The Shuai Chiao Kungfu Club at The Ohio State
University (return)
Year of the Monkey Tournament Results
Women's Division
1. Tamera Lake
2. Julie Boron
3. Melinda Foote
Men's Lightweight Division
1. Jamie Van
Doren
2. Ian Donovan
3. Johnathan
Ho
Men's Welterweight Division
1. Matthew Corbett
2. Daniel Beck
3. Ryan Schumacher
4. Edward Booker
Men's Middleweight Division
1. Brandon Dever
2. David Reed
Blocksom
3. Jason Hall
4. Tim Goytowski
Men's Middle-Heavyweight Division
1. Wille Theunissen
2. Tom Dowd
3. Daniel Thomas
4. Jeremy Wolford
Men's Heavyweight Division
1. Raymond Trepanier
2. Jamie Doak
3. Jaron Bernstein
Men's Openweight Division
1. Josh Fragoso
2. Anthony Catalano
3. Robert Armstrong
4. Aaron Fown
2003 Chinese American Athletic Tournament - Shuai-chiao
Division
by Justin Tan, 9th Teng
Sunday July 20th marked another annual celebration
of Chinese arts and heritage. Held once a year at De Anza College in
Cupertino, the Chinese American Athletic Tournament
brings together hundreds of competitors in all flavors of Chinese arts.
People came to both watch and compete in Shuai-Chiao, Wushu, Tai-chi, and
many other events. The day-long competition also featured performances
of traditional Chinese dances and incredible feats of martial arts.
The Cupertino Kung-Fu Club is the host for the
Shuai-Chiao competition at the CAAT. This year, there were participants
from both the local clubs and teams from as far away as Ohio. They
competition was organized in the usual categories of youth, women, and
men, with each of those subdivided into weight classes. However,
the true highlight of the Shuai-Chiao tournament was the open-weight division
held after all the weight divided bouts. Traditionally in China,
there were no distinctions based on size or weight; competitions were purely
a match of skill. Dr. Weng and the other grandmasters of Shuai-Chiao used
to compete with each other regardless of size. Since the CAAT is a
celebration of Chinese art and heritage, three open-weight divisions were
held at the end of the day. There was a "women's open", "Men's under
black belt" and " Men's black belt and over" competition though some non-blackbelt
competitors moved up to the black belt division to challenge themselves.
These open-weight divisions were allowed any competitor of any size to
fight any other competitor. The result was an extremely fun and enjoyable
experience ending the competition with an intense match between She-peng
Weng, 8th Teng of the Cupertino Kung-Fu Club, and Daniel Cliff , 9th Teng(Wing
Lam Kung-fu of Ohio). Both champions fought hard for the crowd ending
with a close 3-2 win for She-Peng.
Awards were given out at the end of all the matches. The day ended with Dr. Weng holding a free question and answer clinic for the competitors, mostly in thanks to those who came so far to compete. As the Shuai-Chiao community grows, competitions like the CAAT will begin to draw even more competitors from even farther reaches of the world. In fact, the 2005 CAAT is slated to host the Pan-American championship. Additionally, due to the positive feedback of this year's open weight division, the CAAT hopes to continue offerring that division in upcoming years.
Some results from the tournament:
Women's Open
1st Diana Lin
2nd Llic, Una
3rd Bigelow, Angie
Men's
135 and under
1st Jonathan Shih
2nd Shigero Isoda
135-150
1st Tan, Justin
2nd Corbett, Matthew
3rd Hall, Eric
150-165
1st Cliff, Daniel
2nd Masi, Nick
3rd Koswara, Andy
165-180
1st Martin, Matt
2nd Iwasaki, Kenichi
3rd Ng, Alban
Open Weight:
Black
1st Weng, She-Peng
2nd Cliff, Daniel
3rd Koswara, Andy
Non Black
1st Fraser, James
2nd Masi, Nick
3rd Hall, Eric
2003 GLKF Tournament Men's Division:
Lightweight
1st Matt Corbett
2nd Jamie VanDoren
3rd Ernest Smoot
4th Kyu Chun
Welterweight
1st Daniel Cliff
2nd Ryan Shumaker
3rd Edwood Booker
4th Jason Hall
Middleweight
1st Brandon Dever
2nd Nick Masi
3rd Matt Martin
4th Tim Goytowski
Heavy-Middleweight
Zack Ceo
Tim Braun
Mark Martinets
1st Zack Ceo
2nd David Oakley
3rd Mark Martinets
4th Brian Boehnlein
Heavyweight
1st Eric Brooks
2nd Immanuel Robinson
3rd Josh Fragoso
4th Wayne Rossiter
2003 GLKF Tournament Women's Division
Lightweight
1st Diana Lin
2nd Bahiyyah Muhammed
3rd Angie Bigelow
4th Crystal Dever
Heavyweight
Tammi Lake throws Una Ilic in the final match.
