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Who are We?
Texas Wushu is a recreational sports team at the University of Texas at Austin. Wushu is a contemporary version of traditional Chinese martial arts. Founded in the late 1800s as an attempt to preserve Chinese martial arts culture and give them a structured, public foundation for people to practice, wushu has been a staple of Chinese cultural exports and is practiced by more than a million people across the globe. In cinema, wushu has been popularized by many such as Bruce Lee, Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan, and other critically-acclaimed actors.
The passion for this project stems from the fact that many of our members are not only interested in Chinese martial arts, but hope to promote healthiness and a combat-adjacent sport that carry an ancient culture behind it. Wushu is not just a performance art, but a crystallization of Chinese martial tradition and contemporary movements that seek to benefit the practitioner through physical training and increased agility.
How will these funds help our club?
With your help, we hope to achieve two main goals. The first is improving the equipment the club currently holds. Weapons and uniforms necessary for training, demonstrations, and competitions are the main cost barrier for many students, but with enough funds, we hope to introduce wushu silks and teach different forms of weapon combat that aren't commonly found in Austin. Second, funds will be allocated toward subsidizing students’ trips to the next annual national Collegiate Wushu competition. The tournament is always held outside Texas, so flights are a guaranteed cost barrier. However, we hope to send our entire team to Collegiates.
You can make a huge difference in the lives of Texas Wushu members with your donation!
While a cartwheel is an introductory jump in wushu, a master of the cartwheel has no trouble doing any other jump. Thank you for helping us get to our goal. Every donation counts, and yours is certainly appreciated. You will receive an Instagram shout out from @texaswushu!
A deceptively high-level jump, the butterfly kick requires a ridiculous amount of coordination and strength to pull off despite it's simple nature. Your donation of $20 allows the club to pay for two pairs of premium white Feiyue shoes for our members!
An aerial, or no-hand cartwheel, is the first inverted jump that most wushu athletes learn and is one of the A-level skills that make up a nandu, or difficulty skill, run. Thank you for your generous donation to Texas Wushu! This is no small amount, and your donation of $50 will go toward equipping members with either a broadsword or straight sword!
Imagine the difficulty of the butterfly kick, and then add a three hundred and sixty degree turn. This is the butterfly twist, and it is the first twisting skill most wushu athletes learn. This donation not only propels us 25% towards our goal, but allows us to provide wushu silks that would otherwise be hard to purchase in the US. Your first-rate donation of $100 has given us the opportunity to provide eight members with customized athletic uniform tops!
The aerial twist is similar to a butterfly twist, but not only does the athlete have to invert themselves, but they also have to wrap themselves into a twist at the same time in a gyroscopic turn. As one of the most advanced jumps, many athletes opt to avoid this jump, but the best always rise to the occasion. Your generous gift propels us to half of our goal and provides three professional level weapons for our members! This also accounts for one professional satin wushu uniform, or three satin mandarin collar uniforms.
A Xuan Feng Jiao, or 720 degree whirlwind kick, is a turning crescent kick with an added spin, if the kick on its own wasn't hard enough. The vast majority of international athletes avoid this kick due to the possibility of injury, but as a C-level skill, an XFJ 720 has enough points to match an aerial twist and an aerial jump combined. Your contribution of $400 not only covers the entire cost for Collegiates for one student, but also covers the cost of one premium silk uniform and a professional-level competition weapon.
