The Tbaytel 2022 Canadian National Martial Arts Championships & Festival is fast approaching with less than 3 weeks left until the arrival of some of the best martial artists across Canada for the event. The 3 day event includes an Opening Gala show on Friday night with special performances by renowned Kung Fu Masters.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe are proud to have International guests who will be partaking in the event including Master Lu XiaoLing who is a Technical Committee leader from the International Wushu Federation (IWuF).\u00a0 Master Lu will spearhead the Judging Team at this event along with many other accredited Masters from Canada and the USA\u201d says Eileen Fauster, President of WushuOntario, who is the Organizing Provincial Sports Body of the Championships.\u00a0 \u201cThe main judging panel for this year\u2019s event will also include 2001 World Champion and Beijing Wushu Team member Master Jiang BangJun, along with Master Helen Liang from Vancouver who is a legend in Water Style Tai Chi.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The event is hosted locally by the Peng You Tai Chi Academy who brings the event to Thunder Bay after years of support to the martial arts landscape in Canada. Master Peng You who is a recognized leader in the Thunder Bay community says \u201cWe are so excited to be able to gather so many great martial arts leaders into one place and to showcase the amazing performances of the Chinese culture to the City. This is definitely going to be an eye opener for those attending to witness live action Kung Fu at its best.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Brian Nieminen, the chair for the event organizing committee, has been working diligently with Alan Tang from WushuOntario and local volunteers for the past year in preparation. \u201cWe are definitely pushing hard to ensure that the city welcomes all our guests to this event, ” says Nieminen. \u201cWith so many moving parts it is definitely a challenge for us in hosting this event, but we have had great support from the city along with WushuOntario to make it all possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The event\u2019s managing coordinator, Alan Tang, is also a stunt coordinator for film who\u2019s recent projects include \u201cMarvel\u2019s Shang Chi\u201d and \u201cNetflix\u2019s Avatar the Last AirBender\u201d live action adaptation.\u00a0 He will be performing and co-hosting the opening gala show on Friday, July 29th which will also feature an interactive Lion Dance display and a special LED Dragon performance for the first time ever in Thunder Bay.<\/p>\n
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