This August, Ji Hong Wushu & Tai Chi College travelled to Markham, Ontario, for the 2025 International Martial Arts Festival & National Championships, the annual Canadian qualifier for global wushu events. Led by Master Hongyuan Luo and Master Jennifer Gu, the Ji Hong team composed of 31 athletes, tied for the largest delegation at the competition, which gathered a total of 217 athletes. Across a variety of disciplines, Ji Hong athletes vied for the opportunity to represent the country at four upcoming events: the 17th World Wushu Championships, the 10th World Junior Wushu Championships (qualifier for the 2026 Youth Olympic Games), the 5th Pan American KungFu Championships, and the 10th World KungFu Championships.

Master Jennifer Daijuan Gu, vice president of the Confederation of Canadian Wushu Organizations, vice president of the Wushu Kung Fu Alberta, and Vice President of the Jihong Wushu Tai Chi College, was recently appointed as a member of the Judge Committee of the IWUF with a term lasting until 2027. This is the first time in history that a representative from the Canadian martial arts community has held this prestigious position to which only 7 are appointed worldwide.

In 2024, Ji Hong was proud to have students attend both the 4th World Taijiquan Championships and the 9th World Junior Wushu Championships, two global biennial events representing the pinnacle of competition.

The 4th Pan American Kung Fu Championships was held from August 4th to 6th in Markham, Ontario. This competition showcased a variety of disciplines and styles, including traditional kungfu, contemporary Wushu, tai chi, Sanda, and Wing Chun. With approximately 900 competitors travelling from all over the Americas, Ji Hong is proud to have attended the event and made new friends through our shared love for martial arts.

2022 National Martial Arts Championship and Festival

Four years after the last Canadian National Wushu and Taiji Team Selections in 2018, the Ji Hong family is glad to finally be back in action at the 2022 Canadian National Martial Arts Championships and Festival.

This year’s event was held in Thunder Bay, Ontario at Lakehead University, from July 28th to 31st. With 500 participants coming in from all around the country, Ji Hong is proud to have represented Edmonton with 19 students competing in both the Wushu and Taiji competitions.

For the full story and results, download the article.

We are now running both in-person and online classes! Please see our schedules for the classes currently running, or email us at edmonton@jihongtaichi.com or calgary@jihongtaichi.com.  Don’t see the class you’re interested in on our schedules? You can fill out the online form to request the class for future schedules.

Please note that we are continuing to wear masks in all in-person classes, to best protect all students attending.

Due to the continued COVID-19 situation, most of our students and staff feel that it is best to wait before reopening our doors for in-person classes. Our Tai Chi classes have been moved online over the past few months to great feedback from our students, and will continue online through Zoom for the months of September and October. Please inquire if you would like to register. Thank you for your continued patience and support through these unique circumstances.

For our Wushu students, we have continued online and limited in-person training classes for our advanced team students. As of the next two months we will be closely monitoring the COVID-19 developments, and hope to restart more classes later this fall.

We look forward to seeing many of you through our online classes, and hope to see everyone in person again by our next semester in November! Be safe and stay well.

You and your family and friends are invited to participate at the 3rd World Health Qigong Day.

Health Qigong is welcomed as a favorite sport among people across the globe. As of August 2017, there were 87 member organizations and 6.5 million practitioners worldwide in 43 countries. These numbers are continuing to grow. In 2017, Canada Ji Hong International Health Qigong Association was voted First Place at 2017 World Health Qigong Day Event Organization Award. Read More