~ photo by Mark Miller
1st Tammi Lake
2nd Una Ilic
3rd Kelly Crocker
4th Taran Rhoades
Lightweight
1st Narani Muhammed
2nd Najua Muhammed
3rd Nathan Lowy
4th Tyler Widrann
Welterweight
1st Anthony Nickorro
2nd Aquell Muhammed
3rd Alex Jewell
4th Tyler Chastafty
Middleweight
1st Ellis Dixon
2nd William Hubbard
3rd Ruben Benjamin
4th Danra Hawkins
Heavy-Middleweight
1st Darion Webber
2nd Christina Roman
3rd Latorra Loftridge
4th John Gaddis
Heavyweight
1st Jeffry Tan
2nd Johnathan Loftridge
3rd Xavier Graham
4th Gonetta Washington
2002 GLKF Tournament Adult Women's Division
Lightweight
1st Una Ilich
2nd Bahiyyah Muhammed
3rd Angie Bigelow
4th Crystal Dever
Open
1st Una Ilich
2nd Nicole Bruketta
3rd Tarin Rhodes
4th Mudite Tewari
2002 GLKF Tournament Adult Men's Division
Dan Beck downs Ernest Smoot in the Lightweight final
Lightweight
1st Daniel Beck
2nd Ernest Smoot
3rd Matthew Corbett
4th Jamie Van Doren
Daniel Cliff instructs Jeff Wacker on inner shoulder throw
Welterweight
1st Daniel Cliff
2nd Brandon Dever
3rd Tim Fox
4th Gino Kuo
Middleweight
1st Brian Corbett
2nd R. Hartley
Eric Brooks throws Michael Lin in the Heavyweight final
Heavyweight
1st Eric Brooks
2nd Michael Lin
3rd Brian Corbett
4th Danny Hall
Open
1st Nick Osborne
2nd Immanuel Robinson
3rd Jeff Ritchie
Note: the information above was taken from the working tournament grid
sheets.
If you note any placement errors or name misspellings, please send corrections
to: sifu@mg-3d.com
Year of the Horse
Shuai Chiao Tournament
February 2, 2002
at The Ohio State University
Matt Mollica referees a clean 3-point throw.
Gino Belfiore refs for Lance Cronley and Aaron Fown.
Two rings ran simultaneously for five hours to finish the 101 matches
Tammy Lake and Una Ilich prepare to attack.
Action photos by Harold LaRue
The Year of the Horse Tournament at The Ohio State University was a great success. Five Kungfu schools participated: Cleveland Wing Lam , Shaolin Kungfu Institute, Arlington Kungfu and Tai Chi, Ho-I Chinese Martial Arts, and the Shuai Chiao Kungfu Club at OSU. We had a total of 53 competitors, 23 in the Junior Division, and 30 in the Adult Division. This was an unusually tough regional tournament with at least 14 fighters, one-third of the entire adult division, being previous medallists in the Shuai Chiao Nationals!
With our traditional round-robin format most competitors fought four matches,
for a total of 101 matches. Despite the long day and hectic pace,
there were no major injuries or problems. This is a great tribute
to both the professionalism of our officials and the good sportsmanship
and camaraderie of all the fighters. Many of the most powerful fighters,
in both the adult and junior divisions, showed the true art of Shuai Chiao
by controlling their opponents completely: throwing with strong and clean
technique, yet finishing with a relatively gentle fall.
