The mission of the “International Chinese Traditional Martial Arts Competition” is to bring forth the essence of Chinese martial arts, provide contestants with an opportunity to advance their martial arts skills, and help improve contestants’ moral conduct based on Martial Arts principles. The competition also aims to promote traditional Chinese culture and display true martial arts values to the world.
Date and Location
- Asia Pacific Preliminaries: August 1st, 2009, Taiwan.
Taipei Mingde Junior High School (50 Mingde Road, Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan) - North America Preliminaries: October 3rd, 2009, New York, U.S.A.
Semi-Finals and Finals: October 4th, 2009, New York, U.S.A.
Baruch College (55 Lexington at 24th St., New York, NY 10010)
Introduction to Chinese Martial Arts
Chinese Martial Arts originated from ancient traditional Chinese culture, it therefore has rich inner content and meaning. It was initially derived from Daoism, which is closely related to personal cultivation (self improvement). Its foundational components include cultivating virtue, artistic technique, nurturing health and longevity, improving physical condition, defending oneself and preventing violence. Hence, the first character in the word martial arts is "Wu" (武), which is formed by combining the characters for "stop" (止) and "war" (戈).
In the long history of Chinese civilization, the first martial art to appear was "Jiao-di" style wrestling during the Yellow Emperor's battle against Chi-you (during 2852 BC to 2205 BC). Following that, many schools of sword techniques appeared during the Warring States Period.....
Award Placement
The Competition is divided into following categories: Fist Category (male division and female division), Weapon Category (male division and female division) and Southern Fist Category. Each of the five divisions will have 1 Gold Award, 1 Silver Award and 1 Bronze Award and multiple Honorable Mention Awards.
- Gold Award winners will receive a Liucai Titanum Sword with US$5,000.
- Silver Award winners will receive a Zhanlu Sword with US$3,000.
- Bronze Award winners will receive a Yitian Sword with US$1,000.
