Invited by the NBA Golden State Warriors home(CHASE Center), World Taiji Science Federation (WTSF) organized the annual Chinese Martial Arts demonstration for the lunar new year celebration at the NBA Golden State Warriors home(CHASE Center). This year, The demonstration will be held on January 22, 2023. Taiji Science Federation and Bay Area Chinese martial arts schools will present an exciting Taiji and Kung Fu demonstration at half-time during the Warriors game of Warriors VS Nets. Elite Kung Fu Learning Academy, Shaolin Temple USA, Rise Martial Arts Studio, Zhang Kung Fu Institute, Sun’s Kung Fu Academy, and EDS dance group.
The Golden State International Wushu Championships & USAWKF National Kungfu Team Trials are organized by the Taiji Science Foundation (WTSF) and KungFuDirect.com and sanctioned by the United States of America Wushu-Kungfu Federation, Inc. (USAWKF). The competition has been held for 14 consecutive years. It has hosted Large-scale international tournaments such as the U.S. National Wushu Team Trials, National and International Championships as well as Pan American Wushu Championships, etc. The 2023 competition will be held both in-person and online. Competition events included: Taiji, Kungfu, Wushu, Health Qigong, etc. Around 5000 athletes and spectators from all over the world will participate in these exciting Championships events.
Date: September 3rd – 4th, 2023
Place: Santa Clara Convention Center (Silicon Valley, California, USA)
Official Hotel: Hyatt Regency Santa Clara
Registration website: www.GoWushu.com
Invited by Dr. Peter Wayne, and Dr. Gloria Y. Yeh, Secretary general of the World Taiji Science Federation, Dr. Shudong Li will lead Taiji and Qigong Science research team to participate in “Advancing the integration of Mind-Body Practices in contemporary Healthcare” Science events. Sponsored by Osher Center for Integrative Medicine of Harvard University.
Date: September 18th – 19th, 2023
Place: Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Harvard University.
Information website: https://www.osherscienceoftcq.org/#
This event was hosted by the “World Taiji Science Federation” and is a large-scale international Taiji Science forum organized by Inner Mongolia normal university and co-organized by the “University of Illinois-Champagne,” “Hangzhou Normal University,” “World Taijiquan Net Inc.” Distinguished guests such as members of the International Olympic Committee, deans and academicians of internationally renowned colleges and universities, Chinese 9th Dan martial arts grandmasters (the highest level ranking for Chinese Martial arts), inheritors of Taiji from various genres, and Taiji world champions were presented together. Lecturers and performance guests came from 35 well-known universities in 9 countries and regions, including China, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, etc. With nearly eighty experts, scholars, and Taiji intangible cultural heritage inheritors’ participation, it is a major event in International Taiji science.
Master Shudong Li Medical Taiji course
On the afternoon of October 12th, at the New Guinea Sculpture Garden of the Stanford University, Master Shudong Li and freshman of Stanford Judy Liu, gave a wonderful Taijiquan and sword demonstration to students who participated in the Stanford medical Taiji course…..
Opening Ceremony at Main Gym
The WTSF 2022 Golden State International Wushu Championships and USAWKF National Kung Fu Team Trials ended successfully at 11:00 p.m. on September 4th. This competition is a large-scale international Wushu competition Hosted by the World Taiji Science Federation (WTSF) and sanctioned by the United States of America Wushu-Kungfu Federation, Inc. (USAWKF). Kung Fu and Wushu teams from 20 countries and regions participated in both In-Person and online competitions. The total number of participating athletes was more than 1,700 athletes, and more than 3,000 athletes, team leaders, coaches, parents, and spectators participated in the in-person Competition at James Logan High School in Union City California. This event has come to known as the largest competition in the United States of America.
Mayor of Santa Clara Lisa Gilmore presented a congratulatory letter to the host
Dr. Li Shudong at the welcome banquet
The welcome banquet for the 2022 WTSF Golden State International Wushu Championships & USAWKF National Kungfu Team Trials was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Union City on September 3, 2022. Team leaders, Team coaches, referees, and surrounding local Government officials around 120 people attended.
The 2022 Golden State International Wushu Championships & USAWKF Kungfu Team Trials, hosted by World Taiji Science Federation (WTSF) and sponsored by KungFuDirect registration has ended. The number of participants in this year’s competition exceeded expectations, with more than 1,200 In-person and nearly 600 online participants. The total number of participating athletes has exceeded 1,700. “Golden State International Wushu Championships” has become the largest Chinese martial arts event in the United States.
At 6:00 p.m. July 9th, the press conference on the publication and distribution of the Journal of Taiji Science (JTS), and “Second International Taiji Science Forum and the World Taiji Masters Exhibition” has been held in the conference hall of the California University Silicon Valley and through zoom meeting online. News conference was Hosted by Taiji Science Federation (WTSF) and Co-hosted by Inner Mongolia Normal University and supported by University of Illinois -Champaign; Hangzhou Normal University; World Taijiquan network; Five Branches University; University of California Silicon Valley. Forum Organization committee deputy secretary general Dr. Lingling yu, Dr. Xin Xue; Dr. Yiyin Ding and Tim Tan presided over the press conference.
