degrees of difficulty, performance levels and the quality = of the=20 moves. These new rules brought a high degree of objectivity to the = adjudicating=20 process. Scores were more accurate and on a more scientific basis, and = the=20 competitive atmosphere better than ever.

Facing stiff competition from athletes = around the=20 world, in particular those from Asia and the Chinese national professional = team, the=20 Canadian team members competed hard, and were able to show the high = level and=20 the styles they had achieved.

Ji=20 Hong=92s Cindy Luo, the reigning Canadian women=92s all-round = Wushu=20 champion, competed despite injury and was ranked 8^th among 29 = competitors in the Chang Quan event.=20 Jackie Cho captured 7^th place in a field = of 36=20 competitors in the men=92s spear event. Another Ji Hong=20 student, Magan=20 Lau from=20 Calgary was ranked 7^th in the Women=92s = Dao Shu event. Congratulations to Cindy, Jackie and = Magan=20 Lau! You = have done=20 Canada proud.

第八屆世界武術錦= ;標賽于2005年12月9日至14日= ;在越南河內舉行，65ࠁ= 1;國家和地區的隊伍共= ;800多人參賽。是規模ć= 68;大、參賽人數最多ࡴ= 4;水平最高的世錦賽。= ;參賽的加拿大國家武= 術隊共有10名隊員，其= ;中5名來自基宏武術、= ;太極拳學院，古岱娟= 師傅更被推選為國家&= #38538;教練領軍參賽。

本屆世錦賽的套$= 335;比賽首次正式實行2003&= #24180;開始試行的新規則&#= 65292;由于新規則分為難度、演練水平、= ;動作質量三部= 221;，標準更加客觀A= 292;裁判員各負其責，û= 71;分更加科學、準確，比賽的$= 093;風也更好。面對= 358;自世界各地特別是Ë= 58;自亞洲和中國國家೘= 7;業隊的強手，加國選= ;手奮力拼搏，賽出了= 水平，賽出了風格。&= #29554;得加拿大女子全能&#= 20896;軍的基宏選手羅陽= 8525;帶傷上陣，在29名強&#= 25163;參賽的女子長拳項= 0446;中勇奪第8名。曹啟基則在有36名&#= 36984;手參賽的男子槍"= 899;項目中獲第7名，另= 968;名來自卡城的基= 439;選手劉锦慧也在有13名選手參賽的女子棍"= 899;項目中獲第7名，為國爭光。<= /SPAN>

由中國武術協會和= ;海口市政府主辦的第= 二屆世界太極拳健康&= #22823;會，則于12月18至20日= 312;中國海口市舉行。ä= 23;會包括了名家表演ӌ= 9;輔導、講座和太極拳= ;、械比賽等內容，其= 中來自13個國家與地區的 1,900=20 多名選手參加了這一&= #19990;界級的比賽。加拿&#= 22823;基宏武術、太極拳= 3416;院選派了3名選手參= 6093;，結果不負眾望一!= 289;奪得三金三銀的驕É= 54;成績。其中 Grace Lee（愛城）獲得女子&#= 26954;式太極拳、劍兩個= 7329;獎； Erika Larm（卡城）=20 獲得陳式太極拳&#= 37329;獎、陳式太極劍銀= 9518;； Deannette=20 Balajadia（愛城） = 獲得楊式太極拳&#= 12289;械兩個銀獎。更值= 4471;一提的是 Grace Lee 的楊式太極拳獲&#= 24471;整個賽事的最高分= 2780;轟動一時，再次展= 034;了基宏選手在國際ä= 23;賽的實力。

另外，擁有A級國༏= 5;武術裁判資格的羅紅= ;元師傅，特別由大會= 聘請為副裁判長和海&= #22806;太極拳專家，成為&#= 22823;會唯一的海外裁判= 2290;