2020 Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Online Championship
The 2020 Tiger Claw Elite Championships were postponed due to the pandemic. In lieu of this, the 2020 Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Online Championship is a socially distant championship happening over the KungFuMagazine.com’s YouTube channel (36.9K subscribers).
The 2020 Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Online Championship is different than the online tournaments have been held already. This is a Grand Championship event, limited to 30 competitors per age bracket so there will only be 150 competitors max. All the competitors’ videos will be showcased on KungFuMagazine.com’s YouTube channel over the course of five weeks, one week per age bracket. First, Second and Third Place Trophies will be awarded for four different style divisions – Traditional Kung Fu, Songshan Shaolin, Modern Wushu and Tai Chi/Internal for all five age brackets. Additionally, a trophy will be awarded for a Grand Champion across the four style divisions for each age bracket, as well as a People’s Choice award (the competitor that receives the most views during the competition window).
Each Age Bracket will be capped at 30 competitors so ENTER HERE NOW
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Sure, we could do all sorts of workarounds...
...but that's not the point. This is an experimental concept - at least the way we're taking it on - and music doesn't play into it at this time.
Do you want to compete YinOrYang?
If you want to compete, please enroll. We'd love to see what you have.
If you can't do it without music, maybe next time.
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Sorry, those are the rules.
That's how tournaments work. There are rules that must be followed. And for this time, the rule is no music.
She's welcome to film herself with the music if she needs it as a crutch to perform, but she'll have to delete the audio for the actual submission. We have no rules requiring audio except for no music.
2020 Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Online Championship KIDS DEADLINE Next Week
2020 Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Online Championship KIDS (13 & under) DEADLINE is Next Wednesday, November 18! ENTER NOW!
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Halfway to our first competitor cap...
Thanks for playing, taichi4eva
For this competition, we are limiting competitors to only one video each. What we're doing is experimental, different than some of the other competitions where people just give you a score and post vids of the winners. If this goes well, we may expand in the future.
Glad you enjoyed that YinOrYan - thanks for watching
We had a lot of spillover of Modern Wushu to the Traditional Kung Fu & Songshan Shaolin divisions. Typical. We'll still award winners because we want this to be positively reinforcing but in our regular in-person tournament, we'd be more strict.
Hopefully more Traditional Kung Fu & Songshan Shaolin competitors will step up in the successive, more adult, rounds.
TEENS Submission Deadline
The submission deadline for the TEENS division is early because of the holidays. The KIDS division reached its cap before deadline so ENTER HERE NOW
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Thanks again for watching YinOrYang!
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YinOrYan
I'm wondering at what point did Shaolin styles start having so much acrobatics and whippy weapons? When I was a teenager we had to train using heavy oak swords and breathe out of our nose, but then, I still admire the agility of these kids today, so this time I'm not going to front-run any of the judges with my favorites because it would just reveal my age and how far out touch I am with what's considered traditional kung fu these days.
Ha! Don't get me started on this...
YOUNG ADULTS Deadline This Wednesday!
The YOUNG ADULTS (18-24) division Submission Deadline for the Tiger Claw Elite ONLINE Championship is THIS WEDNESDAY (DEC 2)! ENTER HERE NOW
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Bring us your traditional
As of this posting, there is only one competitor in the YOUNG ADULTS (18-24) of the Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com ONLINE Championship. Enter now and your chances of winning a trophy are great! ENTRANCE DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY.
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Jimbo
TBH, I’m always much more impressed by a good, solid traditional form, performed to near-perfection by a seasoned practitioner, than all the flashy acrobatic forms in the world. I’m pretty sure that in most cases, the acrobatics and lightweight weapons were incorporated into traditional sets due to the influence of wushu (and/or XMA).
The thing about traditional forms is that they adapt, grow and change with the practitioner. The young people who are doing the modernized XMA, wushu and “nandu” will decline sharply beyond a certain (still-young) age, in the same way that gymnasts decline.
As you know, I'm a huge proponent of real weight weapons, however I couldn't figure out a way to control for that in an online tournament. I'm open to suggestions.
All this being said, the two judges for our Traditional Kung Fu division would love to see something traditional. This time, it falls on the traditionalists for not entering. Even with our Songshan Shaolin, we have had more Modern Wushu entries than classical.
The definition of traditional is slipperier than ever now.
I hear ya on Wushu competitors scoring over Traditional, Jimbo. I remember losing to wushu drunken style and changquan in a traditional ring back when I competed, and that was like 30 years ago. It's still an issue. I go blue in the face at our Judges' meetings trying to get them to agree to proper separation.
The fundamental problem is that traditional is not designed for competition while Wushu is. Teachers of Wushu train to win. Traditional practitioners perpetuate their tradition, whether it works in competition or not. Wushu coaches also know how to play the game - they stack their judges (all CMA tournaments rely heavily on volunteer judges) and rally their schools. Traditionalists expect fair play, and tournament promoters do their best to provide that. Wushu players play to win and capitalize on every advantage. As a former NCAA athlete, I admire that. That's how you play the game. But there's the rub. To a traditionalist, it's more than a game.
Now, Modern Wushu coaches are several generations deep. They play to win. They still enter traditional because some young coaches don't even know the difference. It's a constant challenge to beat them back. They play the game. The traditionalists abandon the game when they can't win by tradition, so the Wushu players win by default. And they're fine with that.
Okay, end of rant. Back to our regularly scheduled programming.
The YOUNG ADULTS is our smallest pool and it goes live tomorrow. There are less than half as many entries as there are trophies, so it's like a participation trophy, but none of them knew that going into this and kudos to them for representing.
Adults deadline this Wednesday
The ADULTS (25-30) Tiger Claw Elite ONLINE Championship Submission Deadline is This Wednesday (DEC 9). ENTER HERE NOW
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No value...for this competition
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YinOrYan
Now, can anyone tell me if Modern Wushu places any value in forms starting and ending in the same spot?
Fair question. We make no stipulations within our rules on this. It seemed like a random penalty because some folk traditional forms don't do this. It's important not to mistake a competition bound by rules with standard practice. That being said, Modern Wushu is a sport, although very few tournaments fully adhere to the rules of the sport because it's too expensive (it requires several certified judges and other official standards which are costly).