4th USKSF North Regional - Madison, WI

[SaekSan]

The Fourth USKSF North Regional Tournament will be held in Madison, WI, on Saturday May 30th 2009 at the Alliant Energy Center Exhibition Hall - www.alliantenergycenter.com

This will be an all-Chinese Martial Arts tournament organized by the USKSF North Region Director - Nelson Ferreira, the Zhong Yi Kung Fu Association and sanctioned by the United States Kuoshu Federation (U.S.K.S.F.) - www.usksf.org

The U.S.K.S.F. is dedicated to the promotion of Chinese Kuoshu (Kung Fu), Friendship, Unity, Physical Fitness, Harmony, Ethics, Moral Character and Peace around the world. The U.S.K.S.F. also hosts the annual National and International Chinese Kuoshu Championships in Hunt Valley, MD.

The tournament will have several divisions expansions for forms (empty hand, weapons, two-person sets, internal, etc...) and fighting competitions (including light contact, weapon sparring, bridging hands, push hands and the Lei Tai event -full contact fighting. There will be divisions for youth, men, women and seniors. All events will adhere to the U.S.K.S.F. format for judging criteria and all judges will undergo training to be qualified judges and/or referees for this event.

We hope all of you will come out and support this event as competitors, judges, referees, volunteers and/or spectators. We welcome all Chinese style martial artists and Chinese martial arts schools regardless of style or affiliation. This is an opportunity to meet new friends and get together with old ones, the main concept behind the tournament is to make the Chinese martial arts grow in our area through friendship and cooperation. We hope our format can accommodate just about everybody.

There'll be vendors and exhibitors on hand with supplies and cultural presentations.

We will also offer FREE seminars and referee training in the coming weeks leading to the event, check the website for info on subjects, times and places.

Keep in mind that this is the World Kuoshu Championship (in Germany) year, so it's a great way to get ready for the national qualifiers in Hunt Valley, MD!

Check out the website at:

www.usksfnorth.org

We will update the website with more information, so check it often. If you would like to request a tournament information packet for yourself or your school, please contact us at:

U.S.K.S.F. North Region Director
3361 E. Washington Av.
Madison, WI 53704
608.347.3836
usksf@zykfa.org

Sincerely,

Nelson Ferreira

[dnovice]

Hello Nelson,

What are the requirements to compete. Do i need a team or can i compete solo. Also, how do we sign up?

Cheers.

[SaekSan]

You can compete solo or come with a team.

To sign-up you just need to shoot an email to usksf@zykfa.org including your name and complete address and I'll send out the tournament packet to you.

Meanwhile, all the info, including rules, regulations, divisions, equipment specifications, accomodations, etc... can all be found at:

www.usksfnorth.org

Hope to see you in May!

Nelson

[dnovice]

Thanks. I'll send you the information.

[SaekSan]

No problem, I'll send it with the next batch.

If have any other questions please feel free to ask.

Sincerely,

Nelson

[SaekSan]

Hey everyone! Hope you all received the info packets and if there's anyone else that needs any just let me know.

We just added four more events to the tournament, thanks to the support from a Wushu school:

Wushu Taolu Men

Wushu Taolu Women

Wushu Weapon Mens

Wushu Weapon Womens

So it no longer is traditional only, not only can you compete with contemporary Chinese martial arts in the Wushu divisions but also the Open Taijiquan event as well.

This makes it a total of 107 events!!

See you guys in 5 weeks!

[Lokhopkuen]

Hey everyone! Hope you all received the info packets and if there's anyone else that needs any just let me know.

We just added four more events to the tournament, thanks to the support from a Wushu school:

Wushu Taolu Men

Wushu Taolu Women

Wushu Weapon Mens

Wushu Weapon Womens

So it no longer is traditional only, not only can you compete with contemporary Chinese martial arts in the Wushu divisions but also the Open Taijiquan event as well.

This makes it a total of 107 events!!

See you guys in 5 weeks!

Hey if you guys need help I'll be glad to come out and help. I miss Madison

[SaekSan]

Good to hear from you.

It would be great if you could come, we miss you too.

Seems like there's going to be a good variety of BSL representatives there.

