“One Hundred Thousand Dollar Scholarship Fund for KWA Members”

A hundred thousand dollar scholarship fund for KWA members wishing to be qualified for State and National administration roles has today been announced.
The fund has been made possible by a personal donation by KWA National President Walt Missingham.

Walt has commented:

“Recently, as many will be aware, I was the recipient of a sizable payout of damages, stemming from a defamation action, awarded to me by the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
It not my wish to profit from the poor judgment of those less fortunate than myself although the poetic justice of the money of our detractors funding the growth of our organisation does not escape me. I have therefore decided to allocate these funds to what will be known as the ‘Walt Missingham Scholarship Fund’. The fund will be used to pay the cost of any KWA admin person or officer bearer who undertakes our specialised ‘Governance and Administrative Staff training program’ with Synergy Central, details of which have already been made public.

Such training and qualifications can be expensive and it is hardly appropriate that we place additional burdens on our volunteers so it gives me great pleasure to make this small but meaningful contribution.

We have many great and talented young people coming up through the ranks so this initiative can only enhance our already great future potential as Australia’s peak body for Chinese martial arts.”

Details of the operation of the Scholarship Fund will be made available to members in the new year.

NATIONALLY RECOGNISED GOVERNANCE AND ADMIN TRAINING FOR KWA MEMBERS

It was announced at the recent KWA AGM that the Registered Training Organisation ‘Synergy Central’ has developed a specialised training package for all State and National KWA Office bearers and Administrators.

KWA National President, Walt Missingham advised:

“ Kung Fu Wushu Australia has evolved into the largest Chinese Martial Arts organisation in the Southern hemisphere, we have over 1000 government accredited instructors reaching over thirty thousand practitioners and have,
over the last few years, achieved gold medal successes at the World Championships. With this growth comes increased demands on our volunteer officer bearers and administrators, demands that sometimes our people do not have the training or knowledge to meet.

Accordingly KWA has entered into a commercial arrangement with the RTO ‘Synergy Central’ to provide government recognised and certified training in governance and administration. The program is being rolled out over the next three years and will set the minimum standard that all of our State and National officer bearers and administrators will need to have.”

The Training Package is comprehensive and deals with all aspects of corporate governance and organisational Administration and will issue certificate 2, 3 and 4 as well as diploma qualifications within this framework. Details of the training package will be made available to members in the new year.

Wushu Included in the 2017 World University Games

The IWUF Secretariat has announced that Wushu will be added as an official sport of the World University Games ‘Universiade’ .

The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for
university athletes by the International University Sports Federation
(FISU). The name is a combination of the words “University” and “olympiad”. The Universiade is often referred to in English as the World University Games.

The 2017 Games will be hosted by Taipei Taiwan.

2015 ARNOLD CLASSIC AUSTRALIA TOURNAMENT

Arnold Schwarzenegger & Silvio Morelli (CEO – Blitz Publications), would like to personally invite you to the inaugural Arnold Classic Australia, Martial Arts Festival, on the 13th, 14th & 15th March 2015, at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.

The Arnold Classic Martial Arts Festival will feature 8 multi discipline martial arts events for adults and juniors.

Under the auspices of Kung Fu Wushu Australia, the Arnold Kung Fu Wushu Classic Australia will feature the country’s top Wushu Taolu (routines) competitors show off their amazing skills.

Alongside these performers will be sanda (sparring) divisions with full-contact punches, kicks and spectacular throws.

The Arnold Classic Kung Fu Wushu Championship is a Goodwill event open to all Kung Fu Wushu practitioners, regardless of affiliation.

Click on the below link for online registrations. Early bird registration discount if register before December 31, 2014.
http://www.aca2015.com.au/arnold-classic-2015-kung-fu-championships.html

Youtube link: http://youtu.be/ODU9w4Muu0k

Be excited, be entertained, get involved!