Thanks again to our officials and staff, without whom this tournament would
not have been possible:
Officials: Gino Belfiore, Tim Braun, John Ervin Jr., Mike Grigsby,
Matt Mollica, Jerry Sheldon, Raymond Trepanier, Jeff Williams
Staff: Jaron Bernstein, Daniel Cowan, Peter DiGravio, Aaron Fown, Suzanne
Heckman, Chih Yuan Ho, Luther Nolan, Jen Williams
Year of the Horse Tournament -- Results for Junior
Divisions
Jr. Lightweight
1st Isaiah Williams
2nd Aqeel Muhammad
3rd Alex Jewell
4th Drulawni Ronney
Jr. Middleweight Division A
1st Ellis Dixon
2nd Edward Washington
3rd Max Wilson
4th Alana Mizer
Jr. Middleweight Division B
1st William Hubbard
2nd Ruben Benjamin
3rd Jack Bowman
4th Bernie Mizer
Jr. Heavyweight
1st Darryl Cleyton
2nd Darion Webber
3rd Matt Boorman
4th Nick Raymond
Year of the Horse Tournament -- Results for
Adult Divisions
Lightweight
1st Bahiyyah Muhammad
2nd Angie Bigelow
3rd Crystal Dever
Middleweight
1st Tammy Lake
2nd Una Ilich
Year of the Horse Tournament -- Results for Adult Men's Division
Lightweight
1st Dan Beck
2nd Ernest Smoot
3rd Matthew Corbett
4th James Van Doren
Welterweight
1st Brandon Dever
2nd Jeff Wacker
3rd Ryan Shumaker
4th Jonathan Spuhler
Middleweight
1st Daniel Cliff
2nd Todd Smith
3rd Gregory Shabazz
4th Gerald Dalley
Middle Heavyweight
1st Brian Corbett
2nd Danny Hall
3rd Jason Andro
4th Aaron Fown
Heavyweight
1st Kevin Gordon
2nd Steve Molter
3rd Roy Hentges
4th Abdullah Muhammed
Welterweight
1ST Brian Corbett
2ND Brandon Dever
3RD Ryan Shumaker
4TH Ion Suehiro
* click for match grid
Middleweight
1ST She-peng Weng
2ND Daniel Cliff
3RD Dean Barker
4TH Sparks Grassly
* click for match grid
Light Heavyweight
1ST Jan-yu Weng
2ND Carlin Ray Sr.
3RD Steve Molter
4TH Ray Trepanier
* click for match grid
Middle Heavyweight
1ST Chet Quint
2ND Abdullah Muhammed
Heavyweight
1ST John Ervin
2ND Immanuel Robinson
3RD Rob Huntley
4TH Chet Quint
* click for match grid
Women's Lightweight
1ST Bahiyyah Muhammad
2ND Kristen Winslow
Women's Heavyweight
1ST Tamera Lake
2ND Kelly Crocker
Rio De Janiero, Brazil
March 31 - April 1, 2001
Rio De Janiero, Brazil - March 28, a USSA team traveled to Brazil for the
first ever Pan-American Shuai-chiao
tournament. The tournament was sponsored by many city officials both in
the US and Brazil making it a highly
publicized and official event.
The two day event was full of excitement and hope as the growth and development
of Shuai-chiao was on
exhibition. Dr. Weng has been developing with Master Li Wing-Kay a Shuai-chiao
program in South America for
over 8 years. Their hard work and vision paid off on this day with the successful
merging of the two
continents featuring a Shuai-chiao demonstration by a local school, a exciting
national tournament, a
Shuai-chiao filled San-shou event, and the showdown of the best in Pan-America.
The USA Shuai-Chiao team took the mat after an afternoon of fierce competition
between the South
Americans whom were fighting to be the 2001 South American Shuai-chiao champion.
The winners of the 2001
South American national championship then earned the right along with other
previously chosen fighters to
compete against the USA Shuai-Chiao team in the Pan American Shuai-Chiao
Championships.
The brackets for the Pan American tournament were arranged so that the USA
Shuai-Chiao competitors would
fight both this year's South American national champions & the Brazilian
national champion (selected by the
Brazilian Shuai-Chiao team) in order to win the 2001 Pan-American Shuai-Chiao
Championship.
The US Shuai-Chiao Team swept the first round of competitions against the
Brazilian National Team. As the
finals began the crowd began to chant at a feverish pitch: BRASIL!! BRASIL!!
To the ROARING crowd of over
2,000 South American spectators in the large stadium like arena. The result
was USA Shuai-Chiao team taking
home 5 Gold medals & 3 Silver medals.
