2013 Tiger Claw Elite Championship (6/1) & KUNG FU TAI CHI DAY (6/2) San Jose, CA

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We have about 250 people committed to this. If you have a school and wish to participate, there is an official T-shirt. Contact me for details.

We also just posted another version with the music: The Kung Fu Tai Chi Day Simplified 24 Routine.

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The Last Day to Register for 2013 Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Championship is this Friday, May 24, 2013. This is Pre-Registration only. No registration at the door! Register now at http://www.tigerclawelite.com.

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Register the Tiger Claw Elite Championship soon before it closes (Photos)
Fitness & Exercise
May 17, 2013
By: Violet Li

On June 1st, 2013, the Tiger Claw Elite Championship will be reborn as a one-day event held in San Jose, California. The 2013 Tiger Claw Elite Championship combines three separate tournaments under one roof: Tiger Claw’s KungFuMagazine.com Championship V alongside two new competitions, Tiger Claw’s Taekwondo Championship and Tiger Claw’s Traditional Karate Championship. The 2013 Tiger Claw Elite Championship will be held at the McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, California Due to the high demand, only pre-registration is allowed and no NO WALK-UP REGISTRATION. The number of competitors will be capped. Registration may close early so act soon.

In 2006, Tiger Claw launched the Tiger Claw Elite Championship (TCEC). TCEC was in cooperation with Disney, beginning at Disneyland® in Anaheim California and ending at Disney’s Wide World of Sports® Complex near Orlando, Florida. In between, TCEC travelled through about a dozen tournaments across the nation. TCEC featured divisions for Chinese, Korean and Japanese arts and were nested within regional participating tournaments.

TC Media International, a division of Tiger Claw, publishes Kung Fu Tai Chi, a bimonthly print magazine focused on the Chinese martial arts. The San Francisco Bay Area is home to dozens of Karate and Taekwondo tournaments every year, but only a few that emphasize Chinese martial arts, so with the influence of Kung Fu Tai Chi, that martial community responded the most enthusiastically. Consequently, the Chinese divisions quickly dominated the Bay Area TCEC in Santa Clara for its three-year run.

TCEC’s final year was in 2008, just prior to the Sichuan quake. In only eleven days, the Tiger Claw Foundation, Tiger Claw’s charitable arm, called upon leading local martial artists and produced the Martial Arts Benefit for Quake Victims, a fundraising performance, to conclude the tournament event. The project raised over $73,000, which was donated to construct a new school in Sichuan.

In 2009, the local Chinese community hoped the tournament to continue, so by popular demand, Tiger Claw’s KungFuMagazine.com Championship (TCKFMC) had its inaugural year. TCKFMC has enjoyed four successful events in cooperation with Tony and Theresa Kattengell’s Shark City Nationals.

In 2012, Kung Fu Tai Chi celebrated two decades of publishing with KUNG FU TAI CHI 20 YEARS. The celebration combined Tiger Claw’s KungFuMagazine.com Championship with a Gala Banquet and KUNG FU TAI CHI DAY, a street fair in downtown San Jose. KUNG FU TAI CHI 20 YEARS was an overwhelming success.

This year, the Tiger Claw Elite Championship will reemerge with three divisions embracing Chinese, Japanese and Korean martial arts.

Tiger Claw Foundation launched a special showcase championship with all proceeds donated to WildAid’s efforts to save wild tigers. WildAid is an international non-profit organization with the mission to end the illegal wildlife trade. Kung Fu Super Star Jackie Chan is a primary spokesperson for WildAid, and he is accompanied by Harrison Ford, Ang Lee, Bo Derek and some 80 other international celebrities. This year, the Tiger Claw Foundation is renewing its efforts to support WildAid, and expanding the scope of support to include all the endangered wild animals WildAid seeks to protect.

The WildAid Tiger Claw Champion is a special ‘any style, any form’ division. The WildAid Tiger Claw Champion will be awarded a custom trophy, special prizes and will be showcased in Kung Fu Tai Chi magazine throughout the following year. At the 2013 Tiger Claw Elite Championship, it is the only division where Traditional Karate, Taekwondo and Chinese martial arts will be able to compete against each other, which can be extremely interesting for martial arts enthusiasts to watch.

Tiger Claw will continue last year’s tradition and host Kung Fu Tai Chi Day in San Jose on Sunday June 2. As of now, there are more than 10 Tai Chi groups signed up with more than 250 people to do a group performance of 24 Simplified Tai Chi form. Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine Publisher Gigi Ou said that this event is open to anyone that can recite the Simplified 24 Tai Chi routine. In case that you have not practiced the form for a while, you can watch the special video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV6Pj...D7078275&featu... they produced to refresh your skills. It is expected to be spectacular and fun. Aside from this group demonstration, many Tai Chi groups and masters will perform various Tai Chi and Qigong forms.

For more information about the Championship and Kung Fu Tai Chi Day, visit http://www.tigerclawelite.com and http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/info...TCDAY_2013.php respectively.

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KUNG FU TAI CHI DAY Demonstrations announced. More to come.

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The Tiger Claw Elite KungFuMagazine.com Championship and KUNG FU TAI CHI DAY Welcoming Banquet is May 31st - RSVP by May 29.

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PRE-REGISTRATION ONLY FOR ALL COMPETITORS. NO WALK-UP REGISTRATION. THE NUMBER OF COMPETITORS WILL BE CAPPED. REGISTRATION CLOSES FRIDAY MAY 24.

