This was the biggest martial arts event I've ever seen
The tournament had over 60 countries, 2300 competitors, and 150 delegations, and that was only part of a huge festival that had a trade show, an academic symposium, a concert gala opening and more. One section of this event is petitioning for recognition from the Guinness book of World Records. It was put on by IWuF and the Chinese Wushu Association, who IMO, fielded one of the most interesting teams - a lot of older masters doing some great traditional stuff.
Video of World Traditional Wushu Festival Parade 2004
For those that may be interested here is some footage of the parade (where the audience rode buses through the parade) at the World Traditional Wushu Festival in 2004. Very interesting. :cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk0Jpm0pXSI
First World Traditional Wushu Festival DVD