HUTB Wushu Team Returns with Honors from National Competition
2025-11-07
Recently, the 5th Chinese University Taiji Push Hands Championship and the 5th Chinese University Wushu Long and Short Weapons Championship, organized by the Federation of University Sports of China, were held in Nantong, Jiangsu Province. This martial arts event attracted over 3,000 athletes and coaches from 278 universities across the country, including Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, East China Normal University, and Beijing Sport University.
Under the guidance of instructor Xiong Jun, HUTB's Long and Short Weapons Team sent three male and two female athletes to compete. The team ultimately won one gold, one silver, and one bronze medal, along with two fifth-place finishes nationally, securing an impressive sixth place in the overall team standings. Team members Liu Ting, Zhou Ying, and Ning Faliang were honored with the "Outstanding Athlete" award. Meanwhile, the university's Taiji Push Hands Team, led by instructors Li Shuangming and Jiang Zao, fielded six athletes who collectively earned three silver medals in the Men's Group A-B 62 kg, 64 kg, and 85+ kg categories, as well as two bronze medals in the 66 kg and 68 kg categories.
These excellent results vividly reflect the high importance placed by the CPC HUTB Committee on inheriting and developing China's outstanding traditional sports culture. They also represent the finest outcomes of the "Sports HUTB" educational philosophy and the talent cultivation model of "promoting teaching and learning through competition." The university's Wushu team will continue to advance the echelon construction of long/short weapons and Taiji Push Hands programs, actively promote the integration of traditional martial arts into "campus activities, curriculum, and student clubs," and build an integrated development path of "training, competition, and teaching." This will enable Wushu to serve as an important vehicle for students to strengthen their willpower, enhance physical fitness, and cultivate moral character.
(Reported by School of Sports and Health)
