RP wushu team bagged gold, silver & bronze2

Too bad, wushu is just a demonstration sport in the previously Beijing Olympics 2008. We could
have at least 1 gold in our medal standings. Actually, wushu would have been listed in the official sports of the Olympics this 2008, if only other countries approved. They want it to be in the official list but on the next Olympics. Why? Because of 2 reasons:

1. They are not ready yet. The olympic forms of wushu are way too hard. Lots of acrobatics, speed and accurate timing.
2. Olympics 2008 were held in China, right? According to history, wushu are known to have been originated in China since Buddha's time. And Wushu is part of school's curriculum in some schools in China. (Jet Li is an alumni in one of those schools)..so what do you expect?

Note: Wushu is not a new martial arts. It was mistakingly called "Kungfu". Wu-shu, when translated, is martial-arts. It's the origin of all martial arts. (FYI to those who's unfamiliar with it. Maybe I'll create another post for the wushu topic some other time).

ANYWAY, the reason why I post this blog is to congratulate the ff:

• Willy Wang - Gold in Men's Nanquan Wushu Taolu event.
• Mary Jane Estimar - Silver in the 52-kg class of the women’s Wushu Sanshou.
• Benjie Rivera - Bronze in the men’s 60kg Wushu Sanshou.
• Marian Mariano - Bronze in the women’s 56kg Wushu Sanshou.

If only Arvin Ting, a world wushu champion, joined the RP team there then he could have also bagged gold in Wushu Taolu Northern styles.

Below is an interview of GMA7 on Willy Wang:


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