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World Martial Arts Academy

World Martial Arts Academy

About Me

Ni Hao! This site was created to promote Zhong Guo Wushu,武術 (Chinese Wushu),specifically World Martial Arts Academy founded in 1984 by Master Jinheng Li with the goal to promote and practice "Wushu" as a contemporary Chinese Sport, as well as a way of life to increase health, fitness and wellness in modern society.Wushu, which literally means "Martial Arts" in mandarin has various styles and forms of Quanshu (i.e. fist fighting arts) and even greater varieties of weapons training and exercises. The Chinese martial arts has a history dating back thousands of years, and has been considered as one of the greatest treasures of Chinese culture and art.Master Jinheng Li,* Former Senior Beijing Wushu Team Member, Beijing China * Head Instructor, World Martial Arts Academy, Arizona, USA (1984 - Present ) * Director, World Martial Arts Grand Championship & Festival, Arizona, USA ( 1996 - 2001 )Master Jinheng Li began his martial arts training at age 11, he was selected to attend the prestigious Beijing Sports School. This is a "live-in" school where students focus not only on their academic subjects but they also train several hours daily, 6 days a week under the tutelage of the best martial arts masters in China. He specialized in many Chinese traditional weapons, as well as numerous hand forms such as Northern Shaolin long fist, Southern Style Boxing, Hung Gar, Nanquan, Baji, Bagua, Chen & Yang Styles Tai Chi, Xingyi, Tongbei, etc. He is internationally known for his skill with the Rope Dart.Practitioners of modern Wushu focus on swift and lightning quick hand form techniques, combined with unbelievable jumping ability to give them an edge at any martial arts competition. Modern Wushu takes the basics of Kung Fu and its leg work to the next level in terms of the complexity of form training. We start training with older forms that teach basic postures and introduce our students to a wide variety forms emphasizing different aspects of Wushu. We take great pride in our Wushu Kung Fu training.

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My Interests

Chinese traditional weapons: Broadsword,Staff,Straight sword,Spear,Chain Whip,etc. Northern Shaolin long fist, Southern Style Boxing, Hung Gar, Nanquan, Baji, Bagua, Chen & Yang Styles Tai Chi, Xingyi, Tongbei, etc.

I'd like to meet:

WMAA guan

Movies:

http://www.masterli.com

Heroes:

Instructors: Head instructor - Master Jinheng Li/Carlos Miranda- Wushu Standard Course/Sean Squires-Wushu Standard Course,Family Wushu Course,Tai Chi /Tom Ryden-Kung Fu San Soo /Brian Petty-Kung Fu San Soo

My Blog

What is Gong Fu (Kung Fu)

There tends to be a lot of confusion about the word Gong Fu (Ø€ý). The misconception is that Gong Fu is the "real" martial art and wushu is just for show. But the literal translation of Gong Fu is ski...
Posted by World Martial Arts Academy on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:44:00 PST