During the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, and in response to the call of wushu enthusiasts, the International Wushu Federation is going to launch an Online Wushu Classroom Project on May 15, 2020, free of charge to all global wushu practitioners and the general public.
We believe our online teaching courses will inspire all wushu athletes, coaches, and wushu enthusiasts from around the world, and will help guide everyone to strengthen their physical fitness. Wushu has long been known to greatly improve people’s health and well-being, and now especially in this difficult time we hope these courses will bring a boost of physical and mental health to wushu enthusiasts around the world.
About the IWUF Online Wushu Classroom
The IWUF Online Wushu Classroom will offer exciting and informative virtual classes live on Zoom and subsequently archived on the IWUF Youtube channel WushuTV. Here is a summary of what to expect:
Activity Type: Live Streaming & Video Recording; Workshop & Lecture
Duration: one hour for each session
Instructors: World-class wushu coaches, judges, athletes, teachers and experts from different countries and regions.
Topics: Competitive wushu, traditional wushu, wushu culture, etc.
Platforms: Zoom; Wushu TV
Zoom ID: 709 156 9636
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/7091569636
Wushu TV: Youtube.com/user/iwufwushu
The First Week’s Schedule: Taiji Live Courses
| Date | Beijing Time | Instructor | Instructor Introduction | Activity Type | Topic | Language |
| 2020/5/15
（Friday） |
15:00 | Jack Chang LOH | Deputy President of Athletes’ Commission Olympic Council of Malaysia;
Multi-time Taijiquan Champion in the World Wushu Championships & World Taijiquan Championships |
Training | Taiji Basic Stances | English |
| 2020/5/16 （Saturday） | 15:00 | Dong ZHU | Professor, Doctoral Supervisor at Shanghai University of Sport (SUS);
Deputy Dean of the School of International Education at SUS |
Training | Taiji Exercise at Home (Primary Version) | English |
| 2020/5/17 （Sunday) | 15:00 | Jack Chang LOH | Deputy President of Athletes’ Commission Olympic Council of Malaysia;
Multi-time Taijiquan Champion in the World Wushu Championships & World Taijiquan Championships |
Training | Taiji Basic Stance Movements | English |
| 2020/5/18 （Monday） | 15:00 | Junfa WANG | Professor at Qufu Normal University;
Deputy Director of the Wushu Competition Department of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games |
Training | Eight Form Taiji-1 | English |
| 2020/5/19 （Tuesday） | 15:00 | Junfa WANG | Professor at Qufu Normal University;
Deputy Director of the Wushu Competition Department of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games |
Training | Eight Form Taiji-2 | English |
| 2020/5/20 (Wednesday） | 15:00 | Jianhui
LAI |
Teacher at Shanghai University of Sport;
Yang Style Taijiquan Champion at National Taijiquan Championships |
Training | Taiji and Health | English |
| 2020/5/21 (Thursday） | 15:00 | Dong
ZHU |
Professor, Doctoral Supervisor at Shanghai University of Sport (SUS);
Deputy Dean of the School of International Education at SUS |
Training | Taiji Exercise at Home (Intermediate Version) | English |
We are all in this together, and the IWUF remains fully committed to the support of our global wushu family. Please help us spread the word about the new Online Wushu Classroom, and we look forward to your participation and welcome any feedback. We hope this new online venue for wushu will also help more people discover wushu worldwide. Together, we will emerge from this crisis stronger than before.
