Foreign mentors willing to promote Chinese Kungfu abroad
Written by Wang Hongjiang, www.chinaview.cn
Sunday, 02 November 2008 13:17
SHIYAN, Central China, Nov.1 (Xinhua) -- Although Chinese Kungfu has yet to take central stage in the sports world, some foreign pioneers are starting to promote it internationally.
"China is the hometown of Kungfu. I love Wushu because it nurses man's body and mind. By practicing it, people can find a balance from inner part and also can face this world more bravely," said Manca Giancarlo, coach of Italian Wushu Federation, during the 3rd World Traditional Wushu Championships (WTWC) held in central China's Shiyan city.
The 58-year-old Giancarlo has practiced Wushu for forty years. After learning Wushu in China, he came back to Italy and began teaching Wushu. Until now, he has 1,500 students in Italy.
"A Kungfu player should pay respect to his master and seek for knowledge modestly," he told his students.
Derventis Panagiotis, 41, comes from Greece and has practiced Kungfu for twenty years.
Now he opened a Wushu center in Greece and became a teacher of more than a hundred students in his country. During this WTWC, Panagiotis also participated in the competition as a player with his students.
"There is no limit to Wushu knowledge. I hope more and more people can learn Wushu and benefit from it," he said.
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.
