This year’s fantastic Tiger Claw Elite Championships will take place on May 19 through 20th at San Jose’s McEnery Convention Center in downtown San Jose. This year is the first year for JingWu. For more information, see TigerClawElite.com!
Category Archives: Events
WUC Wushu, August 2-5, 2018
The location for the 2018 World University Championships in Wushu has changed to Macao, and the date is now August 2 through 5, 2018. Sifu Bryant Fong will take a team of wushu and sanda competitors.
http://www.fisu.net/sport-events/world-university-championships-events/wushu
Wushu entered the programme of the FISU World University Championships officially in 2014. This is a competitive event for any students of college age.
Flower Festival Performance, February 11, 2018
Sifu Bryant Fong and students will be performing selected wushu and tai chi forms during the flower festival in San Francisco Chinatown. Come and support Chinese martial arts!
Date: February 11, 2018
Time: 3:00 PM
Place: Washington and Kearny Streets, San Francisco Chinatown
2017 Mid-Autumn Harvest Festival
Sifu Fong and students will be performing between 1:00 PM and 1:30 PM on Saturday, September 30, 2017.
http://www.seaacc-sf.org/2017/07/mid-autumn-harvest-festival-2017.html
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We invite you to attend the seventh Southeast Asian Arts & Culture Exhibition celebrating the mid-autumn harvest season! The Exhibition helps promote and preserve the arts and culture of the Southeast Asian American communities in San Francisco, specifically highlighting the Indo-Chinese refugee communities which have a long history in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. We will have representatives from the Burmese, Champa, Cambodian, Filipino, Laotian, Thai, and Vietnamese communities. Come celebrate the Mid-Autumn Harvest Festival with us and learn more about the different Southeast Asian cultures!
Where: Tenderloin Children’s Playground, 570 Ellis Street, San Francisco CA 94109
When: September 30, 2017, 11:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
For more information, please contact:
- Ms. Hang To at (415) 298-3705
- Mr. Sirch Chanthyasack at (415) 680-4027
- Email: contact@seaacc-sf.org
Event schedule:
- 11:30 – Door Open – Cultural Arts Exhibitions
- 12:00 – Outdoor Program Kickoff – Live Music Entertainment / Soccer Tournament
- 12:30 – Food for Sampling
- 01:30 – Pandan Waffles Demonstration
- 02:45 – Lantern Parade
- 03:00 – Papaya Salad Demonstration, Wushu Martial Arts Workshop on Soccer Field
- 04:00 – Closing
USA Team Become the First Americans to Win Medals in Wushu and Sanda
Congratulations to the USA team that traveled to the Summer Universiade games in Taiwan! Emily Fan became the first American to win a medal in wushu, receiving a bronze for her excellent performances with spear and straight sword. Isiah Ray Enriquez also won a bronze, in the 52-kilogram men’s category of sanda, becoming the first American to medal on the international level.
For details of both competitions and video, visit the Taiwan News pages below:
Emily Fan
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3241832
Isiah Ray Enriquez
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3242607
San Francisco Chinatown Performance February 12, 2017
Sifu Bryant Fong and students will be performing in San Francisco Chinatown on February 12, 2017. The performance will take place between 12:30 and 1:00 pm and involve forms and fighting demonstrations. For more information about the Chinese New Year activities, see the link below.
http://www.chineseparade.com/parade_events.asp?pEvent=community_fair
Donations Needed To Support The Taipei 2017 University Games
Sifu Fong is leading the American team to the Taiwan University Games in 2017, but donations are sorely needed. This will be the first time that tai chi or Chinese wushu will be officially part of an Olympic-related event, but they will not be able to participate if funds are not available.
The team of eight students will travel to Taipei in August, 2017 and compete in both forms and fighting. Funds of $15,000 are needed by the end of this year to support the team.
All donations are tax-deductible (501c3) and should be made out to the National Chinese Wushu Association of America. Checks may be mailed to the organization at the following address:
NCWAA
PO Box 210159
San Francisco, California 94121-0159
Donations of $1000 or more will receive a special gift from Sifu Bryant Fong! More details to follow. T-shirts for lower levels of donations will be available later this fall.
Thanks!
Ohlone College QiGong Lecture April 30, 2016
Sifu Bryant Fong will be giving a lecture on “Evidence-Based QiGong” at Ohlone College, Fremont, California, as part of the World Tai Chi and QiGong Day being held on campus.
Time: 3:15-4:15 PM
Location: Ohlone College Newark Center, 39399 Cherry Street, Newark, CA 94560 (Maps & Directions)
For information on the rest of the day’s activities, please see the official website:
http://www.ohlone.edu/instr/health/worldtaichiqigongday.html
Schedule for Master Yang Seminars March 13-20, 2016
Master Yang will be teaching Baguazhang seminar classes over the week of March 13-20, 2016. Listed below are the times and prices. All seminars take place at Japantown YMCA, 1530 Buchanan St, San Francisco (apart from the March 16 Long Xing class). To sign up for the limited spaces, please contact Sifu Fong at bfong1942@yahoo.com.
Package Cost for Multiple Seminars
- Two Seminars: $300
- Three Seminars: $350
- Four Seminars: $475
Weekend Series (Dan Cho)
- One Session: $150
- Two Sessions: $250
- Dan Cho (Bagua Basic Palm Changes and Techniques)
- Sunday March 13 — 1:30-4:00 PM (possible additional session in morning TBA)
- Saturday March 19 — 9:30-11:30 AM, 3:30-6:30 PM
- Sunday, March 20 — 10:30-3:30 PM (This session is TBA)
2. Seven Star Staff
- Price: $250
- Monday – Friday, March 14-18, 9:30-11:30 AM
3. Judge’s Pencil (Baguazhang Weapon)
The “judge’s pencil” is a weapon similar to a steel writing brush. Metal chopsticks can be used in place of the actual “pencil.”
- Price: $250
- Monday, March 14, 1:30-3:00 PM
- Tuesday, March 15, 1:00-4:00 PM
- Wednesday, March 16, 1:30-3:00 PM
- Thursday, March 17, 1:00-4:00 PM
- Friday, March 18, 1:30-3:30 PM
4. Long Xing (Baguazhang Dragon Form)
- Price: $200
- Tuesday, March 15, 7:00-9:00 PM
- Wednesday, March 16, 7:00-9:00 PM (Location change––John Adams Center, 1860 Hayes Street, San Francisco)
- Thursday, March 17, 7:00-9:00 PM
Locations of evening dinners with Master Yang
- Sunday, March 13 — Village Pizzaria
- Saturday, March 19 — Dragon River
- Sunday, March 20 — Bennihana
To sign up for the limited spaces, please contact Sifu Fong at bfong1942@yahoo.com.
March 13-20, 2016 Liang Baguazhang Seminars with Master Yang
Master Yang will be traveling to the San Francisco Bay Area March 13-20, 2016 to give seminars on Liang-style baguazhang, the week following the March 12, 2016 CMAT tournament.
Classes available:
- Seven-Star Staff
- Dragon form
- Swimming Dragon
- Dan Cho
- Advanced Basics
Please see Sifu Bryant Fong if you would like to sign up!