The First World Traditional Wushu Festival 2004 - ZhengZhou,China
The First World Wushu Festival,
organized by the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) and the Chinese Wushu Association
was held in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province in central China. The first and biggest of its kind, this international festival which took place from 16 october 2004 to 21 October 2004 saw
152 delegations with around 2,500 contenders from 62 countries, competing in four different categories.
Lam Family Hung Gar schools were invited to take part in this big event to represent their family style and the city of Hong Kong SAR. Altogether there were two seperate teams representing the Lam Family Hung Kuen in this 5 day event under the names Lam Cho Hung Gar School and Lam Chun Fai Hung Gar school. The team for Lam Cho Hung Gar school consisted of Grandmaster Lam Chun Sing and 10 more from countries such, England, Czech Republic and of course Hong Kong. The team for Lam Chun Fai Hung Gar School consisted of Grandmaster Lam himself along with 10 of his students and grand students from number of different countries including USA, Germany, Italy, Canada, Czech Republic and France. As well as these two teams, Grandmasters Lam Cho's 6th son Lam Chan Chung also took part in this festival as one of the team leaders and representitives for the Hong Kong Wushu Unions "A Team".
Representing their family style of Hung Kuen, the two Lam Family teams competed in 18 individual events and two dual events. Competing against more than 2,500 contenders, each and every single member of the both teams won a medal in their category, bringing back home 18 Gold medals, 21 Silver medals and 1 bronze medal. Overall, The First World Wushu Festival was a great success for the Lam Family Hung Kuen teams as well as the style of Hung Gar. Please see below for the pictures and the summary of results for Grandmaster Lam Chun Fai's school.
RESULTS
Total number of competitors: 20
Competing events: 18 singles Events and 2 dual Events
Result: 18 Gold medals, 19 Silver medals and 3 bronze
The First World Traditional Wushu Festival Results for
Lam Chun Fai Hung Gar School |
DATE |
COMPETITOR |
CATEGORY |
PRIZE |
Monday
18th October 2004 |
Grandmaster Lam Chun Fai |
Weapons Set |
Gold |
Grandmaster Lam Chun Sing |
Hand Set |
Gold |
Wong Man Chung |
Hand Set |
Silver |
Magdalena Janesova |
Hand Set |
Bronze |
Massimo Iannaccone |
Weapons Set |
Gold |
Victor Bourdeau |
Hand Set |
Silver |
Jesse D.Gooding |
Hand Set |
Gold |
Pavel Adamek |
Hand Set |
Silver |
Dragos Calmuc |
Hand Set |
Gold |
Pavel Macek |
Hand Set |
Bronze |
Peter Macek |
Hand Set |
Silver |
Jiri Kaspar |
Hand Set |
Silver |
Jan Riha |
Hand Set |
Silver |
Claudio Spagnuolo |
Hand Set |
Gold |
Hanka Horakova |
Hand Set |
Silver |
Tuesday
19th October 2004 |
Grandmaster Lam Chun Chung |
Hand Set |
Gold |
Grandmaster Lam Chun Sing |
Weapons Set |
Silver |
Wong Tong Ching |
Hand Set |
Gold |
Chen Jin-Lun |
Hand Set |
Gold |
Wong Tong Ching |
Weapons Set |
Silver |
Chen Jin-Lun |
Weapons Set |
Gold |
Andreas Garski |
Hand Set |
Gold |
Massimo Iannaccone |
Hand Set |
Gold |
Wong Man Chung |
Weapons Set |
Silver |
Ben Hunter |
Hand Set |
Silver |
Rene Miceli |
Hand Set |
Gold |
Andreas Garski |
Weapons Set |
Gold |
Leon A.Dogan |
Weapons Set |
Silver |
Ben Hunter |
Weapons Set |
Silver |
Jesse D. Gooding |
Weapons Set |
Gold |
Pavel Macek |
Weapons Set |
Silver |
Peter Macek |
Weapons Set |
Silver |
Jana Riha |
Weapons Set |
Silver |
Jiri Kaspar |
Weapons Set |
Bronze |
Dragos Calmuc |
Weapons Set |
Silver |
Hanka Horakova |
Weapons Set |
Silver |
Pavel Adamek |
Weapons Set |
Silver |
| Wednesday
20th October 2004 |
Grandmaster Lam Chun Fai |
Hand Set |
Gold |
Pavel Macek & Peter Macek |
2 Men Set |
Gold |
Andreas Garski & Jesse Gooding |
2 Men Set |
Gold |
PICTURES
Here are some random pictures from the First World Wushu Festival. Please click on the thumbnails below to see a larger version of each image.
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