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Year of the Tiger Shirt Design Contest
3/1/2010

WildAid is excited to host its first shirt design contest to highlight the world’s biggest cat – the tiger! Since 2010 is also the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese Zodiac we are having not one, but TWO design contests, with TWO winners! We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Spread the word! Entries due by April 11, 2010

Contest 1: One-color design

Contest 2: Up to four-color design

Two Grand Prize Winners will each receive:

$150 Gift certificate to the Apple store

$150 Ultra Flip Video Camera

$250 of David Babaii for WildAid hair care products

$100 of WildAid branded gear

A subscription to National Geographic Magazine for a year

Download design templates and WildAid logos here

Design Guidelines

* Your design needs to be about or inspired by tigers.
* Your design can be text, images, or a combination of both.
* Your design must contain either/both:

WildAid (in impact font)

wildaid.org in any font/design

* Your design can either be just the front of the shirt, or front AND back
* You may submit as many designs as you would like, to either contest, though please submit each separately.
* Your design must be original, and created by you.  By submitting a design you are claiming all rights over submitted artwork.
* Include a brief description (less than 500 words) about your design, what tigers mean to you, and why you think tigers are important.
* All entries require full contact details upon submission: full name, address, email and phone number. This is very important!  Entries without full contact information and description will be disqualified!
* Entries must be submitted electronically in PDF format.
* Submit all entries to [email]info@wildaid.org[/email] by midnight April 11, 2010

Design Specifications

* You may create your design in way you choose, but you must submit a PDF.
* Specify shirt color. Available shirt colors are: black or white.
* Printable area for both front and back is a maximum 12” x 12” square.
* Your submission must  PDF file no larger than 5MB. If you win we will ask you for a high resolution file.

Design Tips, Information & Inspiration

* 2010 is the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese Zodiac
* Tigers are the world’s biggest cat, with adult males weighing between 450-700lbs
* Each tiger has a unique stripe pattern, similar to a human fingerprint
* Wild tigers can be found in 13 countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam.
* There are less than 3,500 tigers left in the wild, and 10,000 in tiger farms across Asia.
* Threats to tigers include overpopulation, habitat loss, and poaching.
* Tigers are poached for their body parts which are sold on the black market for use in traditional medicine and decoration.
* WildAid slogans include:

When the Buying Stops, the Killing Can Too

Conservation Through Communication

Join the Wildlife Revolution

Judging

* Design must relate to the tiger theme.  This doesn’t mean that other animals cannot be included, but it is advisable to feature the tiger.
* Creativity and innovation is highly encouraged! 
* Tiger supporters all over the world will want to wear your shirt. Keep your international audience of all ages in mind when designing.
* Entries will be judged by the staff of WildAid
* Winners will be announced Apr. 29 2010

Submission Agreement

* All ages are welcome to submit designs! If you are under 18 please obtain parental consent and have them submit your design on your behalf.
* Any submitted design becomes the property of WildAid; by submitting your design you agree that your design can be used by WildAid.
* Each contest, one-color and four-color, will have one winner.
* We reserve the right to make adjustments to the winning design.
* These and other rules are elaborated in the legal agreement below.
* By submitting you are agreeing to all contest rules.

Refreshing Lives: Martial Arts Classes for Underprivileged Youths

The Tiger Claw Foundation is supporting Refreshing Lives: Martial Arts Classes for Underprivileged Youths. The one-year program provides scholarships for 3 underprivileged children to learn the Martial Art of Kung Fu. The training includes self defense exercises, forms, and Lion Dancing (traditional Kung Fu folk dance). The program is open to residents of the Ventura County, Chatsworth, and Porter Ranch areas whose households meet the State Poverty Threshold as established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and are U.S. citizens, ages10-12. The deadline for applying is January 28, 2011 or once a maximum of 200 applications have been received.

Additional information, as well as application forms can be found at: Additional information, as well as application forms can be found at: TigerCrane.net/helpkids.
Held at through 2011 at Tiger Crane Kung Fu in Simi Valley, CA. This program is provided thanks to a grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project.