Let me know if youcan make it so we can include you in the program and masters demo.

[SaekSan]

We just uploaded our promo for this years tournament. Keep in mind that last year we had it at a high school gym, but this year it will be at the Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center, much nicer venue and we may actually have a raised Lei Tai (negotiotions still pending) for the event.

Here's the video link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhc_fZlgnsk

Hope you guys enjoy, and see you May 30th!

Nelson

[SaekSan]

This year we are adding an ACTUAL LEI TAI to the event!

The Lei Tai will be 16"x24'x24'

Besides the full contact matches on the Lei Tai we will also have some taolu events and the masters demo, including a possible preview of the new event we will add next year SHUAI JIAO!!!

Hope to see you all there.

[SaekSan]

Just a reminder,

The Pre-registration deadline is tomorrow (5/22)! To save $10.00 on your registration fee make sure your registration is post-marked by tomorrow.

We will have day-of registration, however it'll be $10.00 more... and there's more chaos to deal with.

And remember, on Friday 5/29 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm Shifu Marty Goldberg will be holding a clinic/seminar on Bridging Hands and Double Short Weapons at the Clarion Suites Hotel meeting rooms, the cost? FREE, that's right! The USKSF North Region and Watchful Dragon Kwoon are offering this seminar FREE OF CHARGE! Don't miss it!

For more info view the website: www.usksfnorth.org

Or email me at: usksf@zykfa.org

See you guys (and gals) there!

Nelson

[Fen]

This was a FIVE STAR tournament. *****

USKSF North Regional tournament that was held this weekend in Madison, Wisconsin was very good! The ZYKFA did a good job with it. There were 21 schools present and 91 competitors. Yes small, but put together well. There were many divisions for all of the competitors to compete in. Nei Jia, Tao Lu, Lei Tai, Push Hands, Bridging Hands and weapons fighting were all part of the tournament. It all started with a Lion dance involving 3 schools -Green Dragon Kung Fu of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, Zhong Yi Kung Fu Association of Madison, Wisconsin and Wei Yong Martial Arts Association of Appleton, Wisconsin. It was sweet...showing that we are all family. I would highly recommend anyone that is in the area (or can make it to this tournament) to show up and see what it’s all about. I'm already looking forward to next year’s weekend!
Good Job Shifu Ferreira and the ZYKFA CLAN...

~Jason

[SaekSan]

Thanks for the kind words Shifu VanWinkle, and for all your work at the tournament. The official tally is:

- 107 divisions
- 97 competitors
- 34 Lei Tai fighters
- 32 Lei Tai matches
- 21 diferent schools
- 7 diferent states
- 32 Judges/referees (5 judges in each ring - 5 rings)

Some of the special awards were:

- Best Female Taolu Competitor: Laura Anderson, Zhong Yi Kung Fu Association, WI
- Best Male Taolu Competitor: Wesley Strey, Zhong Yi Kung Fu Association, WI
- Best Lei Tai Fighter: Sanjay Nair, US Kuoshu Academy, MD
- Most Supportive School: Shaolin Boxing Methods, WI

Special praises:

- Most competitive student: Paul Liss, Zhong Yi Kung Fu Association, WI
- Highest unanimous score: Steve Selek, Green Dragon Kung Fu Association, MN
- Best Lei Tai Team: Western Hills Kung Fu Center, OH

Masters demos:

- Steve Kleppe - Wudang Qigong & two person Taiji set
- Peter Clark - Ha Say Fu whip chain
- Paul Brennan - Chen Taijiquan
- Khiang Seow - Chen Taiji Jian
- Daniel Eckart - Shuai Jiao
- Steve Selek - 9 point rake
- Lu Weijia - Bajiquan
- Richard Gamboa - South Mantis
- Blas Hernandez - fighting sketch

Thank you all for attending the event and we look forward to seeing you all, and new faces, next year!

Keep an eye for full results coming this week on our site: www.usksfnorth.org

Sincerely,

Nelson

[SaekSan]

2009 Video Sampler is up!

This is not the official video, it was shot by a students friend but it gives an idea of how the weekend went.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP1fcGWcSVo

Hope you all enjoy it!

Sincerely,

Nelson