CMAT 18 Gold Medalists

We also have the results of the all-around championship. The all-around champions of CMAT18 are:

• Adult Contemporary Wushu (Female) – Ngan-Ha Ta
• Adult Contemporary Wushu (Male) – Phillip Dang
• Adult Traditional Wushu (Female) — Priscilla Herrera
• Adult Traditional Wushu (Male) — Randall Tran
• Internal Wushu (Female) — Sing May Chen
• Internal Wushu (Male) — Michael Ng and Larry Rothman
• 13-17 Year Old Contemporary Wushu (Female) — Chrystina Yu
• 13-17 Year Old Contemporary Wushu (Male) — Michael Yu
• 13-17 Year Old Traditional Wushu (Female) — Whitney Vuong
• 13-17 Year Old Traditional Wushu (Male) — Richard Lee
• 8-12 Year Old Contemporary Wushu (Combined Gender) — Robert Yu
• 8-12 Year Old Traditional Wushu (Combined Gender) — Drake Wong
• Senior Wushu (Combined Gender) — Mayumi Yoshida

Here are some exclusive wushukicks.com pictures from our CMAT event coverage! Click picture to see larger image. Scroll down to the bottom to see videos of some US Wushu Team members and the men and women’s adult all-around champions performances.

cmat18 butterfly kick

cmat18 beijing wushu team wudi

cmat 18 power up bryan cartago

cmat18 wei-hsin lee

cmat18 sponsor - wushukicks on jumbotron

cmat18 sifu bryant fong

cmat18 tiffany reyes double swords

cmat18 stephanie lim

cmat18 peter dang

cmat18 ming qiu

cmat18 marc goodman

cmat18 li jing and alfred hsing

cmat18 judges table

cmat18 emcee announcer alvin hsing

cmat18 wushukicks wushu shoes

cmat18 dennis ta

Here are the videos of the adult wushu all around champions Phil and Ngan.

Phillip Dang

Ngan-Ha Ta

Dennis Ta

Peter Dang

Get your professional wushu shoes and equipment at www.WushuKicks.com.

Videos and photography courtesy of Alfred Hsing.

The official CMAT 18 Tournament begins today! We will have top level traditional and contemporary wushu competitors hitting the competition floor today. There will be guest appearances by Beijing Wushu Team members Wu Di and Gao Jing.

This is one of, if not the biggest chinese martial art tournament in the United States. We hear there is a bumpin after party as well! =)

Stay tuned as www.wushukicks.com brings you more coverage of the days events and results!

CMAT Trailer from derek cheung on Vimeo.

New WushuKicks Sponsored Athletes Page

Zhao Qing Jian Wushu Champion

Zhao Qing Jian – All China Games wushu champion, gold medalist at the World Wushu Championships as well as the 2008 Wushu Beijing Olympics Tournament. Qing Jian recounts his thoughts and stories on wushu- In China, we learn wushu not only for fighting, it’s also for your health and body fitness. We call this “Wu De”. Before, when I learnt the shaolin wushu, we also learnt how to dual. However, we can’t just learn one thing, we must take this change to learn more forms. You must learn many different forms, for example taiji, Bagua etc to try it out because every form is special in it’s own way. For example, right now I’m training long fist (changquan), and I continue training in changquan, so maybe I feel it’s because I like it much more. Other forms i also train in, but maybe I’ll train less in them because I like changquan more. Changquan is very handsome, looks very beautiful and grand. This is how I feel.

When I was 7, I learned the basics of martial arts, including basic changquan, some broad sword swordfight, and some jumping basics. Probably for a period of 3 years. Then I started competing and had to learn the regulatory forms for the youths. Then I went to Shaolin, and learnt the traditional shaolin quan, like ma bu, and other different forms. Then I went to Wuhan sports university, where I learned national regulatory chang quan mainly for competitions.

Alfred Hsing Wushu Champion

Alfred Hsing – Alfred Hsing 2009 World Wushu Champion of Jianshu/Straight Sword  is a member of the US Wushu Team, Pan American Games medalist, actor, stuntman, and martial arts instructor. Ranked #1 in the US in 2009- He placed first in long fist (chang quan) and straight sword (jian shu) along with taking second overall in Tai Chi (tai ji quan) and Tai Chi Sword (tai ji jian). He is also the first US wushu athlete to bring home a gold for wushu taolu at the World Wushu Championships. Alfred Hsing has practiced wushu for over 15 years. He knew he wanted to learn martial arts ever since he saw his first martial arts ‘wu xia’ movie. Alfred graduated from UCLA and is popularly known for his role as the Shaolin Weapons Expert on Spike TV’s Deadliest Warrior.

Wu Di Wushu Champion

WU DI
2008 Chinese National Spear Champion and 10th Wushu World Championships Gold Medalist – Wu Di started training wushu at a young age in the Liaoning province of China. After many years of hard work he eventually went on to join the Beijing Wushu Team and became Team Captain. He is a talented rising star of a new generation of wushu athletes. Along with his successful wushu career, he is also an accomplished singer, dancer, and actor.

Please send any bios of notable wushu athletes to team (at) wushukicks.com for submission and review to be added to the wushu athlete page.

Mooto 540 Backpacks

New Mooto Gear available at WushuKicks.com!

The Mooto Sport 540 Backpack is one of the best backpacks for martial arts gear, fitness, and training. It has pockets for everything from water bottles to sparring gear. The backpack comes with a protective high quality water proof case (in a compartment in the bottom of the backpack) for rainy days even! You just slip it on over the backpack.

This backpack features an amazing mesh support/lining on the back that prevents your back from sweating because your back does not touch the actual back of the bag. Your back stays fresh and sweat-free while the comfortable mesh contours ease your back as you wear the backpack.

Mooto definitely went to great lengths to think of everything they could for a great multi-purpose martial art carry backpack or mini travel backpack.

This Mooto 540 Backpack comes in either black or white. 100% Polyester