In cooperation with RefreshEverything.com and TigerCrane.net.

More on Refresh

I know a few other martial artists that applied for this grant. I’m glad one succeeded.

[URL=“http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/feb/01/tiger-crane-kung-fu-gets-pepsi-refresh-project/”]Tiger Crane Kung Fu gets Pepsi Refresh Project grant
Program bringsmartial arts to kids inlow-income families
* By Jake Finch
* Ventura County Star
* Posted February 1, 2011 at 9:07 p.m.

Kurtis Fujita prides himself for running a martial arts school that balks against the mainstream.

At Tiger Crane Kung Fu in Simi Valley, the emphasis of Fujita’s instruction isn’t racking up the cost through endless belt testing, but exposing people to the beauty and athleticism of kung fu.

But what about the kids who could benefit from martial arts whose families are struggling financially?

“I thought it would be a really good idea to extend what we do at this school,” Fujita said.

So the Simi Valley resident took to the Internet and applied for a Pepsi Refresh Project grant, which awarded him $5,000 in October to offer scholarships to low-income children wanting to learn martial arts.

He produced an informational video that can be seen at http://www.refresheverything.com/kungfu. Fujita’s grant is the first awarded to a Ventura County program out of 9,100 grants awarded since the project’s start.

“We’re kicking off the second year of the project,” said Amanda Ehrman, Fujita’s grant manager with GOOD, the company Pepsi uses to facilitate its grant program.

Now in its second year, the Pepsi Refresh Project awards $1.3 million each month to 32 recipients. Grants range from $5,000 to $250,000 and cover health, arts and culture, food and shelter, the planet, neighborhood and education. Anyone or any organization can apply for the grants, which are approved by online voters through the website refresheverything.com.

“The mission of the Pepsi Refresh Project is to reach out to communities big and small,” said Shelley Kiernan, spokeswoman for GOOD.

“(Fujita) is definitely the crystallization of the intent of the Pepsi Refresh project,” Kiernan said.

The program Fujita proposed will take three children, ages 10 to 12, from qualified low-income families (determined through an application following the federal poverty level formula) and teach them the traditional Chinese lion dance, usually performed on Chinese New Year.

The lion dance combines kung fu and Chinese folk dance movements. There were no lions in ancient China, and there are several stories about how it originated, but the one that Fujita follows tells of an emperor who dreamed of a lion walking through the forest. His advisers told him the lion was a good omen and represented good fortune. The emperor never had a bad dream again.

The yearlong program targets older children because the equipment for the lion dance is heavy, Fujita said.

“In martial arts, it can sometimes be an individual practice, but this will bring together the whole school,” Fujita said. “It forces everybody to work together as a cohesive whole.”

An application for the scholarships can be downloaded from http://tigercrane.net. The application is listed under the “media” button. Deadline is Feb. 11.

WILDAID & Ascended Masters Fundraiser

New updates for the Tiger Claw Foundation.

Kickstarter.com Fundraiser for ASCENDED MASTERS
The Tiger Claw Foundation is supporting the Kickstarter.com project, ASCENDED MASTERS. ASCENDED MASTERS in an independent film project by Shawn Baca, featuring Kikey Castillo and Wushu World Champions Don Hyun Kiolbassa and Ernesto Matamoros. Through Kickstarter.com, Baca hopes to raise $20,000 to fund the film’s production. For more information on how you can help, visit http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shawnabaca/ascended-masters.
In cooperation with, Kickstarter.com, facebook.com/AscendedMastersMovie and MartialArtsMart.com

WildAid
In 2010, the Year of the Tiger, the Tiger Claw Foundation pledged to support WildAid in its efforts to preserve wild tigers. For 2011, the Tiger Claw Foundation has renewed that pledge. The Tiger Claw Foundation will continue to present WildAid’s public service announcements on its various platforms throughout the year. Once again, the showcase event at Tiger Claw’s KungFuMagazine.com Championship will be a benefit for WildAid - The WildAid Tiger Claw Champion. Tiger Claw’s KungFuMagazine.com Championship III will be held on June 4th, 2011, in San Jose, CA.
In cooperation with , TigerClaw.com, KungFuMagazine.com and WildAid.org

ttt for this weekend

Foshan - Legend of the Warriors, Modern Day Warriors Unleashed

The Tiger Claw Foundation is supporting “Foshan - Legend of the Warriors, Modern Day Warriors Unleashed” the 19th Annual Spring Celebration Fundraiser for Citizens For Better Community, held at the Fremont Marriott in Fremont CA on April 23, 2011.

