Helen Wu

Helen Wu
Born 1956 (age 5960)
Style Qigong, T'ai chi, Flying Rainbow Fan, Xing Yi, Baguazhang, Northern Shao-Lin Kungfu

Helen Wu (born 1956) is a martial artist living in Toronto, Canada. The daughter of Wang Ju-Rong and Wu Chengde, Helen began her martial arts training at age three with her mother and her grandfather Wang Zi-Ping, the world-renowned Wushu Grandmaster.

Education and research

After graduation from Shanghai University, Wu began teaching in the department of Sports Medicine.

Wu now lives and teaches in Toronto, Canada where she served on the board of the Canadian Taijiquan Federation and United Wushu Federation of Canada. She is a faculty member with the York University School of Kinesiology and Health Science.[1]

Wu has acted as a consultant on several studies on the benefits of Chi-Kung:

Professional accomplishments

Wu is an accomplished wushu coach: her training methods have produced medal-winning athletes.

Wu co-authored with Wen-Ching Wu Tai Chi Single Fan for Health and Martial Arts and Chi-Kung, Tai Chi and Fan: A Step by Step Training Course for Wellness and Personal Development.[3] There were used as a text for her courses at York University.

Wu has also published articles for martial arts magazines: Flying Rainbow: The Fan of Martial Arts co-authored with Marsha Zeust for Kungfu Magazine (1999)[4] and A Fan for Life for Inside Kung-fu magazine (2007).[5]

External links

References

  1. Nigel, Andrew (2004). Pioneer of Therapeutic Martial Arts in North America. Kung Fu Tai Chi, Jan/Feb, 59-63
  2. 1 2 Wu, Helen (2005). Chi-Kung, Tai-Chi and Fan: a step by step training course for wellness and personal development. Helen X. Wu, 50
  3. ISBN 0-9737251-0-9
  4. Wu, Helen & Zeust, Marsha (1999). Flying Rainbow: The Fan of Martial Arts. Kungfu Qigong, July, 42-44
  5. Wu, Helen (2007). A Fan for Life. Inside Kung-fu, May, 40-44
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