Yiquan tournament in China!

All China yiquan tournament will be organized in Handan city, Hebei province, 2-4 October 2013.

There will be demonstrations, lectures, tui shou and san shou competitions.

Tui shou tournament will be open for people from outside yiquan - for example taijiquan, shuai jiao etc.

San shou tournament this time will be open only for yiquan practitioners. There rules are not announced yet.

Media covering this event:

 "Zhonghua Wushu" martial arts magazine
"Boji" martial arts magazine
"Wudang" martial arts magazine
"Shaolin yu Taiji" martial arts magazine
"Wuhun" martial arts magazine
"Quanqiu Gongfu" martial arts magazine

 Handan city and Hebei province newspapers

 Hebei province television station
Handan city television station
Handan city radio station

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