23nd Annual Great Lakes Kung Fu Championships

[mooyingmantis]

Friends,
Don't forget the 23nd Annual Great Lakes Kung Fu Championships will take place on April 18th in Cleveland, Ohio.

"For Over 20 years the Great Lakes Kung Fu Championships have been the regions spot for traditional Chinese Martial Arts action. Over 150 divisions of traditional northern, southern, internal, weapons, light contact sparring and Shuai Chiao (Chinese Wrestling). You can call John Ervin at 216.431.4991 or 216.410.8785 for any questions or registration information. You can also go to my website for more info: http://shaolininstitute.com/institute/events.shtml "

On Sunday, April 19th there will be three seminars for those interested in attending:

Hung Gar - Onassis Parungao 8:30 AM https://www.facebook.com/events/330264723829843/

Bagua Zhang - Marc Black 10:00 AM https://www.facebook.com/events/735824636532415/

Taiji Meihua Mantis - Richard A. Tolson 11:30 AM https://www.facebook.com/events/1569484933308252/

[mooyingmantis]

Two of my students will be fighting in the adult division.
I hope to see others from this forum there. Please introduce yourselves if you come.

[Jimbo]

Best of luck to your students, Richard.

[mooyingmantis]

Thank you! It will be a their toughest competition yet. Belfiore, Ervin and Black all have some good fighters.

[Matthew]

Hi Richard, just a few questions if you mind:

Is this the usual time of year it occurs? I don't know if I could make it in future years (certainly not this year), but I might be interested to put together a google calendar with all of the eastern US/ regional events that people could look at if there isn't already one. Let me know if there is such a calendar already though.

Are there other eastern US/regional events that regularly occur also?

[mooyingmantis]

Matt,
Yes, this tournament is always in April in Cleveland, Ohio. In August Master Tony Yang always has his tournament in Akron, Ohio. In February is the Arnold Classic in Columbus, Ohio.