Kung Fu Tournaments
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Traditional Kung Fu is now Nan Quan Wu Shu As Competition Sport

In the western world, contemporary Nan Quan forms are the forms of choice at martial arts tournaments. In Australia and throughout the world, there are now National Wushu Championships that offer modern and traditional forms, divided into male, female, adult and junior divisions.

These martial arts competitions are now standardised so that any person from any country can be judged according to the same criteria. This means that a person participating in any one division will be judged on the same series of movements, referred to as ‘forms’ or ‘routines’. In Chinese they are called ‘kuen’ or ‘kata’ in Japanese.

These routines are also called ‘International' forms. Click here to learn about The Origin of the International Nan Quan Kung Fu Form. International competitions include the bi-annual World Wushu Championships, which includes not only the modern bare hands and weapons forms, but also Sanshou, which is full contact sparring.

And of course, there are special instructions on how to train for these tournaments. A new addition to the World Wushu Championships scene is the World Traditional Wushu Festival; the first was held in Zhengzhou, China, October 2004. The festival attracted over 2,000 competitors from 60 countries and was held in two stadiums built specially for the event.

The students of Golden Lion Academy won a total number of 9 Gold, 16 Silver and 4 Bronze medals. In addition, the Gold Cup for the Tai Chi Team Event was also won by Golden Lion students.

Since 1988, Golden Lion Academy has had its students selected in every Australian Team. It is anticipated that the evolving and popular Nan Quan forms will attract many more participants.

In the 2008 Australian National Championships, Golden Lion students won numerous prizes, including the:

- National Kung Fu Grand Champion
- National Champion Nan Quan Bare hands
- 1st Wu Shu Nan Gun, Cudgel
- 2nd Wu Shu Nan Dao, Sword
- 1st Nan Dao Sword (women)
- 1st Traditional Bare hands (women).

The tournament was held in Canberra, Australia, and run by the Australian Kung Fu Wushu Federation. Here are the results of this 2008 tournament.

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