Issue: Introducing Competition Rules
I and others are concerned that the ways of introducing Competition Rules is unclear. As far as we are aware, they are never discussed by either the Technical Committee (TC) or by the Congress.
For example, the new Taijiquan Rules are supposed to still be under development, yet neither the TC nor the Congress ever voted to implement those Rules - but the new rules have already been launched at a world scale event, being the 1st World Taijiquan Championships held in Chengdu in 2014.
We believe that it is important for the integrity of Wushu, that matters of this nature should be of concern to the President of IWUF and priority given to ensure we have transparent and credible processes in place.
For example, the new Taijiquan Rules are supposed to still be under development, yet neither the TC nor the Congress ever voted to implement those Rules - but the new rules have already been launched at a world scale event, being the 1st World Taijiquan Championships held in Chengdu in 2014.
We believe that it is important for the integrity of Wushu, that matters of this nature should be of concern to the President of IWUF and priority given to ensure we have transparent and credible processes in place.