| Grandmaster Wang Jurong | Dr. Wu Chengde | Master Xiaoping Wu |
On December 7, 1997 the USA Wushu Kung Fu Federation honored Madame Wang Ju Rong with a Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Federation's Hall of Fame. In 1995 she was named Woman of the Year by Inside Kung-fu magazine. Born November 4, 1928 in China, she began her martial arts training under her father, Grandmaster Wang Ziping, at the age of five. She was the 1946 National Woman's Champion and took two gold medals in the 1953 National Wushu Competition.
In 1955, she married Dr. Wu Chengde, a student of her father in martial arts and traditional Chinese Medicine. Having graduated from Aurora University in Shanghai, Madame Wang helped found the Shanghai Physical Education College. She pioneered a graduate program and was the first Chinese professor to award Master of Martial Arts degrees in Tai Chi. During her 36 years of instruction and research, she coached the New China Wushu Team and was the first woman allowed to represent China in seminars given around the world.
Madame Wang has served in numerous judging committees, research associations and as advisor to international competitions. She was appointed to the council that developed the Chinese competition rule book and personally developed the double sword competition routine used today. Her many accomplishments and popularity throughout Asia have earned her the title, "New China's First Generation Female Wushu Master."
Dr. Wu has over 40 years of clinical experience in Chinese medicine. From 1959 until 1989 he served as Director of the Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, as well as Professor and Medical Doctor-In-Chief of the Long Hua Hospital in Shanghai, China. In 1989 Dr. Wu relocated to Houston, Texas, where he opened his current private practice.
Master Xiaoping Wu -As the youngest heir to the martial arts dynasty of Wang Ziping, Xiaoping Wu has learned hard and soft styles of Chinese Kungfu from her earliest days.