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Vovinam!

Luv this pic! Anyone know the rules to Vovinam competition and can put in a nutshell post here? This article makes it sound like Wushu Duilian, which I’ve always said should have been what Wushu submitted to the Olympics, not solo Taolu. I know frightfully little about Vovinam.


Cambodia’s Souer Chanleakena (left) and her male teammates compete during their gold-medal-winning performance in the Da Luyen Vu Hhi Nu event of the SEA Games vovinam competition. NAGAWORLD / Khem Sovanna
Vovinam team give golden show
Fri, 20 December 2013
Dan Riley

Cambodia found themselves back on the golden path yesterday at the 27th SEA Games in Myanmar with triumph for the vovinam team. The Vietnamese martial art was the Kingdom’s most successful discipline at the 2011 Games in Indonesia, with team members grabbing two golds, seven silvers and three bronzes.

Yesterday’s morning session at the Zayar Thiri Indoor Stadium in Naypyidaw hadn’t offered much promise, however, with Chrin Bunlong, Kat Sopheak, Ly Boramy and San Socheat failing to repeat their silver medal in the men’s leg attack performance (known as Don Chan Tan Cong). The four were judged fifth on 265 points, as Vietnam clinched top spot with 280.

Cambodia’s Pov Sokha also missed out on the podium, coming fourth in women’s yin yang sword forms (Tinh Hoa Luong Nghu Kiem Phap) with 262. Myanmar’s Hnin Thi Da won with 269.

All was forgotten, however, in the afternoon when heroes Soeung Visal, Chin Piseth, Kat Sopheak and heroine Souer Chanleakena clinched gold in the one female defender against three male attackers with weapons performance (Da Luyen Vu Hhi Nu).

It was the Kingdom’s sixth gold medal of the Games, keeping them ninth in the medals table of 11. Thailand remain at the summit with 79 golds.

Two bronze medals were also kicked out for Cambodia on the vovinam mats with Mao Monita in women’s 45-50kg and Tin Pheap in men’s 55-60kg winning their quarter-finals but losing their semi-finals yesterday.

The delegation are hoping for more vovinam medals, as well as from events such as taekwondo, judo, kempo, sepak takraw and traditional boating before Sunday’s closing ceremony.

Bunna Cheang lost her women’s 53-57kg taekwondo quarter-final 15-1 on points at the Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium in Naypyidaw.

Cambodia had earlier yesterday spurned the chance to steal a march up the table on noisy neighbours Laos by losing the gold medal match in petanque mixed triples (two women, one man) at the Petanque Arena near Naypyidaw’s Athletes Village.

Tep Nora, Chhin Srey Pich and Duong Dina had been blazing a trail in the competition, winning all four preliminaries on Wednesday before dispatching Vietnam 13-6 in yesterday morning’s semi-final to guarantee silver.

But the trio came a cropper in the final despite surging into a 4-0 lead to eventually lose 13-5 to Laos players Thepphakan Bovilak, Nienmani Lar and Souliya Manyvanh.

Meanwhile, Cambodia’s other triples squad (two men, one woman) of Songvat Chakriya, Sieng Vanna and Ya Chandararith suffered a 13-9 defeat in the semi-finals to another Laos outfit to collect the bronze.

The Cambodian women’s hockey team conceded their hundredth goal in their fifth and final group game yesterday at the Hockey Field in Yangon, going down 7-0 to hosts Myanmar.

Pakistan-born coach Rana Asif Maqsood will be overwhelmed with areas to improve on but he should be commended for at least producing a team for competition out of absolutely no hockey tradition in the Kingdom and, indeed, not a single Astroturf facility suitable for training on at home.

The side will have one last chance to score a goal in the competition today when playing Indonesia, who beat them 15-0 on Monday, in the fifth place play-off at 10am Cambodian time. Myanmar will take on Singapore for the bronze medal at 12:30pm before huge favourites Malaysia meet Thailand in the title decider at 3pm.

At the athletics track of Naypyidaw’s Wunna Theikdi Sports Complex, Kieng Samorn came up short in the men’s 1,500 metres, finishing sixth. The Cambodian middle distance runner and London Olympian had made his way to second place up until the last 200m, when he appeared to run out of gas.

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Another push for Vovinam in SEA

Last update 11:00 | 20/02/2014
Five countries support Vietnam’s martial art Vovinam at next SEA Games

VietNamNet Bridge – Vovinam – the martial art created by Vietnam - wins the strong support of five countries for a chance to appear in the 28th Southeast Asia Games, said Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Olympic Committee – Mr. Hoang Vinh Giang.

Giang has just returned from the meeting of the Sub-Committee on Sport and Law of the Southeast Asian Sport Federation on February 14-16 in Singapore.

He said that at the meeting, representatives of Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia and Vietnam proposed to add Vovinam into the official competition program of the 28th SEA Games.

However, to formally appear in the games, Vovinam needs to get the consent of the host country - Singapore.

General Secretary of the World Vovinam Federation – Mr. Vo Danh Hai said Vietnam has actively lobbied the host country.

According to Hai, the World Vovinam Federation will help Singapore develop the Vovinam movement and establish the national Vovinam federation. After that, Vietnam will send experts to help Singapore develop the martial art and train its national team.

Vovinam appeared in the two most recent SEA Games in Indonesia and Myanmar. These countries are building forces to develop this martial art.

Hai said the biggest difficulty is that the Singaporean Olympic Committee has long supported the development of basic sports in the Olympic program.

At the meeting, countries also proposed to add seven other sports, including wrestling, to the next SEA Games.

The Sub-Committee on Sport and Law of the Southeast Asian Sport Federation is the most important body, which has a voice in determining the number of subjects and the number of competing events at the SEA Games.

