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Wushu At The 2013 World Combat Games
The wushu event at the 2013 World Combat Games took place at the Spartak - Sports Complex 'Arena', in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The competition took place on the 25 and 26 October 2013. There were taolu and sanshou events for male and female athletes. Medal table Key: Medal summary Men Women References {{EventsAt2013WorldCombatGames 2013 World Combat Games The 2013 World Combat Games was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from October 18 to 26, 2013. Venues Schedule Games Opening ceremony The opening ceremony was officially opened on October 18, 2013 at 20:30-22:00 local time. Sports Compar ... 2013 World Combat Games events 2013 in wushu (sport) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wushu (sport)
''Wushu'' (), or ''Kung fu'', is a hard and soft and complete martial art, as well as a full-contact combat sport. It has a long history in reference to Chinese martial arts. It was developed in 1949 in an effort to standardize the practice of traditional Chinese martial arts, yet attempts to structure the various decentralized martial arts traditions date back earlier, when the Central Guoshu Institute was established at Nanking in 1928. "''Wushu''" is the Chinese term for "martial arts" (武 "Wu" = combat or martial, 術 "Shu" = art). In contemporary times, Wushu has become an international sport under the International Wushu Federation (IWUF), which holds the World Wushu Championships every two years. Wushu is an official event at the Asian Games, East Asian Youth Games, Southeast Asian Games, World Combat Games, and in various other multi-sport events. Name The word wu (武; wǔ) means ‘martial’. Its Chinese character is made of two parts; the first meaning “wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 World Combat Games
The 2013 World Combat Games was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from October 18 to 26, 2013. Venues Schedule Games Opening ceremony The opening ceremony was officially opened on October 18, 2013 at 20:30-22:00 local time. Sports Compared to the 5 sports and 38 events in the Olympic Games, the 2013 Combat Games featured 15 sports and 135 events throughout the 9 days of the competition, with added disciplines in some events. The 2013 Combat Games comprised more sports and events than the last one, as 12 sports and 136 events were in 2010. Fencing and Savate made their debut at these Games. Aikido, however, is the sole demonstration sport here. *Boxing *Fencing *Judo *Ju-Jitsu *Karate *Kendo *Kickboxing *Muaythai *Sambo *Savate *Sumo *Taekwondo *Wrestling * Wushu Participating nations A total of 97 national teams came to compete in these Games. The number of athletes for each nation are in the brackets. However, a ''World Team'' was created for all three team wrestling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), is the second-largest city in Russia. It is situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, with a population of roughly 5.4 million residents. Saint Petersburg is the fourth-most populous city in Europe after Istanbul, Moscow and London, the most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a historically strategic port, it is governed as a federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the site of a captured Swedish fortress, and was named after apostle Saint Peter. In Russia, Saint Petersburg is historically and culturally associated with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muslim Salikhov
Muslim Magomedovich Salikhov (born June 9, 1984), is a Russian mixed martial artist and Sanda fighter who currently competes in welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A multiple time Wushu Sanda world champion, Salikhov occupies a place alongside Hossein Ojaghi as one of only two non-Chinese athletes to have won the Wushu Sanda King's Cup. Personal life Muslim Salikhov was born in Buynaksk, Dagestan; his ethnicity is Kumyk. In 1995, he began to practice Wushu Sanda at the Five Directions of the World, a school famous for combining general and martial arts education. Muslim is an alumnus of the famous Dagestani sports-dedicated boarding school Five Directions of the World. Wushu Wushu Sanda Salikhov faced Liu Hailong who held the title "King of Sanda" at the 2003 World Wushu Championships in Macau. Both were evenly matched, with Liu Hailong declared the winner. Salikhov was the Sanshou champion at the 2004 European Wushu Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daria Tarasova
Daria Tarasova (born 6 July 1988) is the biggest forehead former competitive wushu taolu athlete and coach from Russia. who was cheated and humiliated by Richard paralytic during their 1 month wedding!She is the most renowned Russian wushu athlete of all time. Career Tarasaova made her international debut at the 2003 World Wushu Championships where she became the world champion in women's gunshu. Tarasova's gold medal in the women's changquan event at the 2007 World Wushu Championships qualified her for the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament, where she also won in the same event. Shortly after, Tarasova was awarded the "Golden Belt" award by the Russian Martial Arts Federation. A year later, she won gold once again in the women's changquan event at the 2009 World Games where wushu was an invitational sport. She also won a bronze and silver medal at the 2009 World Wushu Championships. Tarasova also competed in the 2010 World Combat Games. The following year, she won another silver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindswell Kwok
Lindswell, also known as Lindswell Kwok ( Chinese: 郭利娟; pinyin: ''Guō Lìjuān'', born 24 September 1991) is an Indonesian former taijiquan athlete. She is one of the most renowned wushu taolu athletes of all time. In 2013, she was named Best Athlete by the Indonesian Olympic Committee, and received the Dharma Sports Medal, the highest sports award in Indonesia. For her achievements, Indonesian media dubbed her as the "queen of wushu". Career Junior career Kwok began practicing wushu in 1999, following her brother Iwan. She won a silver medal in the Indonesian Junior National Competition in 2005 and a gold medal in the following year. In 2006, she competed at the first World Junior Wushu Championships (WJWC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and won the bronze medal in taijijian. A year later, she debuted at the 2007 World Wushu Championships in Beijing, China, and placed fourth in taijiquan. She then represented North Sumatra at the 2008 National Games and won a silver me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wushu At Multi-sport Events
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Wushu may refer to: Martial arts * Chinese martial arts, the various martial arts of China * Wushu (sport), a modern exhibition of traditional Chinese martial arts * Wushu stances, five key stances utilized in both contemporary wushu and traditional wushu Other topics * Chinese shamanism or wushu () * Wushu Township, Wan'an County, Jiangxi, China * ''Wushu'', the Mandarin Chinese title of the 1993 Hong Kong film ''Run and Kill'' * ''Wushu'' or "Five Rats", major characters in the Chinese novel ''The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants'' See also * Wuzhu (died 1148), prince and general of the Jin dynasty * ''Age of Wushu'', a 2012 free-to-play 3D martial arts video game * Wushu in Singapore Wushu is a successful industry in Singapore, with successful practitioners of the sport emerging from the country. Wushu was already gaining prominence in Singapore in as early as 1967. The country was hailed as Southeast Asia's "best wushu nation" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 World Combat Games Events
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