Our 9th full length trailer is now available to download from the videos section, (or you can just click here). This trailer features footage that we haven't got around to cutting up and posting on the site yet, (although we really should have done so by now). Anyway, with the recent release of the new site it just seemed right for us to compliment it with a new trailer before we post the raw footage.
Unfortunately I'm a bit rusty as its been years since I last made one of these. This trailer has a little bit of taiji, some jianshu and some broadsword so there is something in there for most people I would hope. Also the name of the tune is Beggin' by Madcon (usually I get lots of people asking me what the name of the tune is, so I thought I would save people the trouble).
Its not much, and we don't have an abundance of recent to work with, so if you think you have some quality footage that you would like to see us turn into a W1F trailer, login to the message boards and let us know.
BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Wushu, also called martial arts, a non-Olympic but Chinese traditional sport, made a shinning appearance on Thursday in Beijing where the 29th Olympic Games is going on.
The four-day Beijing 2008 Wushu Tournament, which attracts 128 athletes from 43 countries and regions, kicked off at the Beijing Olympic Sports Center where some Olympic handball matches had been held.
It was the first time that a non-Olympic tournament was launched in a city which is hosting an Olympic Games.
"With the approval of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Beijing 2008 Wushu Tournament is co-sponsored by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) and the Chinese Wushu Association," said Wang Xiaolin, the secretary-general of IWUF.
"It is the first time in the Olympic history for a tournament of a non-Olympic event to be held in an Olympic host city during the Games," Wang noted.
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"The IOC approval shows its recognition and support to the sport event originated from China and its respect to the Chinese culture," Wang said.
"The holding of the tournament showcases the magnificence of the Wushu, and signifies 'the People's Olympics', one of the themes of the Beijing Olympic Games," he added.
As for the issue of the inclusion of Wushu in the Olympic Games, Wang admitted that there is still a long way to go.
The W1F Wushu Documentary is up on the site! Filmed in the spring of 2007, this documentary not only focuses on British wushu and its competitors and coaches, but also expands further, raising issues on the status of wushu as a sport and martial art worldwide at present day. The documentary is in 5 parts.
MOUNT WUDANG, China -- At the Olympics in Beijing, spectators have been treated to the flips, kicks and punches of judo from Japan and taekwondo from Korea.
But except for an unofficial competition due to begin Thursday in the capital, they won't have seen any martial arts from China, even though Asian martial arts originated in Chinese fighting styles widely known as kung fu.
Why that is could be put down to the usual reasons that any sport is kept out of the Olympics. Some say the Games are already bursting at the seams and can't host another sport -- 302 events are on tap this year in Beijing. Others say Chinese martial arts aren't popular enough internationally to warrant inclusion.
But travel to this cloud-covered mountain in central China and you are confronted with a more central question: How do you make a sport out of something that might not really be a sport? And if you try, what do you risk losing?
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Students pose while training at the Mt. Wudang Taoist Academy.
Mount Wudang is one of the centers of Chinese martial arts, which are more accurately known as wushu. The mountain is home to a bevy of Taoist temples, many dedicated to Zhenwu, the Perfected Warrior. Legend has it that tai chi shadow boxing was revealed to a Taoist alchemist while he slept here. The mountain's fame spread internationally when dramatic fighting scenes in the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" were shot on its slopes.
Yet the form of martial arts practiced here -- and in many parts of China -- are hardly of the punch-'em-up variety. Students learn to kick and spin and punch, but the goal isn't so much to knock down opponents as to use the physical activity to achieve a meditative inner peace, a cultivation of the mind.
It had been a while since the Wushu One Family website had been updated. The site felt neglected as most of the outlaws have busy schedules, and tiring day jobs, but plans to build a new website have been in the pipeline since 2006, we've just never had the time to execute the plan!
Well here it is, the latest version of Wushu One Family, W1F v3! We haven't had time to include all of the new features we wanted to in time for the launch date, but there is more to come, so check back regularly.
Hopefully this itteration of the website will be easier to use, and easier for our users to participate in the community. We would encourage people to be more active in the wushu community to join the W1F Team. We're always in need of fresh articles, photos, videos and events information.
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The original wushuonefamily.com website was created in 2002 when Ray and Houman returned from their summer trip to Beijing, China. The intention of this website's founders was (and still is) to raise the profile of Chinese Martial Arts, Kungfu/Kung Fu, Taiji/Taichi, Qigong and all related Chinese arts by building an online community, and providing videos (including our famous W1F trailers), downloads, photos, competition results, forums, diaries, blogs, articles, stories and reference.
The Ultimate Jet Li website is no longer available, however if you are a Jet fan it might be good to check out W1F for more information on Jet's art, Wushu.
The four-day Beijing 2008 Wushu Tournament, which attracts 128 athletes from 43 countries and regions, kicked off at the Beijing Olympic Sports Center where some Olympic handball matches had been held.
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