First World Traditional Wushu Festival

October 16-20, 2004

Held in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China, the first World Tradtional Wushu Festival brought together traditional Wushu practitioners from dozens of nations. Vancouver's Bak Mei team was one of the Canadian representatives in this huge event.

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Train station in Beijing before departure	Zhengzhou railway station	Banners welcoming our arrival
Andy and Mina	On the bus	Mina practicing
Seb practicing	Seb practicing staff	Bus broke down
Shaolin wushu schools demonstrating	Shaolin students showing their strength	Getting rammed by a battering ram while buses pass
Advanced Shaolin students	Coliseum where the opening ceremonies were held	Andy, Sifu, and Mike
The many hundreds of competitors	Incredible opening ceremonies	Competitors from Vancouver
The arena	Seb practicing staff before competitions	Andy in competition
Mina in competition	Andy doing double broadswords	Seb in competition
Seb doing staff	Seb with award	Seb, Sifu, Andy
Andy still hyped	Faces of madness	That's no moon...
Seb with new friend	With team New Zealand