Emeric Chen
Youth Open Weight
Gold
Shuai-chiao
65 kgs
Gold
Shuai-chiao
Leo Wong
72 kgs
Gold
Shuai-chiao
She-peng Weng
75 kgs
Gold
Shuai-chiao
Jan-Yu Weng
78 kgs
Silver
Shuai-chiao
Eric Brooks
85 kgs
Silver
Shuai-chiao
85 kgs
Gold
San-shou
Highlights
The strongest competition took place in the 78kgs and under weight category,
where team captain Jan-Yu
Weng took on two of the Brazilian's strongest & most experienced fighters.
Jan-Yu defeated his first opponent
(who was a great deal stronger and also a Brazilian Judo champion) with
ease against the dismay of the
screaming Brazilian crowd. In the finals the Brazilian competitor fought
cautiously, defensively, staling &
holding back any attempt to enter by Jan-Yu. With the scored tied, 0 to
0, after the two rounds of regulation
in overtime Jan-Yu finally forced a entry (using a springing/leg block technique),
but failed and landed on his
feet but placed 1 hand thus losing the match.
Eric Brooks was the lone competitor amongst the USA team to fight San-Shou
following the Shuai-Chiao
tournament. Again competition was fierce amongst the Brazilian fighters
in the San-Shou tournament.
However, Eric Brooks slowed the match down with his relaxed fluid Shuai-Chiao
fighting style. With an
impressive array of throws Eric displayed to the Brazilians the dominance
of Shuai-Chiao in the San-Shou
arena by winning gold in his weight class.
The tournament was not only a success for the USA Shuai-Chiao Team who left
the stadium with a 2nd place
team trophy (1st went to Brazil due to the large number of athletes), but
more importantly, with the respect
of both the Brazilian people & the South American competitors, our new
Shuai-chiao friends.
Competitors and Officials for the GLKF 2000 Shuai Chiao Nationals
Congratulations to Steve Molter and Dan Beck of the Shuai
Chiao Kungfu Club at OSU for placing in the Shuai Chiao Nationals.
Dan finished in second place, losing only to international competitor
and national champion Gino Belfiore.
Steve fought in his first tournament against three experienced opponents
and placed fourth, but was the only competitor in the entire tournament
to score a throw against international champion Immanuel Robinson.
Dr. Chi'hsiu Weng congratulates Heavyweight winner Immanuel Robinson
Dr. Weng and Lightweight champion Gino Belfiore
For full tournament results, check the official USSA
Website: www.shuai-chiao.org
Year of the Dragon
The OSU Year of the Dragon Shuai Chiao Tounament brought four kungfu schools: Wing Lam Kungfu, Ho-I Tai Chi and Shuai Chiao Academy, Master Mollica's Kung Fu and Tai Chi, and the OSU Shuai Chiao Kungfu Club together for a day of friendly, but fierce, competition. The 40 contestants fought 81 matches in a strenuous round-robin format at Larkins Hall on the OSU campus in Columbus, Ohio.
All of the four schools placed, but Wing Lam Kungfu dominated
the tournament. Only Junior Lightweight Matthew Boorman, of Ho-I,
kept them from taking first place in every division of the tournament.
Led by experienced competitors Immanuel Robinson and Gino Belfiore, the young
Wing Lam team swept all but one of the third place positions as well.