First speaker is Professor Peter M. Wayne from Harvard Medical School
On June 26, 2022 (PST), at the invitation of Beijing Sports University, Dr. Peter M. Wayne and Dr. Gloria Yeh of Harvard Medical School; Prof. Yoshinoro Otsuka, Hokkaido University; Secretary General of World Taiji Science Federation, Dr. Shudong Li, the founder of the Stanford university’s “Medical Taiji”; Professor Xiaojun Wang, director of the Traditional Sports Health Research Center of Beijing Sports University, and five guest speakers participated in the “First International Forum on Traditional Sports Health and Wellness” hosted by Beijing Sports University.
June 22, 2021
On June 21, on the occasion of the eighth International Yoga Day, the 2022 International Yoga Day and China-India People-to-People Exchange series of activities were held in the form of “online + offline” at the International Communication Center of South Asia and Southeast Asia in Yunnan Province.
See full research article, and Taiji Masters demonstration at our YouTube Channel
December 7, 2021
First “International Taiji Science Forum and World Intangible Cultural Heritage Taiji Masters Exhibition
Forum and Taiji Masters exhibition video playback ,
December 7, 2021
First “International Taiji Science Forum and World Intangible Cultural Heritage Taiji Masters Exhibition
This event was hosted by the “Taiji Science Federation” and is a large-scale international forum co-hosted by the “University of Illinois-Champagne”, “Hangzhou Normal University” and “World Taijiquan Website”. Distinguished guests such as members of the International Olympic Committee, deans and academicians of internationally renowned colleges and universities, five Chinese 9th Duan martial arts grandmasters, inheritors of Taiji from various genres, and Taiji world champions was presented together. Lecturers and performance guests came from 32 well-known universities in 20 countries and regions that include China, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, etc. With nearly a hundred experts, scholars, and Taiji intangible cultural heritage inheritors’ participation, it is a major event in the field of International Taiji science.
September 18thOn the morning of September 18th (Beijing time), 2021, the press conference of the “First International Taiji Science Online Forum and World Intangible Cultural Heritage Taiji Masters Online Exhibition” was successfully held online and was steam live worldwide, which is hosted by the Taiji Science Federation, co-hosted by the University of Illinois-Champaign, Hangzhou Normal University and World Taijiquan Net. also supported by Five Branch University (California), and American Association of Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture (AACMA), US Collegiate Taiji Federation, etc.
August 21, 2021
2021 International Taiji Kungfu Online tournament “Online Wushu Popularity Award” Result.
Among the top 30 athletes ranked in online voting, the competition organizing committee selected the following participating athletes who win the ” Online Wushu Popularity Award” of this event by referring to factors such as online voting and Event categories. They are: Chen, Meiying (Malaysia) Won 132,263 votes in the Tai Chi event; Karim Ait Zerrouk (Algeria) received 8410 votes in the Tai Chi Weapon event; Li-Chieh Wang (USA) received 115,315 votes in the traditional Kungfu event; Eugene Ho (USA) received traditional Kungfu Weapon event Won 91620; Randolph Liao (USA) won 89309 votes in contemporary wushu weapon event. The contemporary wushu Hand form event has no athletes in the top 30 vote. So, there is no selection…
July 8th, 2021
Total 953 athletes from 22 countries and 62 teams signed up the 2021 International Taiji Kungfu online Tournament.
International Wushu Teams including the United States, China, Hong Kong, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, Algeria, Bermuda, New Zealand, Ecuador, Spain, Belgium, Canada, France, Britain, Germany, Egypt, Singapore, Malaysia, Spain, Australia 953 athletes from 62 teams from 22 countries and regions such as Japan signed up to participate in this online martial arts event.
December 20, 2020
Taijiquan Inscribed in 2020 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
On December 17, 2020, it was announced that Taijiquan has been included in The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), indicating the good health value and profound cultural heritage of traditional Taiji is gradually accepted by the people of the world.
December 9, 2019
The 4th International Integrative Medicine Conference and Silicon Valley Chinese Medicine and Wellness Innovation and Venture Forum successfully concluded
From December 7th to 8th, 2019, the “Fourth International Integrative Medicine Conference and Silicon Valley Chinese Medicine and Wellness Innovation and Venture Forum” was successfully held for two consecutive days at the University of East-West Medicine and Stanford University in Silicon Valley, California. The event is based on the Topic of “Integrating Eastern and Western Sciences to Create Future Medicine.” Experts and scholars of Chinese and Western medicine from China, the United States, Canada, Germany…