The host country—Singapore, suggested 36 sports for the next SEA Games. Up to 34 sports are Vietnam’s key sports, including athletics, swimming, weightlifting, taekwondo, shooting, karate, badminton, table tennis, football, volleyball, judo, wushu, Sepak Takraw, fencing, gymnastics, Pencak Silat, archery, cycling and tennis.

Vovinam - Viet Vo Dao - is a Vietnamese martial art which is practiced with and without weapons. It is based on the principle of between hard and soft. It includes training of the body as well as the mind. It uses force and reaction of the opponent. Vovinam also includes hand, elbow, kicks, escape- and levering techniques. Both attack and defense techniques are trained, as well as forms, combat and traditional wrestling. The wide range of techniques include punching, kicking etc. as well as forms, wrestling, sword, staff, axe, folding fan and others.

Self-defense techniques cover defense against weaponless attacks like choking from behind and defense against attacks with knife or sword. Advanced students learn to combine the techniques and learn to defend themselves against armed opponents. Instructors train traditional weapons like the long stick, short stick, knife, sword and sabre. Thereby the weapons serve as training devices for reaching optimal control of body and mind.

Vovinam was founded by grandmaster Nguyen Loc (1912 – 1960) in 1938, with the intent of providing practitioners with an efficient method of self-defense after a short period of study. Grandmaster Nguyen believed martial arts would contribute to freeing Vietnam, which had been ruled by France since 1859, from outside domination. Vovinam is a comprehensive fighting system which have principles totally different amongst a bulk of Chinese styles of kung fu, Japanese and Korean systems.

Nam Nguyen
I would love to see more on the history of Vovinam.

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SEA should test everyone.

All M’sian SEA Games athletes to undergo drug tests
March 25, 2015

KUALA LUMPUR: All Malaysian athletes taking part in Southeast Asian Games in June will have undergone a doping test before arriving in Singapore, the country’s sports minister said.

Malaysia has been rocked by high-profile doping cases in recent months with the country’s most famous athlete, former badminton number one Lee Chong Wei, provisionally suspended after he failed a test at the world championships in August.

Tai Cheau Xuen became the first Malaysian Asian Games gold medallist to fail a drugs test after the Wushu exponent tested positive for sibutramine and was kicked out of the multi-sport event after failing with an appeal in October.

“I have ordered the Malaysian Anti-Doping Agency to conduct doping tests on every athlete going to the SEA Games,” sports ministers Khairy Jamaluddin was quoted as saying by Bernama news agency yesterday.

Bernama said only 30 per cent of Malaysian athletes had been previously tested before going to a major sports event.

Malaysia sent more than 500 athletes to the last Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar in 2013.

The 28th SEA Games will take place from June 5-16 with athletes from the 11 nations that make up Southeast Asia taking part in an eclectic mix of 36 sports including athletics, billiards, sepak takraw and swimming.
Trying to save face this year.

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Tai Cheau Xuen

The Asian Games story starts here.

Published: Monday May 11, 2015 MYT 9:40:00 PM
Updated: Monday May 11, 2015 MYT 10:18:57 PM
Wushu exponent Cheau Xuen back in the fray after doping ban
by lim teik huat


National wushu exponent Tai Cheau Xuen with the gold medal she won at the Asian Games in South Korea last year. She was stripped of the gold medal after failing a dope test. - Filepic

KUALA LUMPUR: Wushu exponent Tai Cheau Xuen thought her career was over when she was banned for four months for a doping offence at the Asian Games last September.

The 23-year-old was the first Malaysian gold medallist in Incheon, South Korea, after winning the women’s nanquan and nandao combined event. But her world came crumbling down after she was tested positive for sibutramine, an ingredient commonly found in slimming products.

She lost her gold medal and was banned for four months. The ban ended at the end of March this year.

And now Cheau Xuen’s back and is all fired up to make up for lost time. She will make her first competitive appearance at next month’s Singapore SEA Games.

“I didn’t expect to get a chance to compete at the SEA Games,” said Cheau Xuen, the 2013 world champion in compulsory nanquan, on Monday.

“I thought my career was over after the ban. It was tough during the suspension, as I had nothing to do.

“But I was advised to keep fit by doing muscle strengthening exercise on my own. I’m glad it’s over now and I’m going to the SEA Games,” said the 23-year-old from Seremban.

Cheau Xeun said she would not have been able to make a comeback if not for her family’s support.

“My dad (T.W. Tai) asked me to forget what happened and not to dwell on the past,” added Cheau Xuen, who recently returned home with the national team from a month-long training stint in Foochow, China.

The Singapore outing will be Cheau Xuen’s fifth outing in the biennial Games. She made her debut in Korat, Thailand, in 2007 where she managed to finish second behind compatriot Diana Bong Siong Lin in the nanquan and nandao combined events.

In Laos in 2009, Cheau Xuen could only manage a bronze in the duel event bare hands. It was in Indonesia in 2011 that Cheau Xuen managed to clinch her first gold in the nandao and nangun combined event.

Cheau Xuen was on top of the podium again in Myanmar in 2013 by winning the nandao event. She is now eyeing her third gold in Singapore.

“It’s harder this time as the nanquan and nandao disciplines are combined into one event. But I did not expect to be at the SEA Games in the first place, so I am going to try my best,” said Cheau Xuen.

Wushu delivered three golds, all in the women’s category, for Malaysia in 2013. Besides Cheau Xuen, the other gold medallists were Diana (nanquan) and Phoon Eyin (qiangshu).