Jr. Lightweight
1st -- Matthew Boorman, Ho-I
2nd -- Di'Ante Jackson, Wing Lam
3rd -- Aqeel Muhammad, Wing Lam
Jr. Middleweight
1st -- Ellis Dixson, Wing Lam
2nd -- Philip Rose, Ho-I
3rd -- Kandis Thompson, Wing Lam
Jr. Hw
1st -- Delvon Thompson, Wing Lam
2nd -- Jack Blakeslee, Ho-I
3rd -- Kristopher M. Hall, Wing Lam
Kathy Stanek, Yessenia Morales, Bahiyyah Muhammad, Gabrielle
Voskerician, Katy Pierce
Women's Lightweight
1st -- Bahiyyah Muhammad, Wing Lam
2nd -- Kathy Stanek, OSU
Women's Middleweight
1st -- Gabrielle Voskerician, Wing Lam
2nd -- Katy Pierce, OSU
3rd -- Yessenia Morales, Wing Lam
Adam Williams, James Susong , Leon Choo, Dan Beck, Gino
Belfiore, Jared Evans
Men's Lightweight
1st -- Gino Belfiore, Wing Lam
2nd -- Dan Beck, OSU
3rd -- Leon Choo, Wing Lam
Ryan Shumaker, A.J. Barbarito, Matt Martin, Daniel Cliff,
Brian Corbett, George Mass
Men's Middleweight
1st -- Brian Corbett, Wing Lam
2nd -- Matt Martin, Mollica's
3rd -- Daniel Cliff, Wing Lam
Zerriff Wyatt, Jeremy Brogdon, Raymond Trepanier
Men's Middle-Heavyweight
1st -- Zerriff Wyatt, Wing Lam
2nd -- Raymond Trepanier, Ho-I
3rd -- Jeremy Brogdon, OSU
Bill Umansky, Myron Cummings, Rob Huntley, Immanuel Robinson
Men's Heavyweight
1st -- Immanuel Robinson, Wing Lam
2nd -- Rob Huntley, OSU
3rd -- Myron Cummings, Wing Lam
Results from the 8th Annual
Great Lakes Kungfu Championships
Shuai Chiao Nationals
, April 24th, 1999
Children's Shuai-chiao Division
under 50lbs
1st Aquel, Muhammed
2nd Jackson, Diante
50-69 lbs
1st Dixon, Ellis
2nd Al-Amin, Mussen
3rd Maya, Muhammed
4th Dernck, Muhammed
70-89 lbs
1st Pickens, Justin
2nd Al-Amin, Quadirah
3rd Lee, Patrick
4th Ian, Donavon
90-115 lbs
1st Lee, Alan
2nd Al-Amin, Jaharah
3rd Halivay, Fadeelah
4th Williams, Frank
Adult Women's division
1st Al-Amin, Adilah
2nd Halivay, Fadeelah
3rd Al-Amin, Jahara
4th Susong, Evelyn
Adult Men's Shuai-chiao Division
120lbs and under
1st Lee, Alan
2nd Mattadeen, Rodney
3rd Becker, Steven
120-135 lbs
1st Belfiore, Gino
2nd Chatman, Jr., Morris
3rd McCutcheon, Anthony
4th Ting, Chi-Hwa "Michael"
135-150 lbs
1st Fleming, Robert
2nd Martin, Matt
3rd Wong, Leo
4th Seyffert, Sven
150-165 lbs
1st Weng, She-Peng
2nd McCoy, Jay
3rd Corbett, Brian
4th Schwartz, Mark
165-180 lbs
1st Hall, Deshaun
2nd Trepanier, Raymond
3rd Brooks, Keith
4th Ellman, Joseph
180-195 lbs
1st Stantial, Karl
2nd Cummings, Myron
3rd Kelly, Brian
195-215 lbs
1st Osborne, Nicholas
2nd Robinson, Immanuel
3rd Fratkin, Yevgeniy
4th Lai, Vincent
Over 215 lbs
1st Osborne, Nicholas
2nd Huntley, Robert
3rd Ritchie, Jeff
4th Nolan, Luther
Partial Results from the
1998 4th Paris Mayor's Cup International
Shuai Jiao Tournament
December 12, 13, 1998
Teams from Algeria, China, France, Italy, Morocco, Poland,
Singapore, Spain,
Switzerland, Mongolia, Taipei, and the USA competed.
First Place Team: China
Second Place Team: USA
USA Team Placings:
Shuai Chiao:
Open Division: 3rd Place, John
Ervin
100kg Division: 1st Place, Nick Osborne
3rd Place, Vince Corning
90kg Division: 1st Place, Immanuel
Robinson
82kg Division: 2nd Place, Eric Brooks
68kg Division: 2nd Place, Thomas Desch
62kg Division: 3rd Place, Gino Belfiore
57kg Division: 3rd Place, Justin Tan
52kg Division: 2nd Place, Alan Lee
62kg Womens Division: 2nd Place, Alva
Ervin
Invitational Mongolian Boke Tournament:
2nd Place: Nick Osborne
Tied 3rd Place: Vince Corning
For more results, check the USSA home page link below:
The Shuai
Chiao Kungfu Club at The Ohio State University (return)