Ever since I first heard that a person could actually get a degree in wushu in China, I had always wondered what that actually entailed. I mean … can you believe it? Of all the things to study in a university or college, you can actually major in wushu. For a wushu geek like …
>>> Click here to download ALL of the videos from this competition right now! <<< I was fortunate enough to be able to visit Ningbo city in Zhejiang province during the 2013 All China Games Wushu Qualifiers for women. (Well, technically it wasn’t just for women, but I’ll get to that in …
Wu Ya Nan (China, Asian Games and World Taiji Champion) is working to put together a Taiji Quan training program. He wants to teach people about Taiji Quan but realizes that it is impractical for him to travel to every country or to expect everyone to come to China to …
I was recently asked by a wushu friend what my Nike Shaolinquan shoes look like. I thought it would be a good idea to post this up as a blog entry so that others can get a look at these hard-to-find shoes as well. How I got my Nike Shaolinquan …
What I would do if I was a beginning wushu for the first time, or coaching a new wushu student. Looking back at my history with wushu I often find myself thinking about what I might have done differently if I knew then what I know now. I think of …
Do you thirst for the opportunity to come to the mother land of Chinese martial arts and eat some serious bitter? I am currently in the process of developing a guidebook for training in China. This will be a limited edition product that I will be selling here on wushuzilla.com …
In this session of the Wushuzilla Podcast we talk with Kim Gibson from Norway. In 2009 Kim received the H.M. King of Norway’s Trophy (the highest award possible for Norwegian athletes) and has been a two-time recipeint of the Oslo City Sports Award. We talk about his life with wushu, …
Ever since I first heard that a person could actually get a degree in wushu in China, I had always wondered what that actually entailed. I mean … can you believe it? Of all the things to study in a university or college, you can actually major in wushu. For a wushu geek like …
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In this session of the Wushuzilla Podcast I go through a backlog of questions from all of you out there in the World-wide wushu community. Plus I discuss last week’s All China Games wushu qualifiers in Ningbo and Wu Ya Nan‘s Taiji project. Click below to listen to the episode …
>>> Click here to download ALL of the videos from this competition right now! <<< I was fortunate enough to be able to visit Ningbo city in Zhejiang province during the 2013 All China Games Wushu Qualifiers for women. (Well, technically it wasn’t just for women, but I’ll get to that in …
The 2013 Women’s Wushu Qualifiers in Ningbo As you might be aware, I’m currently in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China attending the Women’s Wushu Qualifiers for this year’s All China Games. As a special treat for those folks signed up to my Nanquan Scream newsletter I’ve been posting up daily updates and …
As I mentioned before, Wei Jian invited me to come up to Fudan University to train with his wushu team. Since I was able to train with the Shanghai Wushu Team I knew that I would at least survive the experience. But mainly I was just curious what it would …
A few weeks back when I mentioned on the Nanquan Scream that I would be heading to Beijing, I got a great e-mail from Bernhard, an Austrian wushu athlete who was studying with his girlfriend, Sheila (also from Austria) at Beijing Sports University. Of course I jumped on the opportunity …
Wu Ya Nan (China, Asian Games and World Taiji Champion) is working to put together a Taiji Quan training program. He wants to teach people about Taiji Quan but realizes that it is impractical for him to travel to every country or to expect everyone to come to China to …
On Wednesday and Thursday I spent most of the time focusing on my work, recovery and a few errands. But there are one or two things worth sharing with all of you. Nothing mind-blowing, but just stuff I feel like writing about. Well, nothing mind-blowing except almost getting in an …