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KUWAIT, July 28 (KUNA) -- Head of the Kuwaiti Wushu squad delegation Nasser
Al-Logani said Tuesday that the Kuwaiti team would benefit from its
participation in the first Martial Arts games to be held in Thailand.
Al-Logani told KUNA that hoped that the whole Kuwaiti martial arts
delegation would do well in the tournament that would be featured Asia best
martial artists from August 1-9.
He affirmed that martial artists Khaled Al-Shimarri, Ahmad Al-Aqili, and
Ibrahim Al-Kharsan would do their best in representing their country.
Wushu Kung Fu had been introduced in Kuwait in 1998. Kuwait is
participating in other Kung Fu styles such as Sanda, Taulu, and Tai Chi.
The sport of Wushu is both an exhibition and a full-contact sport derived
from traditional Chinese martial arts. It was created in the People's Republic
of China after 1949, in an attempt to nationalize the practice of traditional
Chinese martial arts. (end)
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