The 2015 WWC also introduced traditional events: men's xingyiquan and dadao, and women's baguazhang and shuangjian. These traditional events would reappear at the 2017 and 2019 renditions though men's dadao was replaced with suangdao.
The 2015 World Wushu Championship featured traditional events: men's xingyiquan and dadao, and women's baguazhang and shuangjian. These events were also included in the 2017 and 2019 competitions, with a change to men's suangdao replacing dadao.