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So it begins

Schooling in Singapore, where focus is all on SEA Games
Associated Press By JOHN PYE
5 hours ago


In this Wednesday, June 3, 2015, photo, visitors to the Singapore Sports hub view a giant blow up model of the 2015 South East Asian games mascot ‘Nila’ in Singapore. There’s certainly world-class competitors among the 7,000 athletes expected to compete across 36 sports at the 11-nation competition which opens Friday and finishes June 16, but there’s going to be events where the regional sports themselves are a main attraction for local spectators. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

SINGAPORE (AP) — After competing at the Olympics and winning an Asian Games gold medal, Joseph Schooling has a big profile in Singapore for an athlete who rarely gets to compete in front of appreciative crowds in his home country.
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So when he swims the first of his scheduled nine events at the Southeast Asian Games on the weekend, there’s destined to be a lot of hype around the pool at the gleaming new Singapore Sports Hub.

“This is my home, where I grew up and where everything started. My friends and family are going to be there and I’m really excited to be racing in a home atmosphere for once,” the 19-year-old University of Texas student told the Straits Times.

His aim is gold in every event.

For Lee Chong Wei, the 28th edition of the SEA Games presents a different kind of opportunity, still very close to home. The Malaysian, a former No. 1-ranked badminton player, is using the regional Olympic-style event as part of a return to competition from a doping ban that has derailed his preparations for the 2016 Olympics and cost him a world championship silver medal.

He’ll be competing for Malaysia in the team event, and says he’s desperate to help them win a gold medal.


In this Wednesday, June 3, 2015, photo, the unlit torch for the 2015 South East Asian Games in Singapore is photographed with the Singapore skyline in the distance. There’s certainly world-class competitors among the 7,000 athletes expected to compete across 36 sports at the 11-nation competition which opens Friday and finishes June 16, but there’s going to be events where the regional sports themselves are a main attraction for local spectators. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

The SEA Games, held every two years, wasn’t high on his radar when he was at the top, but takes on a much higher profile as his second important competition since a backdated eight-month ban finished at the end of April.

There’s certainly world-class competitors among the 7,000 athletes expected to compete across 36 sports at the 11-nation competition which opens Friday and finishes June 16, but there’s going to be events where the regional sports themselves are a main attraction for local spectators.

Sepak takraw, where players kick a rattan ball, and Silat, a form of martial arts that evolved in Indonesia, are among the sports indigenous to the region that rarely get exposure at bigger events but which have local appeal.

Singapore’s landmarks, old and new, will provide the backdrop to many of the events during the country’s 50th anniversary, with the state-of-the-art Sports Hub the focal point. Other venues include the Padang, the picturesque cricket ground adjoined by the city hall, a cathedral and the old Supreme Court building which will host petanque, a lawn bowls-style game.

The opening ceremony on Friday night at the 55,000-seat National Stadium will mark the official opening of the SEA Games, although competition started early in the week in football, netball, table tennis and synchronized swimming.

The football competition will be the last for Indonesia in international tournaments until a ban imposed by FIFA last week for government interference is lifted. It could be an abrupt finish, with the Indonesian team losing its opening game and not among the title favorites in what is one of the marquee events at the SEA Games.

Hosting the SEA Games usually gives the home country a boost in the medal standings, and Singapore started well by picking up five of the first eight gold medals awarded in table tennis and synchronized swimming.

Schooling won silver in the 100 butterfly at the Commonwealth Games last year, and won a bronze, silver and Singapore’s first Asian Games men’s swimming gold in 32 years at Incheon later in the year.

“I know Joseph, he’s going to be ready. This is his country, it’s the 50th anniversary and he will show his best,” Singapore head coach Sergio Lopez said.

I imagine the Wushu will be good in Singapore.

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This article has a nice martial angle

Plus it has a fencing pic. Luv that. :slight_smile:

Posted on June 04, 2015 05:38:00 PM
By Rey Joble and Michael Angelo S. Murillo, Reporter
Taekwondo, wushu out to deliver golds for PHL at the SEA Games

SINGAPORE – The Philippine taekwondo contingent has consistently produced gold medals for the country in previous Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and has in fact reached the world championships and Olympic events levels.


Gian Franco Rodriguez (L) of the Philippines competes against Indonesia’s Muhammad Haerullah in their men’s individual épée round of 16 fencing match during the 28th Southeast Asian Games in Singapore on June 3. – AFP

But the jins will be bringing in new faces who will carry the fort in helping the country’s gold haul in the biennial meet.

Returning to action for the jins’ campaign is the men’s Poomsae team, which will welcome its latest inclusion, Rodolfo Reyes, Jr., who will join mainstays brothers Dustin Jacob and Raphael Enrico Mella.

The Poomsae team won one of the four gold medals garnered by the jins in the 2013 edition of this multi-sports event in Myanmar.

The three other gold medalists – Kristopher Robert Uy, Kristie Alora and Jade Zafra, are no longer with the team as their spots were taken over by other young, promising athletes.

Still, Philippine Taekwondo Training Director Igor Mella remains upbeat of the team’s chances and hoping that all the athletes they sent for the Games would deliver.

“I think the three times a day training have somehow helped us to become more prepared for the SEA Games,” said Mr. Mella in an interview with a local channel here.

Wushu is another combat sport that has become a rich source of gold for the Pinoys.

Daniel Parantac, gold medalist in the men’s tajiquian, will once again spearhead the wushu bets’ campaign as the team tries to outdo the three-gold haul it completed in Myanmar.

“We want 50 gold medals because it’s time we get up there,” said Cynthia Carrion, the head of the gymnastics association.

“Our expectations are good because this is the first time the POC (Philippine Olympic Committee) and the PSC (Philippine Sports Commission) gave them the tools. Before, they didn’t,” Ms. Carrion said.

“They gave them strengthening, conditioning exercises and they gave them nutrition.”

Also the Deputy chef de mission for the SEA Games Ms. Carrion during the sendoff expressed confidence the Philippines could attain winning 50 gold medals, owing to the important tool provided by the POC and the PSC gearing up for battles in major international events like the SEA Games.

‘BETTER-PREPARED’ PHL CONTINGENT
Meanwhile, as action picks up in Singapore a “better-prepared” Philippine contingent is all set to go to work, a local sports official said.

