Mr. Sherif Mostafa, President of the African Wushu Kungfu Federation and
Vice President of IWUF, has announced that wushu has been accepted as an
official sport in the African Youth Games, which will be held in Algiers,
Algeria July 17-27, 2018.

The acceptance was confirmed in a letter from Major General Ahmed Nasser,
the President of the Association of African Sports Confederations, and
Lassana Palinfro, the President of the Association of National Olympic
Committees of Africa. President Mostafa will attend a technical coordination
meeting in March for a visit to the sport facilities in Algiers, and for a
discussion with the organizers of rules and provisions, qualification
standards, and representation and participation of wushu in the Games.

IWUF President Yu Zaiqing remarks, “I am extremely pleased that wushu has
been accepted into the African Youth Games, as it signals a strong and
positive step for the development of our sport on the continent of Africa. I
commend the hard work and efforts of Mr. Mostafa and his team, and
congratulate the African Wushu Kungfu Federation on its great success in
this notable achievement. We look forward to a fine showing from Africa’s
wushu youth in the upcoming Games in Algiers.”

Mr. Mostafa says, “After many years, this dream has come true for our
federation in Africa. I offer my heartfelt thanks to all the members of AFWF
for their support and collaboration, and I am eager to continue our work
together to make this a bright and successful wushu competition.”

The African Youth Games is an international multi-sport event held every
four years to complement the current All-Africa Games. Wushu joins 27 other
sports in the 2018 African Youth Games. This accomplishment is a significant
milestone for the AFWF, as it is steadily growing the sport of wushu on the
African continent.

Earlier this year an inaccurate and defamatory statement, about KWA President Walt Missingham, was published on website controlled by Wellington martial arts instructor Ron Goninan.

Following legal intervention Mr. Goninan has removed the statement from the website and issued the following ‘Public Apology’:

“A recent Article appeared on this website apparently dated 16th April, 2016, and entitled “Oh before I forget”. The article contained statements which were defamatory of Mr Walter Missingham, and were both inaccurate and false. I unreservedly apologise for any mis-statement, hurt or distress caused to Mr Missingham by these false statements.”

Walt Missingham’s costs in this matter have been paid by Mr. Goninan.

It is noted that, on the 17th November 2016, Mr. Goninan announced: “have recently made a decision to withdraw from Social media and close down all current Facebook pages.”

KWA President, Walt Missingham, has advised that IWUF has declared the IKFF as a conflicting organisation. The full notice can be viewed here:

2016-07-18 Important Notice -International Kung Fu Federation (IKFF) determined as conflicting organization

Walt has advised that the KWA membership policy will be amended to accommodate this IWUF directive.

Kung Fu Wushu ACT will be holding an open day with its Overcoming Challenges Programme, which aims to have older Canberrans, and those with a disability experience the benefits of learning Kung Fu. Teaching will be tailored to the individual, and their particular requirements.

These benefits include:

Increased self confidence, from understanding easy to learn self defence, and from improved coordination and fitness, as well as learning something new

Increased fitness, from cardio-vascular, flexibility and strength training tailored to your capacities

Better health, coming from fitness, from learning how to extend your mental and physical capacities, and understanding how to use and improve your body’s natural energy

Chi Gung, to tap into your natural energy

Meditation, to encourage calm, and increase enjoyment of life

To take part, simply come along to one of the following classes on the evening of Tuesday 10 May:

Ainslie: the All Saints Church Hall, at the corner of Cowper and Bonney Streets, at 6.30 pm with Sifu Neal Hardy 0421 849 551

Holt: the Holt Neighbourhood Hall, 80 Beaurepaire Crescent, at 7.30, with Sifu David Crook 0466 569 889 or 0410 680 269 (Drew)

Phillip: 3 Dundas Court, at 6.00 pm, with Sifu Allan Graham 0427 700 062

Oceania Kung Fu Wushu Federation President Walt Missingham has today advised
that the IWUF Executive Board held its 32nd meeting on November 14th, 2015
in Jakarta, Indonesia, it was decided by the EB that the name of the World
Traditional Wushu Championships will be officially changed to the World
Kungfu Championships, namely, the 7th World Kungfu Championships for the
2017 edition.

Walt commented; “I have been pushing for this change for some time so it is
good that it is finally done. This is an important and proactive step in
improving the ‘brand recognition’ for our sport internationally.”

Photo caption ‘IWUF Executive Board Group Photo Jakarta 2015’