Coaching council

Information

Placeholder — describe how the Coaching Council develops coaches, aligns grading pathways, supports club instructors, and liaises with national team selection. Replace with official policy.

  • Facilitate coach education and continuity across regions.
  • Recommend standards for syllabus and developmental programmes.
  • Collaborate with the Executive Board on staffing major events.

Coaching council members

Each coach profile follows the same order: brief introduction and current role first, then competitive awards, then qualifications and coaching experience (or taolu / weapons expertise). Click a photo to enlarge it.

Headshot of Bishal Thapa Sinjali

Bishal Thapa Sinjali

Coach, Coaching Council — 教练 · 教练委员会

Introduction & current role — 简介与现任职务

Wushu coach and international official with over nine years of formal coaching experience and eighteen years in the discipline. With NZ Wushu Academy he delivers community wushu classes and school workshops, and serves as a judge at national events including the Wushu Heroes ranking competition (July 2025), the 1st New Zealand International Wushu Invitational (2025), and the 2026 International Taijiquan Day & 1st New Zealand Taijiquan Open. He trains athletes from beginner to international level, with deep knowledge of taolu and sanda rules as both coach and referee.

Achievements & awards — 获奖成绩

  • International (selection): 7th Asian Junior Championship (Philippines, 2013) — Nanquan bronze, Duilian bronze; 4th World Junior Championships (Macau, 2012) — 4th place; 6th Asian Junior (Shanghai, 2011) — 4th place.
  • National (selection): Multiple medals at Nepal National Wushu Championships, National Games, and school championships (2007–2013), including national-level gold in junior and open categories.
  • Honours: BAJAJ Pulsar Sports Award nominee — Youth Player of the Year (2014); Martyr Dasharat Chand Memorial Trust — Talent Sportsman (2014); Nepal National Olympic Committee (F-grade IP); Nepal National Sports Council (Gold ID).

Qualifications & coaching experience — 资质与执教经历

  • Official training: International Wushu Judges Training & Certification (2023, Bali, Indonesia); 7th National Wushu Judges Examination Course (2025, Kathmandu); 3rd South Asian Wushu Federation Judges Licence Course (2019, Kathmandu); National Judge Licence (Grade B, 2016); further seminars in sanda, muay thai referees, and Nepal Wushu diploma pathways.
  • Coaching posts (Nepal): Buddha Prakash Secondary School, GEMS, Shree Irkhu Secondary School, Kavya School, Bramha Kunja School (from 2016); coordinator for Wushu The Young Generation — Train with Champions (2025).
  • International duty: Coach at International Students Games and International Sports Council events (India, 2018); Asian Junior Championships (South Korea, 2017); Singapore International Wushu (2024); judge at 13th South Asian Games (2019), Indo–Nepal wushu competition (2017), and numerous national and international tournaments.
Portrait of Yang Wenjing (杨汶静), Sanda coach, Coaching Council.

杨汶静 Yang Wenjing

Coach, Coaching Council — 教练 · 教练委员会

Introduction & current role — 简介与现任职务

中文

国家健将，散打国家一级裁判，从事专业散打教练十七年；散打王比赛绰号「打虎将」。擅长因材施教，根据队员的特点培养进攻型或防守反击型运动员。

English

National Sports Master (China); National First-Class Sanda Judge; seventeen years as a professional sanda coach; nicknamed “Tiger Fighter” (打虎将) on the Sanda King circuit. Known for tailoring training to each athlete—developing offensive fighters or counter-strikers according to their strengths.

Achievements & awards — 获奖成绩

中文

  • 国家健将
  • 散打国家一级裁判
  • 从事专业散打教练十七年
  • 散打王比赛绰号「打虎将」

English

  • National Sports Master — elite athlete designation (China)
  • National First-Class Sanda Judge
  • Seventeen years of professional sanda coaching
  • Sanda King competition nickname: “Tiger Fighter”

Qualifications & coaching experience — 资质与执教经历 · 专长

中文

  • 因材施教，根据队员特点培养进攻型或防守反击型运动员
  • 长期专业散打教学与运动员培养

English

  • Individualised coaching: builds offensive or counter-striking competitors according to each athlete’s profile
  • Long-term professional sanda instruction and athlete development
Headshot of Luna Tian