The Philippine campaign in the biannual sports gathering is anchored on a 472-athlete contingent who will see action in 35 events out of 36 disciplines.

“It’s all systems go. All the administrative stuff for our contingent is being taken cared of. The Philippine Sports Commission and Philippine Olympic Committee staff are here to facilitate things for our team,” said Joey Romasanta, POC first vice-president, in a phone interview from Singapore.

Mr. Romasanta said following a “disappointing” showing in 2013 in Myanmar where the Philippines placed seventh overall with a medal haul of 29 golds, 34 silvers and 38 bronzes, by far the worst placing for the country in the history of the Games, they made sure that they are sending “battle-ready” athletes to compete.

“Conditioning-wise we are improved this year. We really put emphasis on, and invested in, strength and conditioning for our athletes, as well as on nutrition. That being said, I think we have better chances this time as we are better-prepared,” the official, who is also the president of the Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc., said.

The added focus on conditioning and strength ran alongside the raise in allowance for athletes from $300 to $500 as well as other incentives for medals won which are all geared toward inspiring the country’s sportsmen.

Competing in more events, Mr. Romasanta said, should help our chances of winning medals but he cautioned that it does not guarantee instant success.

Asked for a medal haul prediction, Mr. Romasanta chose to be conservative, underscoring the difficulty of throwing in figures.

“If we get 35 gold medals, I think we are good,” he said.

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Speaking of swords…

Y’all know why I’m posting this, right?

Published: Tuesday June 2, 2015 MYT 10:29:00 PM
Updated: Tuesday June 2, 2015 MYT 10:38:43 PM
Wushu: Clean slate for Eyin in Singapore SEA Games
by lim teik huat


National wushu exponent Phoon Eyin.

KUALA LUMPUR: Her face was plastered all over the local papers when she won Malaysia’s 1,000th SEA Games gold medal in Myanmar two years ago as a debutant.

But that’s all in the past for Phoon Eyin, one of the three women’s gold medallists for wushu then.

The photogenic teenager, whose forte is in qiangshu (spear), left with the squad for the Singapore SEA Games on Tuesday. The wushu competition starts on Saturday.

“That was then … it’s a different SEA Games now and in a different place, so I’ll start afresh.

“It’s harder for me to defend it than winning it the first time,” said the Negri Sembilan-born Eyin, who won gold in compulsory chanquan at the World Championships in Kuala Lumpur in 2013.

She is counting on the recent three-week training stint in China, under two-time Asian Games champion Kan Wencong, to defend her SEA Games title in qiangshu.

“I trained in Hebei under Wencong last month. She runs a wushu school there and we managed to spar with some top athletes there.

“I have improved on my techniques. I hope I can be calm and perform well on competition day,” said Eyin, who also bagged a bronze in jianshu (straight sword) in Myanmar.

Eyin finished fifth in her Asian Games debut in Incheon in qiangshu while Vietnam’s Duong Thuy Vi took the gold. The duo are expected to lock horns in for the gold medal in Singapore.

“Winning the Asian Games title sure makes her the favourite but I’m not worried. I’m just focused on my own performance.”

Besides qiangshu, Eyin will also take part in jianshu and the duel event with Loh Ying Ting.

The other in the Malaysia wushu team are Diana Bong, Tai Cheau Xuen, Ng Shin Yii, Chan Lu Yi, Audrey Chan, Aggie Cheah and Chai Fong Wei (women); Ho Mun Hua, Khaw Jun Lim, Loh Choon How, Loh Jack Chang, Wong Weng Son, Yap Zheng Yan, Yeap Wai Kin, Chong Lui Meng and Tan Jia Guan (men).

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Speaking of swords…

Y’all know why I’m posting this, right? Sword-hotties. :wink:

Published: Tuesday June 2, 2015 MYT 10:29:00 PM
Updated: Tuesday June 2, 2015 MYT 10:38:43 PM
Wushu: Clean slate for Eyin in Singapore SEA Games
by lim teik huat


National wushu exponent Phoon Eyin.

KUALA LUMPUR: Her face was plastered all over the local papers when she won Malaysia’s 1,000th SEA Games gold medal in Myanmar two years ago as a debutant.

But that’s all in the past for Phoon Eyin, one of the three women’s gold medallists for wushu then.

The photogenic teenager, whose forte is in qiangshu (spear), left with the squad for the Singapore SEA Games on Tuesday. The wushu competition starts on Saturday.

“That was then … it’s a different SEA Games now and in a different place, so I’ll start afresh.

“It’s harder for me to defend it than winning it the first time,” said the Negri Sembilan-born Eyin, who won gold in compulsory chanquan at the World Championships in Kuala Lumpur in 2013.

She is counting on the recent three-week training stint in China, under two-time Asian Games champion Kan Wencong, to defend her SEA Games title in qiangshu.

“I trained in Hebei under Wencong last month. She runs a wushu school there and we managed to spar with some top athletes there.

“I have improved on my techniques. I hope I can be calm and perform well on competition day,” said Eyin, who also bagged a bronze in jianshu (straight sword) in Myanmar.

Eyin finished fifth in her Asian Games debut in Incheon in qiangshu while Vietnam’s Duong Thuy Vi took the gold. The duo are expected to lock horns in for the gold medal in Singapore.

“Winning the Asian Games title sure makes her the favourite but I’m not worried. I’m just focused on my own performance.”

Besides qiangshu, Eyin will also take part in jianshu and the duel event with Loh Ying Ting.

The other in the Malaysia wushu team are Diana Bong, Tai Cheau Xuen, Ng Shin Yii, Chan Lu Yi, Audrey Chan, Aggie Cheah and Chai Fong Wei (women); Ho Mun Hua, Khaw Jun Lim, Loh Choon How, Loh Jack Chang, Wong Weng Son, Yap Zheng Yan, Yeap Wai Kin, Chong Lui Meng and Tan Jia Guan (men).

