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{{Infobox martial artist 
| name            = "Eddie" Wu Kuang-yu<br>{{nobold|吴光宇}}
| image           = Eddie Wu Grasp Bird's Tail 1998.jpg
| caption         = Wu Kuang-yu demonstrating the posture<br>"Grasp Bird's Tail" at a tournament
| birth_name      = Wu Kuang-yu
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| residence       = [[Canada]]
| nationality     = [[Chinese Canadian]]
| style           = [[Wu-style tai chi]]
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| website         = [http://www.wustyle.com/ International Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan Federation]
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'''Eddie Wu Kuang-yu''' or '''Wu Guangyu''' (born 1946) is a [[Chinese-Canadian]] [[tai chi]] 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 tai chi|Wu-style]] as taught in the [[Jianquan Taijiquan Association|Wu's tai chi Academies]] internationally since the death of his uncle, the late [[Wu Daxin]], in January 2005.

==Biography==
Eddie Wu is the great-grandson of the late [[Wu Jianquan]], and grandson of the late [[Wu Gongyi]]. His two sons, Austin Wu Chung Him (吳仲謙, born 1972) and Edward Wu Chung Wai (吳仲偉, born 1974) are also instructors in their family's school.

Eddie Wu started learning tai chi at the age of 6 from his grandfather Wu Gongyi, 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 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 tai chi 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).

==Tai chi lineage tree with Wu-style focus==
{{Wu-style tai chi lineage}}

==External links==
* [http://www.taijiforum2006.ca/master%20ewu.htm Eddie Wu Biography from 2006 International Forum on Taijiquan]
* [http://www.wustyle.com/ International Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan Federation website]
* [http://www.wu-taichi.com/images/stammbaum.jpg Wu family tree]
* [http://www.wushucanada.com/aboutus/executivecommittee.html Eddie Wu listed as chairman of the Confederation of Canadian Wushu Organizations]
* {{YouTube|5O2kCqevdUM|Lecture in Los Angeles}}

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