Professor Lily Sun Han Xiang started practising taichi and wushu over thirty-eight years ago and graduated from the Wuhan University of Physical Education in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in education in sports (specialising in taichi and wushu). She was then offered a full-time teaching position at Wuhan University, and was employed by the Chinese Wushu Academy to take charge of national taichi and wushu championships. She has published many theses in China.
She holds a seventh degree black belt in wushu and has been a certified national wushu judge since 1992, including being one of only two female international wushu judges in san shou (Chinese kickboxing). She has represented China as a national judge on numerous occasions, as well as representing Australia as an international judge in san shou at the 2005 8th world wushu competition in Hanoi, Vietnam. She is an accredited coach under the Australian Kung Fu (wushu) Federation National Coaching Accreditation Scheme, an accredited member of the Wushu and Tai Chi Practitioners Association and the Martial Art Alliance.
Her participation in national wushu competitions has rewarded her with multiple gold medals in sword (jian shu), long fist (chang quan) and spear (qiang shu). Several of her students have also won gold medals at similar championships. Lily is the only recognised Associate Professor in Chinese Martial Arts in Australia. She has been teaching at the Melbourne University Taichi and Wushu club since 2009.