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Some results…

…there are more, but I’m only posting a few.

SEA Games: Fifth wushu gold for Singapore as Lee Tze Yuan wins in taijiquan
Published on Jun 8, 2015 4:10 PM


Wushu team captain Lee Tze Yuan delivered a rousing performance in the SEA Games men’s taijiquan event to clinch Singapore’s fifth wushu gold. – ST PHOTO: TOH TING WEI

By Toh Ting Wei

SINGAPORE - Singapore clinched their fifth wushu gold medal of the SEA Games through team captain Lee Tze Yuan, who delivered a rousing performance in the men’s taijiquan event on Monday afternoon.

Lee scored 9.71, pipping Philippines Daniel Parantac (9.70) and Indonesia’s Fredy to first place.

Earlier in the afternoon, women’s wushu athlete Valerie Wee also won a silver in the women’s taijijian event. Wee, who is competing in her last SEA Games, scored 9.71 but lost out to Indonesian Lindswell’s 9.73. It was Lindswell’s second gold in two days, having also won gold in the taijiquan event yesterday.

While Wee was denied a fairy-tale ending to her SEA Games career, she was far from disappointed. Wee said: “It was the perfect ending, and to have a score so close to the Asian Games silver medallist is a good achievement. She has been very consistent, so there is no surprise in her winning both her events.”

Surprise Sea Games wushu gold from women
By DEVINDER SINGH - 8 June 2015 @ 10:11 PM
SINGAPORE: An excitable trio of young women delivered a second Sea Games wushu gold medal for Malaysia today by winning the women’s duilian barehand event. With only three countries taking part, Malaysia’s Audrey Chan, Chan Lu Yi and Aggie Cheah edged Myanmar and Laos to the gold medal after scoring 9.65 points. “We were not expecting to win gold,” said Audrey. “We had not trained for this event for very long but we are excited to have won.” Their gold medal follows Loh Jack Chang’s victory in the men’s compulsory taijijian earlier in the day. The wushu exponents ended their campaign with two gold, three silver and four bronze medals.


Malaysia’s Audrey Chan, Chan Lu Yi and Aggie Cheah win the women’s duilian barehand event.

SEA Games: Zoe Mui snares late wushu gold in women’s changquan
Published on Jun 7, 2015 10:13 PM


Singapore’s Zoe Mui clinched the gold in the women’s changquan (optional) event held at the Singapore Expo on June 7, 2015. – ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG

By Toh Ting Wei

SINGAPORE - Singapore’s wushu exponents were made to wait for a medal on the second day of competition at the Singapore Expo Hall 2 on Sunday.

But when Zoe Mui clinched the gold in the women’s changquan (optional) event - the second-last competition of the day - at around 9pm, she earned rapturous cheers from the crowd and ensured Singapore will not leave the day empty-handed.

The 17-year-old scored 9.71 to leapfrog to the top of the standings. Her victory was confirmed when Myanmar exponent Sandi Oo - who took to the floor last - failed to overtake her, scoring 9.70 to finish in second place.

Vietnam’s Duong Thuy Vi scored 9.69 to clinch bronze.

A delighted Zoe said: "I was really happy with my performance, and I felt as if I performed up to, if not better than, my standards in training.

“It feels refreshing to win a gold, and I am very happy.”

In the final competition on Sunday, Yong Yi Xiang delivered an invigorating performance in the men’s cudgel event to also score 9.71. He was unlucky to find his opponents also in fine form.

He eventually settled for bronze, with Indonesia’s Achmad Hulaefi scoring 9.73 to win gold. Vietnam’s Tran Xuan Hiep came in second with 9.72.

Lin Yi Qiang also added a bronze in the men’s 65kg sanda event, after falling 0-2 to Myanmar’s Kyaw Lin Tun in the semi-finals.

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found a catch of vids

A lot of vids. Official vids. All on www.youtube.com/user/SingaporeSports/videos.

Check out the Pencak Silat and Sepak Takraw. There’s boxing, gymnastics, ping pong and more… even billiards. Unfortunately the Wushu is way at the bottom.

I’m just cherry-picking Men’s Duel Event - Weapon, because it’s always one of my favs. If anyone bothers to go through these and finds some good ones, please post them here.

//youtu.be/Wcpk0QHACIQ

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Sanda out of the SEA Games?

What is up with those quotes? :confused:

Wally dismayed after sanda exclusion in 29th SEA Games

Friday, March 04, 2016

WORLD Wushu gold medallist Divine Wally is hoping the 2017 Southeast Asian Games host country Malaysia will revert back its decision to drop all sanda (combat) events before the international competitions next year.
The 19-year-old Baguio City athlete said the preparations she made to earn a spot in the biennial sports competition will just all went to naught if the plan will push through.
“I feel bad about hearing the news, isa po kasi yan sa mga international competitions na pinag-tratrainan namin at present,” Wally told Sun.Star Baguio.
Earlier this week, the Malaysian organizers announced its intent to remove all the sanda competitions in favor of taolu (form) events in wushu.
“Kung mai-pupush po kasi yung decision eh masasayang lang yung training namin which is almost a year now,” Wally added.
According to the Wushu Federation of the Philippines (WFP), Malaysia favoured to bring in 17 taolu events and scrapped in sanda where Filipinos athletes are good at.
Despite the decision Wally, a University of the Cordilleras student-athlete, said she will continue to train for the 2017 SEA Games.
Meanwhile, the WFP-Cordillera also stands with their mother organization in countering the pronouncement made by the host country.
According to the statement given by Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) sports and rules committee member and WFP official, Jun Camacho, the Filipino organization would rather boycott the 2017 SEA Games and rather enlist in the upcoming Asian Wushu Championships Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei this September.
Camacho on the other hand said the POC and WFP will insist the inclusion of some sanda events, if not all, in next year’s SEA Games on the next SEA Games Federation meeting scheduled in July.
The POC has also asked other neighbouring Southeast Asian sports associations to formalize their request for inclusion of the sport.
Apart from Wally, other local names expected to join the Filipino wushu-sanda line-up is another World Wushu champion Jean Claude Saclag, who missed the 28th edition of the SEA Games after acquiring a shoulder injury.
During the 2015 SEA Games held in Singapore, Baguio’s wushu-taolu specialist Daniel Parantac led the medal haul from the event with one gold (taijijian) and two silvers (taijiquan and double weapons contest), as the Philippines completed a 1-4-1 medal tally to contribute with the Philippines 29-36-66 record. (MVP)

