{"id":202,"date":"2011-12-21T04:39:51","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T04:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helenwutaichi.com\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2025-05-03T22:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T22:15:20","slug":"master-helen-wu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helenwutaichi.com\/?page_id=202","title":{"rendered":"Grandmaster Helen Wu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-806  alignleft\" title=\"Master Helen Wu\" src=\"https:\/\/helenwutaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Master-Helen-Wu-double-sword.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenwutaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Master-Helen-Wu-double-sword.jpg 793w, https:\/\/helenwutaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Master-Helen-Wu-double-sword-300x276.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>A Life Dedicated to Martial Arts<\/h3>\n<h3>and Healing<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u738b\u6c0f\u6b66\u672f\uff0c\u738b\u6c0f\u4f24\u79d1\u7b2c\u4e09\u4ee3\u4f20\u4eba\uff1a\u5434\u5c0f\u84c9\u8001\u5e08&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Helen Xiao-Rong Wu was born in Shanghai, China in 1956. She began her training in the martial arts when she was 3 years old, studying under both her legendary martial artist Zi-Ping Wang, and her mother, Professor Ju-Rong Wang, the first female professor of martial arts in China.<\/p>\n<p>She became an expert in all the major styles of Kung-Fu and Tai-Chi under the tutelage of renowned Chinese martial arts masters, including grandmaster Liu-Xin Gu and Grandmaster Bin-Quan He etc. During her years at the Shanghai Teachers\u2019 University, Department of Physical Education, she trained under Professor Rong-Wei Shen and Coach Fu-Yun Zhang (former head coach of Shanghai\u2019s Wushu team).<\/p>\n<p>In 1982, Helen Wu graduated from the Department of Physical Education, Shanghai Teachers\u2019 University and remained as a teacher of sports medicine. While teaching, she continued her own education by taking advanced courses in traditional Chinese traumatology, children\u2019s physical fitness, rehabilitation medicine and treatment of athletic injuries. She has also carried out further research and study of the traditional Chinese martial arts from the viewpoints of exercise physiology and sports medicine. She has authored more than twenty articles, published in various Chinese journals, and has published five books on subjects including Tai-Chi, Wushu, traumatology and sports medicine.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_818\" style=\"width: 374px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-818\" class=\"size-full wp-image-818    \" title=\"Helen Wu with her Mother Prof. Wang \" src=\"https:\/\/helenwutaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/HelenWu-22-yrs-old.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"432\"\/><p id=\"caption-attachment-818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Master Wu with her Mother Prof. Wang, Shanghai, China, 1978<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Complementing her extensive formal education, Grandmaster Wu has gained considerable hands-on clinical and medical experience. She studied and practised healing under the direction of her father, Dr. Cheng-De Wu. She practised medicine at the Shanghai Sixth People\u2019s Hospital and Shanghai Xin-Le Hospital, and served at a clinic in Shanghai for four years.<\/p>\n<p>After she moved to Canada in 1989, Helen Wu continued an active teaching career, and served as board member of the Canadian Taijiquan Federation and the United Wushu Federation of Canada. She has introduced Tai-Chi, Chi-Kung and Kung-Fu to North American audiences through a number of magazines and TV programs, and is in high demand as a guest speaker for major hospitals and universities, including Riverdale Hospital, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College and York University. Professor Greg Malszecki of York University wrote, \u201cNo other I have met could offer such a lucid, informed and solid introduction to the subject of Eastern theories of the body, than this expert.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a testament to her teaching abilities, many of Helen Wu\u2019s students have been highly successful in competition. Her students a lot of medals including the silver and bronze all-round grand championships at the competitions in U. S. and Shanghai, China. One of her special students was actress Elizabeth Gracen, star of the TV series Highlander \u2013 The Raven. In 1998, Grandmaster Helen Wu had the pleasure of performing the Flying Rainbow fan form with Elizabeth for an episode of the series.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_821\" style=\"width: 327px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-821\" class=\" wp-image-821   \" title=\"Helen with her Mother, 1998\" src=\"https:\/\/helenwutaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/HelenWu-1998.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenwutaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/HelenWu-1998.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/helenwutaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/HelenWu-1998-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helen Wu with her Mother Prof. Wang in Canada, 1998<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 1999, Kung Fu\/Tai Chi magazine, a leading U.S. martial arts magazine, and the Canadian journal, Martial Arts Fitness and Profiles magazine, both honoured Grandmaster Helen Wu\u2019s extraordinary talents as a teacher and her inestimable contributions to martial arts. In February 2004, Kung Fu\/Tai Chi magazine again ran a feature article celebrating her achievements as a pioneer in the introduction of Chinese martial arts and healing systems to North America.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Grandmaster Helen Wu\u2019s distinguished accomplishments as a martial artist, practitioner of Chinese medicine, physical trainer, and teacher flow from the training system passed down through generations of her family. As of January 1, 2000, she began to offer a formal programme encapsulating the major elements of her family\u2019s martial arts system. The training syllabus includes techniques for achieving optimal health, a study of the internal and external martial arts, and instructors\u2019 training. Students have been coming from Canada, the United States and around the world to experience the remarkable results of her teaching methods. She also received a Qualifications Certificate of Top One Hundred Wushu Extraordinary-Prominent Wushu Educators in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Grandmaster Helen Wu teaches Tai-Chi credit courses (2003-2024) at the School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University in Toronto, Canada. Professor Carol Wilson, Former Director of Undergraduate Studies, has spoken of \u201cthe impressive level of organization and diligence that Helen Wu brings to the teaching of Tai Chi and the excellent teaching and course evaluations that she consistently receives\u2026 her commitment to the development of the Tai Chi program within the School of Kinesiology and Health Science is exemplary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_885\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-885\" class=\" wp-image-885  \" title=\"Master Wu - TV show Raven\" src=\"https:\/\/helenwutaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Tv-Raven-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenwutaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Tv-Raven-.jpg 800w, https:\/\/helenwutaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Tv-Raven--300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><p 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title=\"2012-Medalists\" src=\"https:\/\/helenwutaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/2012-Medalists.jpg\" alt=\"medals\" width=\"399\" height=\"289\"\/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 11 World Grand Wushu Festival, Shanghai, China, 2012. Winning a total of 36 Medals<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"Team-2012\" src=\"https:\/\/helenwutaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Team-2012.jpg\" alt=\"team 2012\" width=\"400\" height=\"289\"\/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Team members with Grandmaster Helen Wu at the 11 World Grand Wushu Festival, Shanghai, China, 2012<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 408px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"Tai-Chi Cruise\" src=\"https:\/\/helenwutaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/TaiChi-Cruise-taught-by-Master-Helen-Wu-2008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"298\"\/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tai-Chi Cruise 2007<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Director Pat Rice, Grandmaster Wu and her students,<\/p>\n<p>1999-2001 International Tai-Chi Championships<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-882  alignleft\" title=\"Taste Of China 2000\" src=\"https:\/\/helenwutaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/TasteOfChina-2000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenwutaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/TasteOfChina-2000.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/helenwutaichi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/TasteOfChina-2000-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Life Dedicated to Martial Arts and Healing \u738b\u6c0f\u6b66\u672f\uff0c\u738b\u6c0f\u4f24\u79d1\u7b2c\u4e09\u4ee3\u4f20\u4eba\uff1a\u5434\u5c0f\u84c9\u8001\u5e08&nbsp; Helen Xiao-Rong Wu was born in Shanghai, China in 1956. 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