(Thu.)

Demo @ 7 p.m.

Location: Grand River Room @ Kirkhof Center on the Allendale campus of Grand Valley State University

* Chinese food catered from Far East Restaurant, a dragon dance, a zodiac skit, several ethnic dances, and a lot of fun!! *

(Sat.)

Demo @ 8:30 p.m.

*Event will be covered by local TV stations

(Sat.)

Grand Rapids Karate Tournament

Demo @ 11:30 a.m.

Competition begins @ 10 a.m.

(Sat)

Demo @ 1 p.m.

Competition begins @ 11:15 a.m. (registration @ 10:30 a.m.)

(* We encourage students to compete wearing the Young Champions Wushu uniform)

Location: Holland Civic Center
150 West 8^th Street, Holland, MI 49424

(Sat.)

Demo@ time will be notified at arrival
Competition begins @ 10 a.m. (Registration @ 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. )

Location: Holiday Inn City Center

500 Hamilton Blvd., Peoria, IL 61602

(Sun.)

Honorable Grand Master Wu bin will be doing all examinations; Coach Wang Fang will be instructing.

Take advantage of this opportunity – learn from the Grandfather of Wushu. Your journey begins here – prepare yourself to compete with other competitors from all over the world in the upcoming US Open 2007 International Wushu – Kungfu Championship (November 17-18, 2007)

(Sat)

Demo @ 3-4:30 p.m.

Exhibition @ 1 – 6 p.m. (before and after the performance)

Location: Midland Center for the Arts (1801 West St. Andrews Road, Midland, MI 48640)

* Transportation and lunch will be provided to the Young Champions Wushu Demo Team.

(Sat.)

Young Champions Spring Tournament

Demo@ time will be notified at arrival
Competition begins @ 10 a.m. (Check in @ 9 a.m.)

Location: Kelloggsville Middle School

4650 S. Division Ave., Kentwood, MI 49548

Demo @ Festival of the Arts in downtown Grand Rapids

(*details will be informed when available)

(Fri)

Demo @ GR American Cancer Society

7:30pm (*details will be informed when available)

Wushu Tour to China

The selected students will train with the world Wushu champions in China for three exclusively designed Wushu forms: Long Tassel Straightsword Form (or Hero Straightsword Form for the first time trainees), Snake Hand Form and Two-section Staff Form.

Extended Wushu Training in China

Some students will train with the most prestigious Beijing Wushu Team during this week. They will also visit and train at the Shaolin Temple discovering the origin of the Chinese Wushu. Students will be prepared for the Chicago International Tournament in November 2007.

(Fri. – Sun.)

Young Champions National Wushu Summer Camp
Location: Dayton, Ohio

Grand Master Wu Bin and one of his chosen Chinese Wushu champions will come to host the summer Wushu camps in July 2007. Leopard Level II forms will be released to the students who passed all the Wolf three levels. Beginners will learn their next level’s forms under the instruction of Grand Master Wu Bin.

Testing will take place under Master Wu at the camp.

US Open 2007 International Wushu – Kungfu Championship

Location: Pheasant Run Resort and Convention Center, Chicago, Illinois

Specially featuring Advisor General, founder of Beijing Wushu Team, martial artist and movie star Jet Li’s coach, 9^th degree Chinese Wushu ranking, the honorable Grand Master Wu Bin. Master Wu will hold a discussion with US Wushu organizations about prospects of Wushu in the U.S., how to better inherit and expand traditional Kungfu, make the best modern Wushu players, and restore the power and reputation of U.S. Wushu in the 80’s.

This tournament will have professional Wushu teams from Europe, Asia, Australia and North America to compete the international compulsory routines. Events will also include traditional Kungfu styles represented by descendents of different origins. The Young Champions forms competition will take place within this event.

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2008

Olympic Demonstration @ United Nations

Assigned by the Chinese government, Grand Master Wu Bin will hand pick 100 Young Champions Wushu students to perform along with thousands of Wushu players from the world at the United Nations in New York in 2008.