Published in the Sun.Star Baguio newspaper on March 05, 2016.

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There’s actually about a two dozen SEA Games stories on my newsfeed. I just grabbed this one for the annual ttt. Honestly, I would’ve spaced it out if not for searching for more info on the Universaide.

Get to know PH wushu’s golden girl
Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 2017 12:10 PM


Agatha Wong has won two medals at the SEA Games. Photo from Philippine Sports Commission

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – As she performed in the taijiquan event in the final day of the wushu competition at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, Agatha Wong showed no signs of nerves.
Instead, she was assured and graceful, twirling and landing almost perfectly, keeping her balance as she went through her form in front of an appreciative audience at Hall 5 of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center on Tuesday afternoon.
It was only when her score was flashed on the big screen that Wong’s emotions betrayed her.
The 19-year-old student from De La Salle-College of St. Benilde got a 9.66 in the event, putting her in first place with two more competitors to go.
The Burmese athlete who performed after her was also impressive, but managed only a 9.54, and the Lao, who wrapped up the event, failed to medal.
“I got really emotional noong na-flash ang score,” Wong told ABS-CBN News after it was confirmed that she won gold for taijiquan. “I almost cried, but I didn’t.”
It was already the second medal of the SEA Games for Wong, who on Monday settled for silver in the taijijian. She had performed first then, garnering a score of 9.65, and held on to the top spot until the final performer from Indonesia scored a 9.68.
This time around, however, there was no beating Wong even as she said that she treated her triumphant performance as “like every other day in training.”
“It’s nothing special naman, my routine,” she explained. “I’ve had better forms. But I’d say that today, at least I did my best, and I got the best results.”
Growing up, wushu was not Wong’s lone sport. Her grandmother enrolled her in a variety of athletic pursuits. She even tried ballet but gave it up – “I’m not that girly,” she explained – and focused on both swimming and wushu.
“'Yung wushu, I loved it,” she says. “Pero on and off siya. Nagko-compete sila ng interest ko, with swimming and wushu.”
Her love for wushu prevailed, however, and Wong focused her attention on the sport that brought her to the top of the podium in the Kuala Lumpur games.
For Wong, wushu is a way of boosting her confidence. She admits that she is not a naturally out-going person, and so stepping onto the carpet to perform in front of an audience and a panel of judges is an act of bravery for her every single time.
“I’m very shy,” she said. “So for me to compete in this sport, which requires a lot of guts… it’s actually the best sport to ramp up your confidence.”
“So kapag nagko-compete ako, tinatapangan ko na lang ang mukha ko,” she said. “And I think that helps me a lot for my mentality.”
She pays no mind to the other performers, Wong insists, even as she sees them practicing their forms behind the curtains. And once she is done with her performance, it’s done – and she will never have any regrets.
“I know I did my best,” she stressed. “I know na hindi ko iisipin na, ‘I could have done better,’ because I always train, every day.”
“I think whenever I step in the carpet, I always do my best, and nakikita naman ng audience 'yun sa ginagawa ko,” she added.

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Tuesday, 22 August 2017
Pretty Lindswell continues domination in taijiquan


Dont mess with this girl: Indonesias wushu exponent Lindswell Kwok posing with her gold in the womens taijiquan.

INDONESIAS Lindswell Kwok is not just a pretty face. Shes also one of the best in wushu.

Lindswells elegant routine was a class above her competitors as she claimed gold in the womens taijiquan with 9.68 points at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) yesterday.

Agatha Wong of the Philippines took the silver with 9.65 and Malaysian Audrey Chan Yee Jo the bronze with 9.64.

This is Lindswells fourth straight SEA Games gold since Jakarta 2011.

The 25-year-old exponent, who is from Medan, surprisingly revealed that she did not enjoy practising wushu at first.

She was only nine when older brother Iwan helped her pick up changquan a fast and forceful form of wushu.

My coach Supandi Kusuma said I was too soft. I was only a kid then and I did not like wushu because there was so much discipline involved.

But I switched to taiji, a slower form of wushu, and I began to enjoy it more. I began to observe and learn from my seniors as I got older.

This win is all the more sweeter for me as Im coming back from a knee injury, said Lindswell, who has won the world title three times in a row.

Her eyes lit up at the mention of the Asian Games next year. Thats because Indonesia will be hosting the Asiad and Lindswell cant wait to perform in front of her home fans.

Thats my next ambition. I won a silver at the last Asian Games in South Korea three years ago. I hope to get the gold this time, she said.

Indonesia enjoyed a good day yesterday when they bagged another wushu gold.

Felda Elvira Santoso and Monica Pransisca Sugianto gave Indonesia a one-two finish in the womens daoshu (broadsword), scoring 9.67 and 9.66.