In cooperation with cbcsfbay.org, TigerClaw.com and KungFuMagazine.com.

Gigi and the billboard

Here’s our associate publisher, Gigi Oh, with one of the billboards promoting the event listed above.

Here’s Head Coach Li Xue of O-Mei Kung Fu Academy in front of the other one.

Legend of the Warriors


Here we are at the Marriott, all dressed up. :cool:

Two new events

The first is this weekend!

13th World Congress on Qigong/TCM and 12th World Tai Chi and Qigong Day

The Tiger Claw Foundation is supporting the 13th World Congress on Qigong/TCM and 12th World Tai Chi and Qigong Day, held at Hotel Whitcomb in San Francisco, CA on April 29-30, 2011

In cooperation with EastWestQi.com and KungFuMagazine.com.
South Coast Martial Arts 2011 Summer Camp


The Tiger Claw Foundation is supporting the South Coast Martial Arts 2011 Summer Camp, held at South Coast Martial Arts in Costa Mesa, CA on July 25-29, 2011.

In cooperation with SouthCoastMartialArts.com and KungFuMagazine.com.


The Tiger Claw Foundation

1st Shaolin Summit

1st Shaolin Summit

The Tiger Claw Foundation is supporting the 1st Shaolin Summit, held at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA on May 21st, 2011.

In cooperation with ShaolinUnited.com, OrbMediaGroup.com and KungFuMagazine.com.

More on South Coast Martial Arts 2011 Summer Camp & 1st Shaolin Summit

Here’s the South Coast Martial Arts 2011 Summer Camp flyers from Philip Sahagun’s facebook page


The 1st Shaolin Summit is being discussed on the SANA thread in the Shaolin forum.

The Bruce Lee Postage Stamp

The Bruce Lee Postage Stamp for 2012 (Year of the Dragon)

The Tiger Claw Foundation is supporting BruceLee.com, the Official Bruce Lee site, with their campaign to have Bruce Lee honored on a U.S. Postage Stamp. In order to get Bruce Lee’s candidacy on the Selection Committee’s radar, public support is needed. You can help by filling out the online support form at http://www.brucelee.com/site/stamp or downloading a letter there and mailing it. Do it now. In order for Bruce Lee to become a postage stamp candidate for 2012, support must be garnered as soon as possible.

In cooperation with BruceLee.com, KungFuMagazine.com and TigerClaw.com.

Beijing Wushu Team: A Spectacular Martial Arts Performance from China

Beijing Wushu Team: A Spectacular Martial Arts Performance from China

The Tiger Claw Foundation is supporting Beijing Wushu Team: A Spectacular Martial Arts Performance from China Special U.S. Tour, held at Stanford Universitys Burnham Pavilion, January 18-19 at 7:00PM 615 Serra Street, Stanford CA 94305, and the Palace of Fine Arts, January 21 at 3:00PM and 7:00PM, 3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA 94123. Space is limited and seats will go fast. Presented by Pacific Wushu and S.M.A.P.
For tickets, contact Pacific Wushu, 650-42-WUSHU pacificwushu.com/tickets or the Tiger Claw Headquarters, 40740 Encyclopedia Circle, Fremont, CA 94538 510-656-5100

In cooperation with pacificwushu.com and KungFuMagazine.com

A WILD NIGHT to Benefit WILDAID

The Tiger Claw Foundation is supporting A WILD NIGHT to Benefit WILDAID, May 11, 2012, in San Francisco, CA.
In cooperation with WildAid.org and KungFuMagazine.com

CHQA Qigong Workshops

The Tiger Claw Foundation is supporting CHQA Qigong Workshops on April 6, 2012 in Irvine CA and April 7, 2012 in El Monte, CA.

