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Feb 23 2008

Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy Parade Rehearsal

Every year I enjoy seeing what the Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy will be doing for the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade. This is the year of the rat, and about 25 kids, 25 teens, and 30 adults joined in the parade fun. Here are some of the pictures I took at the rehearsal. […]

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Nov 02 2007

Disney’s Martial Arts Festival: Summary

All three days were packed with great competition, which made it fun, but also very long. This is the first time that I’ve been to the Disney festival, but I heard that its being going on for some time now.
The few annoying things was the weather (raining, and somewhat humid), and the lack of […]

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Nov 02 2007

Disney’s Martial Arts Festival: Day 3

The last day also had many events, the main on being the International Kung Fu Quest competition. Other events included jiu-jitsu, judo, savate, and more tae kwan do.

There were many competitors in the San Shou fights, and they were all exciting to watch.

 
The rest of my pictures can be found on flickr.

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Nov 02 2007

Disney’s Martial Arts Festival: Day 2

The second day of the festival was just as packed with events as the first day. There was the Tiger Claw elite grand championship at the main stage, which drew a big crowd.

 
I can still feel the energy from these kids when viewing the pictures. Scary huh?
The Olympic style Tae Kwon Do sparring was […]

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Nov 02 2007

Disney’s Martial Arts Festival: Day 1

The first day of Disney’s martial arts festival started with the Tiger Claw elite championships. This was my first time watching a mixed competition, and it was quite fun to watch. The first day was qualifiers, and the second day was the actual championships.

Other events of the day included creative weapons, creative forms, judo, point […]

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Sep 03 2007

Kung Fu Tournament

Last Saturday, the Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy had its annual in-house tournament at Kezar Pavilion in San Francisco.

The day started off with the lions escorting all the students in for the national anthem. Following that were amazing performances from the various sihings, sijehs, and sifus from the various schools.

During the tournament […]

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