SEA Games: Teen exponent Jowen Lim strikes wushu gold again for Singapore


Jowen Lim’s victory in the optional changquan added to his gold in the optional daoshu and gunshu on Monday, which was his first ever individual Games triumph . Photo: Jason Quah/TODAY

The 18-year-old won both his and the Republics second gold in Kuala Lumpur with his crisp routine

BY TEO TENG KIAT IN KUALA LUMPUR
PUBLISHED: 4:30 PM, AUGUST 22, 2017 UPDATED: 7:38 PM, AUGUST 22, 2017

KUALA LUMPUR Jowen Lim does not fixate on winning medals every time he heads into a competition, preferring instead to simply focus on giving his best.

That attitude has paid off handsomely for the wushu exponent at the 29th SEA Games, after he clinched his second gold medal of the competition on Tuesday afternoon (Aug 22) at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

A confident display in the mens optional changquan saw the 18-year-old recording a score of 9.68, which, in turn, enabled him to edge Vietnam’s Tran Xuan Hiep by 0.01 to take gold.

Indonesias Edgar Xavier Marvelo recorded 9.66 to finish third

The sixth of 13 competitors to perform, Lim wowed the judges with his crisp routine. Even then, he revealed that he was surprised to emerge top in the end.

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For today, I’m really happy and speechless as to how I was able to win the gold, he told TODAY. I want to thank my federation for all their support and belief in me, and my family who came down to watch my performance.

The victory added to his gold in the optional daoshu and gunshu on Monday, which was his first ever individual Games triumph and one he described as extra, extra special. Lim had won the gold in the duel weapons in 2015 on his Games debut.

But medals are secondary for the former two-time world youth champion and Asian youth champion who picked up the sport at five and made the national team at 11.

My parents are both sportsmen and they wanted me to join a sport before I had to join a CCA (co-curricular activity)in Primary 3, he recalled.

We saw a live wushu performance on television and it was quite cool and quite special, so we just went to try

Every time I go for a competition, it’s just mainly (about) showing how Singapore has strong wushu talents coming up.

Wushu is a performing art so to me, it’s just about performing my best to show everybody. It’s not all about getting a medal to me.

Lim currently trains from Monday to Saturday, juggling school during the week with his nightly sessions that run from 7.30 to 10pm.

It is a routine he has gotten used to and the Year 2 student at Republic Polytechnic is now targeting qualification for next years Asian Games in Indonesia, which he described as the biggest competition for wushu as it is not an Olympic sport.

With the wushu competition coming to an end today, it also means Lim has accounted for all of Singapores golds in the sport.

The Republics six other wushu medals - one silver and five bronzes - came through Samuel Tan (silver, mens compulsory 3rd taijiquan), Ho Lin Ying (bronze, womens compulsory 3rd taijiquan), Fung Jin Jie (bronze, mens optional jianshu), Fung Hui Xin (bronze, womens optional jianshu), Zoe Mui (bronze, womens optional daoshu) and Chan Jun Kai (bronze, mens optional taijijian).

SEA Games & Wushu style Tai Chi

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WATCH: SEA Games 2017 comes to a close

//youtu.be/8xdGw8PiODs

A Philippine report. I’d love to see some Silat competition vids…

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I hope during this SEA HQ from LOL will take any actions and discussions regarding dynamic queues. It was discussed previously https://lolepicshop.com/why-dynamic-queue-sucks, but nothing has changed from previous time. Am I the only guy who has this issue, even with a stable ping and internet connection ?

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the Philippines SEA Games in December

Ouch. This a major blow to the sport of Wushu. I’ve been wondering if this sort of exclusion from the international multi-sport games might be coming soon…

Wushu exponents disarmed – no thanks to SEA Games organisers
OTHER SPORTS
Friday, 12 Jul 2019
by lim teik huat


What a waste: World champion Wong Weng Son’s main events – the jiangshu and qiangshi are left out of the SEA Games.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian wushu team can’t help but feel like they have been sucker punched heading into the Philippines SEA Games in December.

The Philippines organisers have shockingly done away with seven out of the nine events in the women’s taolu (barehands and weapons) discipline contested at the last SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur two years ago.

Only the taijijian and taijiquan events have been retained, which is not surprising as the hosts have a gold medal prospect in Agatha Wong – a bronze medallist in the combined taiji events at the Indonesia Asian Games last year.

There are not many changes in the men’s taolu discipline with seven events contested compared to eight in KL.

The team of five were finalised after the selection trial in Bukit Jalil yesterday and MWF president Datuk Chong Kim Fatt said they would be happy with one gold.

Malaysia were the overall champions with six golds, five silvers and three bronzes when they hosted the SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur two years ago.

“We’ve a few world championships medallists but they are not going as their events are not in the SEA Games.

“We have world champion Weng Son but his main events – jiangshu and qiangshu – are also left out.

“This is the smallest squad that we are sending for the SEA Games,” he said, adding that Malaysia did send an appeal through the Olympic Council of Malaysia to the SEA Games organisers but nothing came out of it.

“I’m worried over the impact on the growth of the sport in this region. It’s just not good for the long-term development when the basic disciplines are left out,” he added.

At the last SEA Games, Wai Kin and Weng Son chalked a 1-2 finish respectively in the men’s jianshu and qiangshu events.

Ho Mun Hua and Diana Bong contributed the remaining gold medals from the men’s and women’s nanquan events respectively but both have since quit the national team.

Malaysia are certainly hoping history will not repeat itself when they returned home from the Philippines Games in 2005 without even one gold medal.

Then, Philippines emerged as overall champions, winning 12 out of the 22 events at stake while Malaysia settled for two silvers and three bronze medals.

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More on those changes this year at SEA

Only Malaysia cares… :rolleyes:

SEA Games: Lone female wushu player carries flag for Malaysia
The Star/Asia News Network / 07:51 PM November 12, 2019


Determination: Sydney Chin, the only woman in the Malaysian wushu team to the Philippines SEA Games has set her eyes on a golden debut. Azman Ghani / The Star

MANILA, Philippines–She is the only rose among the thorns but Malaysia’s Sydney Chin can count on calming advice from her more illustrious seniors back home as she goes hunting for medal at the Philippines SEA Games.

