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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 your contribution help?
With your help, we hope to achieve two main goals. The first of which is subsidizing members' trips to the World Star Chinese Martial Arts competition in the Spring of 2022. With the way the competition is organized, registration fees and travel are a guaranteed cost barrier. However, we hope to send our entire team to World Star. The second place the funds will be allocated towards is improving the equipment currently at hand. Primarily, weapons and uniforms necessary for demonstrations and competitions are the second cost barrier for many students, but with enough funds, we hope to introduce wushu silks and teach different uncommon forms of weapon combat.
You can make a huge difference for Texas Wushu members with your donation!
Thank you for helping us get to our goal! Every amount helps provide more resources for our members, and your donation is certainly appreciated.
Thank you for your generous donation to Texas Wushu! Your donation of $80 will pay for six pairs of premium white Feiyue shoes for our members. You will receive an Instagram shout out from @texaswushu!
This donation not only propels us closer 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 $160 has given us the opportunity to provide ten members with customized athletic uniform tops!
Thank you so much for the generous donation of $250! This amount is enough to send a single student completely free to World Star!
Your generous gift propels us to almost a quarter of our goal and provides for two students to go completely free for World Star! This also accounts for almost five satin wushu uniforms, or two premium silk ones.
Your contribution of $1200 not only covers the entire the costs of about five students' costs for World Star, but also helps equip members and allow us to travel to even more competitions, earning you the title of dragon!
