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Thread: 2024 Tiger Claw Elite Championships & KUNG FU TAI CHI DAY May 4-5, San-Jose, CA

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    Registration is now open!



    Register HERE.

    New this year - The May the Fourth LED Saber Championship.

    Updated this year - our Songshan Shaolin Division is now an official part of the Shaolin Kung Fu Games under the Shaolin Temple of China.

    Returning this year - The WildAid Tiger Claw Championship.

    2024 Tiger Claw Elite Championships & KUNG FU TAI CHI DAY May 4-5, San-Jose, CA
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    Call for volunteers



    Dear Friend,

    It is with great pleasure that we invite you to join us once again for the Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Championship. It will be so good to get back together with the Chinese martial arts community. Once again, we are looking for judges and infrastructure volunteers (timers, score keepers, runners, et. al.) to join us for the 2024 Tiger Claw Elite Championship.

    The 2024 Tiger Claw Elite Championships will be held on May 4-5 at the South Hall of the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. This will include the 13th Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Championship, the 10th Tiger Claw Elite Taekwondo Championships on Saturday, and the 10th KUNG FU TAI CHI DAY on Sunday. This also marks the 12th Tiger Claw WildAid Championships.

    We are hoping that we may be able to count on your assistance this year. We will have about 300+ divisions for Wushu, Kung Fu, Shaolin, Tai Chi, First Timer and Team competitions, as well as a new Tiger Claw May the Fourth LED Saber Championship and of course, our showcase WildAid Tiger Claw Championships. Please see our website for updates at www.KungFuMagazine.com.

    Volunteers will receive:

    A commemorative Volunteer’s shirt for general volunteers or a Judge’s shirt for Judges.
    A gift bag

    Volunteers may opt to work All Day or one of two shifts:

    Morning shift: 8:00 AM (sharp) to 1:30 PM or
    Afternoon shift: 12:30 PM to 6:00 PM.
    All Day: 8:00 AM – 6.00PM. Everyone volunteering for All Day shifts will receive complimentary meal

    Please let us know if we have your support once again by sign up HERE.

    FOR JUDGE APPLICANTS

    We will hold Judges Meetings prior to the event. We will post the times as soon as we have the complete list. Refreshments and Thank You gifts will be provided.

    Please provide your phone number and email address so we can update you on meeting dates and ring assignments.

    We look forward to your positive response. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
    Hope to see you there!
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    2024 Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Championships Early Bird Special!



    The 2024 Tiger Claw Elite Championships will be held on May 4-5 at the South Hall of the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. This will include the 13th Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Championship, the 10th Tiger Claw Elite Taekwondo Championships on Saturday, and the 10th KUNG FU TAI CHI DAY on Sunday. This also marks the 12th Tiger Claw WildAid Championships.

    The first pre-registration deadline is March 22nd. Register now and save!

    You’ll find the RULES for this year’s competition here: 2024 TCKFMC Rules. Please read them carefully because in our constant effort to improve, there are a lot of changes this year.

    For a full list of the Internal Divisions, External Divisions and Special Divisions, click here for 2024 TCKFMC Chinese Divisions.

    You can register online here.

    Be sure to submit it by March 22nd to receive your pre-registration discount.

    This year, there is a new Showcase Championship, the 1st Tiger Claw May the Fourth LED Saber Championship.

    SCHEDULE (subject to change)

    Saturday, May 4, 2024 Tiger Claw Elite 13th KungFuMagazine.com Championship:
    • First Timer
    • External Divisions
    • Traditional Kung Fu
    • Modern Wushu
    • Tiger Claw May the Fourth LED Saber Championship
    • Evening Program: Award Presentation & Masters' Exhibition

    Sunday, May 5, 2024 Tiger Claw Elite 13th KungFuMagazine.com Championship and
    10th KUNG FU TAI CHI DAY:
    • Group Tai Chi Recital: Simplified 24 Taiji
    • Internal Divisions
    • WildAid Tiger Claw Championship
    • Shaolin Kung Fu Games
    Less than two months away now...
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    1st Pre-reg discount deadline is today...

    The first pre-registration discount deadline for the Tiger Claw Elite Championships is March 22nd. Register now and save! REGISTER HERE. TCEC is a pre-registration only event.

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    May the Fourth LED Saber Championship

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    The 2nd Early Bird Registration Discount Deadline is this Friday April 5th ~ Win Lege

    The 2nd Early Bird Registration Discount Deadline is this Friday April 5th.
    Register now & Save! REGISTER HERE

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    Early Bird Registration Deadline today (4/5)!

    The 2nd Early Bird Registration Discount Deadline is this Friday April 5th.
    Register now & Save! REGISTER HERE

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    North American Shaolin Kung Fu Games

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    Yesterday's Judges & Volunteer meeting

    We had a good meeting for our judges and volunteers at Tiger Claw yesterday. There were quite a few updates this year, including the shift from the Songshan Shaolin division to the Shaolin Kung Fu Games and the inclusion of Wushu Taiji under Wushu instead of Tai Chi.

    I'm posting a pic from our Facebook page, but fb changes its algorithms so much that the URL will disappear soon. If you really want to see it, check out our new fb album - 2024 Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Championships.



    So grateful for our volunteers. They make it all possible.
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    There were quite a few updates this year, including the shift from the Songshan Shaolin division to the Shaolin Kung Fu Games and the inclusion of Wushu Taiji under Wushu instead of Tai Chi.
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    Where can one most likely find Shaolin animal forms? Traditional Kung Fu or Shaolin Kung Fu Games? It seems that animal forms are not a much a part of their curriculum anymore...

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    Fair question

    Within the scope of TCEC, there would be more within the traditional and wushu divisions.

    Within Songshan Shaolin, there are animal forms but for the most part, those are considered more part of the Southern Shaolin curriculum than at Songshan. There's a semi-standard 5 animal form that is floating about the Songshan circles (I even did an article on that for our print magazine, but I can't find it right now). Most regard that as a reconstructed form however.
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