Seven Outstanding Ji Hong Students Selected to the National Team at the Canadian National Wushu Championships

At the Canadian National Wushu Championships held at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto in August, seven Wushu athletes from the Ji Hong Wu Shu and Tai Chi College made it to the national A team and B team respectively. They will represent Canada at the 11^th World Wushu Championships in Turkey on October 6^th to 15^th of this year, and at the 9^th Pan American Wushu Championships next year.

The Canadian National Wushu Championships was sponsored by the Canadian Federation of Wushu Organizations and hosted by Wushu Ontario. Judges came from Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec. Wushu Taolu and Sanda formed the two divisions in the competitions. Taolu athletes may select a minimum of two and a maximum of four routines. The total of the highest scores of two of the routines selected will be used as criteria for the selection to the national team. The A Team is made up of the top five men and top five women competitors. They will compete at the World Wushu Championships in October this year. The B team is made up of the top ten men and top ten women athletes to compete at the Pan American Wushu Championships next year.

Onto the World and Pan American Championships

Wushu athletes from across the country, after competing in their provincial selection tournaments and qualifying to compete at the national selection tournament, converged in Toronto for two days of fierce competition. Wushu students from the Albertan division of the Ji Hong Wu Shu and Tai Chi College were outstanding in garnering 7 gold, 9 silver and 8 bronze medals. Seven athletes have been selected to the national team. Among them are Jonathan Leung who won 2 gold medals in Taijiquan and Taiji sword, Eric Duong who competing in Changquan, Sword and Spear, won gold in Sword, and Brianna Chan competing in Nanquan, Nandao, Nangun and Sword, won 2 gold and 1 silver medals. Jonathan and Eric have made the men’s A team and Brianna the women’s A team. All three athletes will compete in the 11^th World Wushu Championships leaving for faraway Turkey on October 6^th of this year. Four other Ji Hong athletes have qualified for the B team. They are

Alana Chan, Samantha Huynh, Alvin Chiang and Samuel Malone. Together with the three A team schoolmates, they will compete in the 6^th Pan American Wushu Championships next year.

In addition to the selection of the national team at the Canadian Wushu Championship, a tournament was held for the junior Wushu athletes in preparation for the national junior Wushu team tournament next year. Four Ji Hong students competed fearless of a strong field of competitors and performed superbly capturing 2 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Dear Students of Ji Hong,

Just a reminder that all continuing classes begin this Tuesday in Edmonton and Saturday in Calgary. Please come back to the same class as before, or according to the new schedule. If you do not have a schedule, please visit our website’s schedule posting, on http://www.jihongtaichi.com/?page_id=216

Please see the attached for Calgary and Edmonton Open House information:
Calgary_2011-09_Open_House
Edmonton 2011-09 Open House

Regards,

Jennifer Gu
Vice-President
Ji Hong Wu Shu & Tai Chi College

Dear Students of Ji Hong:

Summer is still lingering, but a change of the season is definitely in the air. I hope you all have a great summer full of activities and joy and that you are looking forward to a change of pace in your daily lives. In the traditional Chinese medical thinking, fall and winter is a time for nurturing, and replenishing the energy, so much of it has been expended in the vigorous summer days. I fully subscribe to this rather obvious observation in health, and I also happen to believe that Wushu and Tai Chi are the ways to build the body and mind for the summer of 2012.

Our schools are getting ready for the new fall sessions. Open House is set for September 11, Sunday 2:00 to 4:00 pm in our downtown location. We will have our Wushu and Taichi demonstrations of course. I urge you to attend this function and bring along family and friends. There is no better introduction to these wonderful forms of exercise than to witness the performance first-hand. Please see attachment and forward it to your friends.

For this past summer, the school has not been all that quiet. There has been regular free practice for the Taichi group which were well attended. It is great that our students took advantage of the opportunity to keep up with the Taichi practice, and more importantly to stay in shape.

For the Wushu kids, well some have worked very hard this summer in preparation for the Canadian National Team Selection Tournament in Toronto in August. Their hard work has paid off. Their accomplishments at the tournament are:
7 gold medals, 9 silver medals and 8 Bronze medals.
3 student has been selected to the Canadian National Wu Shu Team ( Team A, Female top 5 and Male top 5 ) . They are Jonathan Leung, Eric Duong and Brianna Chan. They will be competing at the 11th World Wushu Championships in Ankara Turkey in October this year. We wish them continue success and a wonderful trip to that exotic land across the ocean.
7 students has been selected to the Canadian National Wu Shu Team ( Team B, Female top 10 and Male top 10 ). They are Jonathan Leung, Eric Duong, Brianna Chan, Alana Chan, Samantha Huynh, Alvin Chiang and Samuel Malone. They will be competing at the 9th Pan-Am Wushu Championship to be held in Mexico in 2012. Congratulations to these members of our school.

So my dear students of Ji Hong, may I welcome you to a brand-new season. I look forward to see you, as are all our college instructors, in class and continue to assist you in your journey to better and more vigorous lives ahead.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Gu
Vice-President
Ji Hong Wu Shu & Tai Chi College

Please view the updated schedules for Calgary and Edmonton for the upcoming fall semester under the “Schedules” tab.

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