Wushu Friendship Festival
What is a Wushu Friendship Festival?
Wushu Friendship Festivals are designed to build friendships and promote unity among the Chinese martial arts in New Zealand.
The Festivals provide a networking and educational forum for participants where martial artists participating in the event, and the general public, can learn more about the richness of Chinese martial arts.
What can a club or person do to be part of the festival?
Each teacher or club can provide a short demonstration. Basically what ever a teacher or club feels others might be interested
in, or would like to share about their art form.
Who can join in?
Martial artists from any Chinese martial art club can join in irrespective of whether they are a member of the New Zealand Kung-Fu Wushu Federation. Due to the time allowed for the event however, we may have to limit the number of items so don’t be disappointed if you miss out as you can be first on next year’s programme.
What is the format for the friendship festival?
Each club or teacher is allocated a time, usually 10 minutes, for their session and a programme is developed before the event. Part of the reason for this is to make sure we don’t double up on items and so we can keep the Festival fresh and interesting. We also want to make sure that everyone who wants to, gets a turn to share and learn new things. All groups present are encouraged to join in sessions led by other teachers (where applicable), even if it is in a completely different art to the one they practice. The Festival, which
is usually held for three hours over an afternoon, concludes with photos, presentation of certificates (one per group). Please bring your own food and drink for lunch.
Wushu Friendship Festivals are designed to build friendships and promote unity among the Chinese martial arts in New Zealand.
The Festivals provide a networking and educational forum for participants where martial artists participating in the event, and the general public, can learn more about the richness of Chinese martial arts.
What can a club or person do to be part of the festival?
Each teacher or club can provide a short demonstration. Basically what ever a teacher or club feels others might be interested
in, or would like to share about their art form.
Who can join in?
Martial artists from any Chinese martial art club can join in irrespective of whether they are a member of the New Zealand Kung-Fu Wushu Federation. Due to the time allowed for the event however, we may have to limit the number of items so don’t be disappointed if you miss out as you can be first on next year’s programme.
What is the format for the friendship festival?
Each club or teacher is allocated a time, usually 10 minutes, for their session and a programme is developed before the event. Part of the reason for this is to make sure we don’t double up on items and so we can keep the Festival fresh and interesting. We also want to make sure that everyone who wants to, gets a turn to share and learn new things. All groups present are encouraged to join in sessions led by other teachers (where applicable), even if it is in a completely different art to the one they practice. The Festival, which
is usually held for three hours over an afternoon, concludes with photos, presentation of certificates (one per group). Please bring your own food and drink for lunch.