The Pan American Wushu Championships is a continental wushu championship hosted by the Pan American Wushu Federation (PAWF), the official continental representative of Pan America to the International Wushu Federation (IWUF).[1] The PAWF was founded at the 1995 World Wushu Championships in Baltimore, USA, and since 1996, the Pan American Wushu Championships have been held every two years.[2][3][4][5]

The PAWF also hosts the Pan American Kungfu & Taijiquan Championships.[2]

Championships

Pan American Wushu Championships

Year Edition Host City, Country
1996 1 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina
1998 2 Canada Toronto, Canada
2000 3 Brazil Manaus, Brazil
2002 4 Venezuela Merida, Venezuela
2004 5 United States Baltimore, United States
2006 6 Canada Toronto, Canada
2008 7 Brazil São Paulo, Brazil
2010 8 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina
2012 9 Mexico Monterrey, Mexico
2014 10 Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica[5]
2016 11 United States Lubbock, United States[6][7]
2018 12 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina[8]
2022 13 Brazil Brasilia, Brazil[4][9]

Pan American Kung Fu and Taijiquan Championships

Year Edition Host City, Country
2015 1 Brazil São Paulo, Brazil
2017 2 Costa Rica Puntarenas, Costa Rica[8]
2019 3 United States San Jose, United States[10]
2023 4 Canada Markham, Canada

References

  1. ↑ "IWUF Member Federations". www.IWUF.org.
  2. 1 2 "PAWF - Home". www.PAWUF.org. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  3. ↑ "USAWKF - Home". www.USAWKF.com. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  4. 1 2 "Brasília Recebe 13º Campeonato Pan-americano de Wushu". CBKW.org.br.
  5. 1 2 "10th Pan America Wushu Championships in Costa Rica: Wushu Discovers the New World" (PDF). www.IWUF.org.
  6. ↑ "Hub City Hosts 11th Annual Pan American Wushu Championship". KLBK & KAMC. 2016-08-12.
  7. ↑ "Wushu competitors parade fighting techniques at City Bank Coliseum". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. 2016-07-29.
  8. 1 2 "PAWF 2017" (PDF). www.IWUF.org.
  9. ↑ "13th Pan American Wushu Championships (CBKW)". CBKW.org.br. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
  10. ↑ "IWUF Event Calendar". www.IWUF.org.
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