Luna Tian

Coach, Coaching Council — 教练 · 教练委员会

Introduction & current role — 简介与现任职务

Wushu coach and former professional boxer with over seven years of formal coaching experience, having trained in martial arts since the age of three and possessing comprehensive knowledge of wushu theory. She is a New Zealand national-level judge. With Sanya Tianya District Wushu Association she delivers community wushu classes and school workshops, and serves as a judge at national events including the Wushu Heroes ranking competition (2025), the 1st New Zealand International Wushu Invitational (2025), and the 2026 International Taijiquan Day & 1st New Zealand Taijiquan Open. She trains athletes from beginner to advanced level, with deep knowledge of traditional styles (Bajiquan, Shaolinquan, Dahongquan) and competitive disciplines (taolu and sanda). Specialties also include changquan, broadsword, spear, staff, sword and nine-section whip. She has led teams to participate in numerous international and provincial competitions in China, winning multiple first prizes across various events.

Judging appointments: Wushu Heroes Ranking Competition (2025); judge (wushu & sanda) at the 1st New Zealand International Wushu Invitational (2025); judge at the 2026 International Taijiquan Day & 1st New Zealand Taijiquan Open.

Achievements & awards — 获奖成绩

International / provincial (selection)

  • 1st prize in women’s long apparatus at the 3rd China International Wushu Exchange Congress; 1st place in women’s youth-group Bajiquan at the 2024 China Sports Lottery Cup & Hainan International Wushu Competition; multiple medals at provincial-level wushu competitions.

Honours

  • Outstanding Wushu Coach (2022, 2023, 2024)

Qualifications & coaching experience — 资质与执教经历

Official training

  • National Wushu 5th 段 certification (Chinese Wushu Association); National First-Class Wushu Judge qualification; Certified Taijiquan Coach; further training in wushu theory, age-specific coaching systems and sanda refereeing.

Coaching posts (China)

  • Sanya Tianya District Wushu Association (2019–2024)
  • Hainan Wushu Association Youth Activity Centre (May 2019–August 2023)
Portrait of Li Liang (梁丽), Taijiquan coach, Coaching Council.

梁丽 Li Liang

Coach, Coaching Council — 教练 · 教练委员会

Introduction & current role — 简介与现任职务

中文 · 梁丽老师个人简介

梁丽老师为世界冠军级太极拳教练，长期从事太极拳及传统武术的教学与推广工作，具有丰富的教学经验和深厚的专业功底。她擅长将传统太极与现代健康理念相结合，通过系统化、科学化的训练方法，帮助学员提升身体协调性、柔韧性与内在能量。

梁老师教学风格细致耐心，注重基础与身心结合，强调“天人合一”的运动理念，致力于让不同年龄和基础的学员都能轻松入门、持续进步。在她的指导下，学员不仅能够掌握太极拳的技术要领，还能改善体态、增强体质，实现身心平衡。

English

Li Liang is a world-champion–level Taijiquan coach with long-standing work in teaching and promoting Taijiquan and traditional Chinese martial arts. She brings extensive teaching experience and deep professional grounding, combining classical Taiji with modern wellness ideas through systematic, evidence-informed training that helps students improve coordination, flexibility, and inner vitality.

Her teaching is meticulous and patient, emphasising fundamentals, mind–body integration, and the principle of harmony between human and nature (天人合一). She supports learners of all ages and starting levels to begin with confidence and progress steadily. Under her guidance, students gain sound technical foundations in Taijiquan while improving posture, building resilience, and nurturing balance of body and mind.

Achievements & awards — 获奖成绩

中文

  • 世界冠军级太极拳教练

English

  • World-champion–level Taijiquan coach

Qualifications & coaching experience — 资质与执教经历 · 专长

中文

  • 太极拳及传统武术的教学、推广与身心结合训练
  • 将传统太极与现代健康理念相结合；系统化、科学化训练方法
  • 注重基础、细致耐心，强调「天人合一」的运动理念

English

  • Taijiquan and traditional martial arts instruction, promotion, and mind–body integrated training
  • Bridges classical Taiji with modern wellness; structured, science-based coaching methods
  • Patient, detail-oriented approach to fundamentals; embodies the movement philosophy of harmony between human and nature