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Janice Hung Let's Us See Why She's Called the Wushu Queen

- Chise Alcantara

 People are usually born into royalty. But Janice Hung’s title of “Wushu Queen” was not bestowed upon her through birthright; she had to work for it. Apart from her obvious good looks and amazingly athletic physique, she’s got an impressive list of accomplishments which include winning gold medals in the National Wushu Championships for ten years straight, a gold medal in the 1st Wushu Invitational held in Huangshan, China, and several other medals in international competitions like the SEA games. This made it hard for us to believe Janice when she told us that she “was once the weakest link in the Philippine Wushu Team” and that her long, slender figure was actually what gave her a disadvantage in certain categories in Wushu competitions. After hearing this from her, we decided we knew nothing about Wushu. Luckily, we had just the right master to teach us.

Can you explain to us what Wushu is?