Who's going to Berkeley CMAT this year?

[Siu Lum Fighter]

Originally Posted by NorthernShaolin
Already, many of the young Chinese practitioners in China are giving up practicing Wu Shu in favor of studing Karate in preparation of Karate being accepted to the Olympics before Wu Shu.

That's...the ultimate wushu sell-out maneuver. That's really sad. I can't believe it!

Lokhopkuen
Thanks for recording that. I know it's a little different than you and Gene's. I actually added a move of Wing Lam's (Gene's branch) though. I saw him do an outside crescent kick in a video in the first half of the form and I thought it would be even more cool if I turned it into a full-on lotus kick.
Bryant Fong actually gave me a pointer on that form too. He showed me one of the original ways to do the behind the back spear toss. I didn't learn it that way and I went back and forth considering doing it that way in the competition. It was a last minute change and I shouldn't even have considered it. Because I still tried to shoot it out from above the shoulder, which I can usually do pretty well, I sort of botched the whole move. That's what must have caused me to get the bronze. Since I still caught it though and I thought I did an extremely difficult form pretty decently, I thought the judges were a little harsh on me (all 8.5's and an 8.6, what!?). I still may change my view on that after seeing the video though. Oh, I still haven't mentioned how Sifu Arthur Chin helped me with that form. Jeesh, a lot went into that one.

All in all, it was a valuable experience for me. There will be more to come for me (especially the KF Magazine / Tiger Claw event). Once again, I have to thank all the sifus who helped me gear up for this one. Especially Arthur Chin, Steve Ryan, Scott Jensen, Bryant Fong, and Rick Wing.