The Asian Games Wushu Competition started at 9 a.m. on August 19 (Indonesia time), with four events in the first unit, including Men’s Changquan - final, Women’s Taijiquan, Women’s Nanquan and Women’s Jianshu. Among, the first gold medal in the Asian Games was generated in the Men’s Changquan event, with 17 contestant. The winner of the gold medal was Sun Peiyuan (China) with a score of 9.75, winner of the silver medal was Edgar Xavier Marvelo (Indonesia) with 9.72 and winner of the bronze was Tsai Tsemin (Chinese Taipei) with 9.70. Accompanied by Airlangga Hartarto, President of the Indonesian Wushu Association, the awarding medal was presented by Fok Chun Wan, President of the Wushu Federation of Asia, and the mascot was presented by Zhao Wenzhuo, Image Ambassador of Wushu Federation of Asia. 

For Women's Taijiquan, there were a total of 16 athletes, the two-time champion of the World Wushu Championships in Women's Taiji event Lindswell (Indonesia) currently stands first with 9.75. 

Tang Lu and Guo Mengjiao (China) currently stands first respectively in Women's Nanquan and Women's Jianshu.

The Women’s Taijiquan, Women’s Nanquan and Women’s Jianshu are all-round events, the medal winner will be decided after the sum of the score respectively with Women’s Taijijian, Women’s Nandao and Women’s Qiangshu held in the next day.

The second unit of the event was held at 7 p.m. with a total of 19 bout men's and women's Sanda in each weight category for round 16 and round 32.