THE TIGER CLAW FOUNDATION IS GIVING AWAY TICKETS TO THESE WORKSHOPS. We will be giving away 8 tickets to each event. For your chance to win, email ninjastar@KungFuMagazine.com with the heading ‘Irvine’ or ‘El Monte’. Limited to one entry for each event per person. All entries must be received by 3:00 PM PST on Wednesday April 4th, 2012. Winners will be notified by email. General online sweepstakes rules apply. PLEASE DO NOT ENTER IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND.

In cooperation with Joyofwushu.com and KungFuMagazine.com

Professor Wally Jay’s Remembrance Convention & Banquet

The Tiger Claw Foundation is supporting Professor Wally Jays Remembrance Convention & Banquet on June 15-17, 2012 at the Sacramento Marriott in Rancho Cordova, CA. For registration, visit www.smallcirclejujitsu.com or contact Norm Johnson at 925-634-3335

In cooperation with SmallCircleJujitsu.com

2012 Asian Heritage Street Celebration

We had a booth at the 2012 Asian Heritage Street Celebration at Civic Center in SF last Saturday. You’ll find a full photo album on our facebook page.

Here’s some highlights:



IWuF Compulsory Routine Seminar: Changquan (Long Fist) & Nanquan (Southern Fist)

The Tiger Claw Foundation is supporting the International Wushu Federation Compulsory Routine Seminar: Changquan (Long Fist) & Nanquan (Southern Fist) held on December 9, 2012, at the Legend Kung Fu Academy in Newark, California.

This year the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) announced the creation of 10 new compulsory routines. All of these routines are currently in use for the Junior World Wushu Games. Also the IWUF Technical Committee announced that the Changquan, Nanquan and Taijiquan compulsory routines will be included as new medal events in the next adult IWUF World Wushu Games hosted by Malaysia in November 2013.

This one day seminar offers a unique opportunity to learn the complete routines of either Changquan or Nanquan as prescribed by the IWUF for international competition. The course is divided into two 3 hour sessions covering required combinations, step by step instruction and key points to avoid technical deduction.

Sunday, December 9, 2012 10:00AM-5:30PM
Legend Kung Fu Academy, 39650 Cedar Blvd, Newark, CA 94560
$60 per person (space is limited)
For reservations and more information please call (510) 668-1100 or visit us on Facebook

In cooperation with www.legendkungfu.com, TigerClaw.com and KungFuMagazine.com

The Extraordinary Martial Artists of the World Lunar New Year Gala

The Tiger Claw Foundation is supporting the Extraordinary Martial Artists of the World Lunar New Year Gala on February 17, 2013 in Richmond BC Canada.

In cooperation with ShouyuLiang.com, TigerClaw.com and KungFuMagazine.com

24th Annual Children’s Book Illustrator Exhibition

The Tiger Claw Foundation is supporting the 24th Annual Children’s Book Illustrator Exhibition, featuring artwork by Kung Fu Tai Chi graphic designer Patrick Lugo, held on February 6 to April 6, 2013 at the Sun Gallery in Hayward, California.
Artist reception and book signing party, March 9, 1-4 PM

In cooperation with SunGallery.org and KungFuMagazine.com

Updates

[QUOTE=GeneChing;1197877]International Wushu Federation Compulsory Routine Seminar: Changquan (Long Fist) & Nanquan (Southern Fist) held on December 9, 2012, at the Legend Kung Fu Academy in Newark, California.
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This event is reported in our MAR+APR 2013 issue: The Tiger Claw Foundation Hosts an International Wushu Federation Compulsory Routine Seminar By Gene Ching. More photos can be found on our IWuF Compulsory Routine Seminar: Changquan & Nanquan facebook album.

[QUOTE=GeneChing;1204563]Extraordinary Martial Artists of the World Lunar New Year Gala on February 17, 2013 in Richmond BC Canada. [/QUOTE]
This event will be reported in our JUL+AUG 2013 issue.

More photos can be found on our Extraordinary Martial Artists of the World Lunar New Year Gala facebook album.