[2][3][4][5] The PAWF also hosts the Pan American Kungfu & Taijiquan Championships.
In 1994, Mexico hosted a "Pan American Wushu Championships" while the federation was still being formed.
[6] The following year at the 1995 World Wushu Championships, the PAWF was officially formed between members from Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, and the United States.
[6] In 1996, the first official edition of the Pan American Wushu Championships took place from November 7 to 11 at Argentina's CeNARD which consisted of taolu and sanda events.
In 2015, a completely separate competition, the Pan American Kung Fu and Taijiquan Championships, began to be organized by the PAWF.