The 20-year-old from Malacca is the only woman in the small five-person Malaysian wushu team for the Games.

Malaysia had no choice but to send such a small representation as the hosts have scrapped seven out of the nine events contested in the women’s competition at the last Games in Kuala Lumpur two years ago.

Only two events for women – taijijuan and taijijian (taiji sword) – will be contested in Manila. Sydney, the 2016 World Taijiquan Championships double gold medallist, will fly the flag for Malaysia.

Malaysia cannot count on the services of Tan Cheong Min and Phoon Eyin, who have won world titles in nanquan (long fists) and jiangshu (sword) respectively.

The other four male exponents going are Wong Weng Son, Yeap Wai Kin, Chuah Shangyang and Loh Choon How.

“I am a bit scared but excited at the same time… being the only woman exponent and going for my first SEA Games.

“But my teammates who have much more experience than me with the national team have given me good advice. They have asked me not to worry and I can reach out to them at the same time. A lot of factors will be outside our control and they just told me to focus on my performance and not to pressure myself.

“I will try my best to get a medal. I feel the chance is there although it’s going to be very tough as the standards of wushu in South-East Asia are high.

“The Philippines also have a good taiji exponent (in 2018 Asian Games bronze medalist Agatha Wong) and she will be the favorite as they have the home-ground advantage, ” said Sydney, who previously trained in changquan before switching to the taiji discipline six years ago.

At the KL SEA Games, Malaysia returned with their best-ever outing of six golds, five silvers and three bronzes under coach Lim Yew Fai.

Yew Fai and former Asian Games gold medallist Mao Yaqi of China are the coaches for the SEA Games.

Despite the extra coaching force, Malaysia can obviously not repeat the golden outing.

They will, in fact, do well to keep in mind what happened in 2005 when the Philippines last hosted the SEA Games. Malaysia did not win a single gold medal and came home with two silvers and three bronzes.

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This article would work better if Cunamay’s quotes were translated

#SEAGames2019: Pinoy arnis champ in 40s didn’t let age get in way of gold
Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 02 2019 08:49 PM | Updated as of Dec 03 2019 01:17 AM


Villardo Cunamay used to practice karate before transferring to the indigenous Filipino martial arts. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/file

ANGELES CITY—Most fighter athletes slow down when they are in their 40s, but not Villardo Cunamay.

The Philippine Army technical sergeant proved that even at 46, he still can be effective in arnis.

On Sunday, he again defied his age whipping his way to a gold medal win over Mengly Yong of Cambodia in the live stick lightweight division final at Angeles University Foundation.

The victory was special for Cunamay, who had to engage his younger and taller opponent in a tactical fight.

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“Tiyaga lang sa training ’yan, basta may determination ka. Mga bata pa ang kasabayan ko sa training hindi ako gumigive up. Dahil may goal ako na gusto kong patunayan na kahit matanda kaya ko pa ring makipagsabayan,” he said.

Cunamay actually started late in the sport. He was already 35 when he picked up arnis after being transferred to the Army’s Special Service Center.

“Una kong naging sport karate talaga,” he confessed. “Nu’ng umpisa mahirap hindi kabisado ang moves pero pinagaralan ko kasi ito na ang pambansang sport ng Pilipinas. Na-adopt ko rin later on kasi may background na ko sa karate.”

Like most martial artists, he had to go through the painful process of getting his before reaching a certain level of expertise.

Cunamay added that conditioning is also very important especially in competition.

“Tatamaan at tatamaan ka talaga kasi kahit naka armor ka. Kung malakas ang hit ng kalaban mo lalo pag tumama sa may elbow masakit. At sa full contact, ubusan ng hangin, palakasan ng hangin patagalan ng resistensya,” he said.

He is now a second dan blackbelter.

Cunamay became exceptional in arnis that he won gold medals in competitions sanctioned by Philippine Eskrima Kali Arnis Federation (PEKAF) and World Eskrima Kali Arnis Federation (WEKAF).

You can now add the gold medal he won in the SEA Games.

“Nu’ng bata bata ako hindi ko naisip na mararating ko ito. Kung kelan ako tumanda saka ako nakarating,” he said.[/QUOTE]

THREADS
The SEA Games
Kali/Arnis/Escrima characteristics

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Crisamuel delfin IN the men’s non traditional weapon event

//youtu.be/l-N7cLMCWdc

THREADS
The SEA Games
Kali/Arnis/Escrima characteristics

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Well that’s nice

It’s actually an achievement given the nature of sport.

3 minute read
No wushu judging complaints this time


Loh Choon How. NSTP/OSMAN ADNAN

By NST Sports - December 4, 2019 @ 12:37pm
WHILE wushu was marred by judging controversies in previous editions of the Sea Games, it was not the case in Manila.

Malaysian exponents gave the thumbs-up to the judges and the organisers for their professionalism as they finished their Sea Games campaign with two gold through Loh Choon How in taijiquan and taijijian and one silver from Wong Weng Son in changquan.

The Malaysian Wushu Federation (MWF) had earlier feared that there would be biased judging due to past incidents.

In 2005 in Manila, the national exponents, led by former world champion Ho Ro Bin, were victims of biased judging, losing in the final to Filipino exponents.

National coach Lim Yew Fai, who was part of the 2005 team, said the judges were fair in awarding points to the exponents this time.

‘Everyone here is happy. However, I did remind our exponents not to make mistakes on the carpet and give a reason for the judges to deduct points.

Malaysia finished third overall behind champions Indonesia (2-2-1) and the Philippines (2-1-2) in the Sea Games.

There’s actually been a fair amount of coverage of the SEA Games this year in English. I’ve only posted a few of the articles I’ve seen. Most of the rest detail specific SEA champs.