Dear friends and colleagues in martial arts:
The Macau International Martial Arts Festival and the Macau International Budo
Competition offer major martial arts sports and cultural activities and are organized by the
Macao Chinese Traditional Sports Association, the Chinese Wushu Department, Xi'an Institute of
Physical Education and the German Wuyi Athletic Gym. This event provides an extraordinar
y opportunity to experience the full range of marital arts. On
the various competition floors you can admire a wide range of traditional Wushu,modern
Taolu,San Shou Kickboxing,Jeet Kune Do,Tae Kwon Do,Qi Gong and fitness exercises. The festival intends to promote international martial arts and cultural exchanges,
enhancefriendship and help the attending martial artists to improve their skills. The competition will not only include a wide variety of wushu styles and techniques, but also
further disciplines such as Shuai Jiao(Chinese wrestling), Tae Kwon Do and other martial arts
styles. During the festival we will organize presentations including live demonstrations on Wushu
culture held by the masters in various disciplines. You will also have the opportunity to engage in
dialogs with these masters.In addition we will select the very bestmasters and provide them with
the opportunity to describe their owndevelopment and their martial arts philosophy. The Macau festival provides an extraordinary opportunity for Wushu friends from around the
world to meet and share the importance and positive influence of martial arts. Macau combines fascinating history as former Portuguese colony and Chinese culture of
temples, shrines and small eateries with being the “Vegas of the East” and the only place with
legal gambling in China. Macau will be well prepared to greet elite martial arts from around the
world, who can not only enjoy the mutual exchange of learning and skills, but also appreciate
local culture and experience Macau's unique scenery and rich entertainment.