This year's Grand Champion trophy

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功夫太極日 500人將齊練太極拳
記者王慶偉／佛利蒙報導
May 25, 2013 06:00 AM | 894 次 | 0 0 評論 | 4 4 推薦 | 電郵給朋友 | 打印

第五屆功夫太極日將於6月2日在聖荷西盛大舉行，有500人集體演練太極拳、文化表演及中醫義診，免費入場 。簡琪（中）歡迎大家參加。（記者王慶偉／攝影）
功夫太極雜誌社舉辦的第五屆「功夫太極日」（Kung Fu Tai Chi Day）及國際武術錦標賽，將於6月1、2日在聖荷西舉行。雜誌創辦人簡琪（Gigi Oh）表示，今年的「功夫太極日」將有盛大的武術及文化活動，有來自灣區各地500人的集體太極演練、武術 大師的示範教學、武術冠軍的表演，歡迎各界到時參加。推動制定「功夫太極日」的聖荷西巿議員朱感生也將到場 祝賀。

簡琪表示，6月2日（周日）上午10時至下午2時，在聖荷西會議中心南館（San Jose Convention Center, South Hall）舉行的「功夫太極日」，首先有來自舊金山、屋崙、佛利蒙、聖荷西各地的太極團體，由何玲、李明揚 、代金才、余小英、陳端宜、鄭雲建、何曉東、吳春彤、馮觀輝、黃偉兒幾位老師帶領，共同穿上「功夫太極日」 的紅色T恤，一起演練24式太極拳，場面壯觀。

「這是灣區首次有數百人一起演練太極拳，」簡琪表示，喜愛及練習太極拳的人士，可一起來參加，感受群體演練 太極拳的能量。

簡琪指出，「功夫太極日」邀請到中國武術九段、近代武術南刀創始人、上海體育學院教授王培錕，以及加拿大國 際散手道聯盟主席梁守渝、電影明星趙志凌、鷹爪門掌門人劉莉莉、中國及世界太極冠軍高佳敏、鄒雲建。幾位老 師當天將有示範表演，王培錕還將免費教導24式精簡太極、42式太極精髓，以及太極實戰攻防技 巧。

簡琪表示，飛揚藝術將表演武術及多元文化舞蹈，中醫藥大學將在會場免費義診。

「功夫太極日」免費進場。6月2日是周日，路邊停車免費。簡琪表示，在會場不但可以看到來自世界各地的武術 冠軍表演、各家各派的武術，還有中華傳統文化，中醫氣功保健等活動，適合全家參與。「功夫太極日」與國際武 術錦標賽的收入將贊助野生動物保護組織WildAid。詳情：www.tigerclawelite.com。

There's a mistake in this article as KUNG FU TAI CHI DAY will be at Plaza de Cesar Chavez, not South Hall. The Tiger Claw Elite Championship is at South Hall.

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The weekend schedule is posted. More to come.

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Competition & Ring Assignments

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KUNG FU TAI CHI DAY DEMONSTRATIONS, FREE WORKSHOPS & GROUP SIMPLIFIED 24 TAI CHI PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

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I'll be posting photos on facebook asap and there are already videos on youtube. More to come!

Meanwhile, enter to win THE TIGER CLAW’S KUNGFUMAGAZINE.COM CHAMPIONSHIP DVD COLLECTION! Contest ends 6:00 p.m. PST on 5/30/13. Good luck everyone!

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Congratulations to all our winners

Tiger Claw is proud to present the 2013 Elite Grand Champions.


Tiger Claw Elite Grand Champion Trophy

KUNG FU

6 & UNDER ALL LEVEL: Lucas Hara, Kung Fu Dragon USA

7-9
BEG: Jason Tang, Dragon Rhythm Shaolin Kung Fu
INT/ADV: Ariel Bachman, San Jose Chinese Cultural Center

10-13
BEG: Leeland Liu, Shaolin Kung Fu Yuan
INT: Shawn Xu, USA Wu Chi Kung Fu Academy
ADV: Karmina Bediones, China Taichi Kung Fu

14-17
BEG: Wayland Liu, Shaolin Kung Fu Yuan
INT: Cody Fong, Shaolin Shaolin Martial Arts
ADV: Rhea Go, USA Wu Chi Kung Fu Academy

18 & OVER
BEG: Tiffany Zhu, Shaolin Kung Fu Yuan
INT: Erica Bermudo, 10,000 Victories
ADV: Sebastian Castellanos, South Coast Martial Arts
WUSHU

6 & UNDER: Keira Chi, USA International Kung Fu Wushu Academy

7-9
BEG: Annette Au, USA Wu Chi Kung Fu Academy
INT/ADV: Ian Lim, Kung Fu Dragon USA

10-13
BEG: Cheng-en Yew, Legend Kung Fu Academy
INT: Megan Rabatan, Legend Kung Fu Academy
ADV: Justin Yee, Pure Shaolin Kung Fu

14-17
INT: Jessica Fung, USA Wu Chi Kung Fu Academy
ADV: Robert Yu, Legend Kung Fu Academy

18 & OVER ADV: Liu Yi, O-mei Kung Fu Academy, Milpitas
Tai Chi & Push Hands

Victor Ma, Johnny Jang Martial Arts Academy
WildAid Tiger Claw Champion

Yu Zhenlong, Kung Fu Dragon USA
Songshan Shaolin Champion

Chris Shepherd

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May 31 Load In

A Taste of the weekend

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TAEKWONDO

Male: Andrew Lee, Palo Alto Martial Arts
Female: Elaine Lee, Palo Alto Martial Arts
The Grand Champions of Tiger Claw’s Taekwondo Championship was judged by four International Referees and one senior USAT National Referee.

Plus we've started posting photos on facebook.
Tiger Claw Elite Championship 2013 Photos by Kevin Ho
KUNG FU TAI CHI DAY 2013 Photos by Kevin Ho

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Wild Aid Winner Zhenlong Yu 于振龙

Chris Shepherd 2013 Songshan Shaolin Champion