The Kung Fu Wushu National Junior Championship will be making its return this month after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Organized by the Rwanda Kung Fu Wushu Federation, it will be the second edition after the inaugural edition in 2019. 

Officials have revealed to Times Sport that this year's showpiece, due August 14, will be held in Ngoma district, Eastern Province, in a quest to get the sport closer to people outside the capital.

The championship will be contested by youth aged between 4 and 15.

"We expect a lot from this year's edition, we didn’t hold it for two years because of Covid-19 but now everything is in place for a strong comeback," Marc Uwiringiye, the federation's president said.

He added: "I'm encouraging parents to let their children join us because they're in holidays. Kung-Fu is a good game for both physical and mental health."

Uwiringiye also highlighted that taking the tournament to Ngoma instead of Kigali is a new way of 'mobilizing and inspiring' children all over the country to love and play Kung-Fu.

It is expected that the participants will compete under three age brackets – from 4 to 7-year-olds, from 8 to 10-year-olds and from 11 to 15-year-olds

By press time Tuesday, 31 teams had registered to compete. Each team will be represented by 12 players; six boys and six girls.