Martial artists from 11 countries participated in the 8th NTD International Traditional Chinese Martial Arts Competition, taking part in a shared mission to revive martial virtue.
Preliminaries in Germany and Taiwan have already taken place, and on Aug. 31, preliminaries were held in New Jersey for 66 of the 91 total martial artists, with 79 semifinalists competing on Sept. 1.
Now 51 finalists will proceed to the next round on Sept. 2.
The competition is unique in its focus on only traditional Chinese martial arts styles and its mission to revive martial virtue, a code of conduct required of traditional martial artists.
It’s also part of a series of cultural events hosted by NTD, a sister outlet of The Epoch Times, to revive traditional culture. NTD, a New York-based global television network founded by Chinese Americans who fled communism, stands for New Tang Dynasty, a reference to the cultural golden age of ancient China.
Junior Unarmed
- Armilali Pinzon (Colombia)
- Tianzhen Li (China)
- Amy Li (USA)
- William Li (USA)
- Yu-Hong Kao (Taiwan)
- En-Ruei Yang (Taiwan)
Female Unarmed
- Majoa Chaux Rojas (Colombia)
- Wan-Lun Lu (Taiwan)
- Hongfeng Yang (Germany)
- Betty Wu (USA)
- Robin Deng (USA)
- Yi-Chen Shih (Taiwan)
Male Unarmed
- Ta-Yen Liu (Taiwan)
- Sergio Torres (Bolivia)
- Seirei Kasai (Japan)
- Zichuan Liu (USA)
- David Wang (USA)
- Jimy Garcia (Colombia)
- Guolong Wang (USA)
- Ming Cheng (China)
- Hongguang Li (China)
- Chung-Yi Chiang (Taiwan)
Southern Fist
- Angelique Nhung Do (Canada)
- Tiffany Woo (USA)
- Kai-Wei Luo (Taiwan)
- Chi-Hsien Lin (Taiwan)
- Ming-Yi Lin (Taiwan)
- Wen-Han Liang (Taiwan)
- Dennis Steiger (Austria)
- Paul Huber (Austria)
Junior Weapons
- Mingli Dai (USA)
- Diana Wang (China)
- En-Shuo Yang (Taiwan)
- Hsuan-Lun Liang (Taiwan)
- Pia Trautner (Germany)
Female Weapons
- Huan Alina-Marcellus Jin (USA)
- Sophie Li (China)
- Wendy Wang (China)
- Megan Westerman (USA)
- Lisa Li (USA)
- Frances Gui (USA)
- Rachel Ge (China)
- Ellen Opfermann (Germany)
- Si Cao (China)
Male Weapons
- Eike Opfermann (Germany)
- Ian Ly (Canada)
- Mauricio Pinzon (Colombia)
- Thomas Wang (China)
- Chris Chappell (USA)
- Shao-Hsuan Chen (Taiwan)
The final round will be broadcast live by NTD on Sept. 2.
Where to Watch
Websites: EpochTV.com & NTD.com
App: NTD app from Apple Store and Google Play
Gan Jing World: NTD
Youtube: NTD Youtube and Epoch Times Youtube
Facebook: NTD Facebook and Epoch Times Facebook
Twitter: NTD Twitter
From The Epoch Times