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Wu Kuang-yu

Eddie Wu Kuang-yu or Wu Guangyu (born 1946) is a Chinese-Canadian t'ai chi


ch'uan (taijiquan) teacher. He is the eldest son of the late Wu Ta-k'uei and senior
instructor of the Wu family and "Gatekeeper" of the Wu-style as taught in the
Wu's T'ai Chi Ch'uan Academies internationally since the death of his uncle, the
late Wu Ta-hsin, in January 2005.
Eddie Wu is the great-grandson of the late Wu Chien-ch'uan, and grandson of
the late Wu Kung-i. His two sons, Austin Wu Chung Him (, born 1972) and
Edward Wu Chung Wai (, born 1974) are also instructors in their family's
school.
Eddie Wu started learning t'ai chi at the age of 6 from his grandfather Wu Kung-i,
with whom he lived till age 12. Thereafter, Eddie Wu moved back to live with his
father Wu Ta-k'uei and continued learning until he left for university. He later
graduated and worked as an Engineer for several years.
In 1975, Wu Ta-ch'i (Wu Daqi) started the first western hemisphere Wu family
school in Toronto, Canada. Shortly afterwards, he invited his thirty-year-old
nephew Eddie Wu to take over the Toronto school's instruction.
Eddie Wu has promoted Wu-style t'ai chi ch'uan in Asia, North America and
Europe, with schools that recognise his supervision in Toronto, Fredericton, Ann
Arbor, Metropolitan Detroit, New Jersey, Hawaii, London (England), Hong Kong,
Singapore, Greece and Malaysia. He is assisted by his sister Cynthia Wu Hsiao
Fung (born 1949).

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