Phoenix Wushu Nationals

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🔥😍NEXT PHOENIX WUSHU NATIONALS WILL HAVE ALL BLUE CARPETS!

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✨ Where Champions Rise ✨ That’s the theme of this year’s Phoenix Wushu Nationals! Hear from the tournament host & some of the super talented athletes I got the chance to meet on 12News @ 10 pm.

Phoenix Wushu Nationals wants to thank Banner Health Sports Medicine Team for providing onsite physicals and physician side-line support to our athletes! Our judges and athletes also enjoyed an informational talk about Care for Martial Arts Athletes delivered by Dr. Matthew Steele. We appreciate the Banner Health Team for keeping our athletes safe and providing timely care! We also want to express our gratitude to the Banner Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Team for organizing volunteering efforts to support our event on Friday and Saturday! Banner Health is here for everyone, and here for the AAPI, Martial Arts community! Banner Health

Would you like to learn about appropriate care for Martial Art athletes and take home a really practical care package? Come join us at the Sports Medicine Seminar at 1:30 at the Phoenix Wushu Nationals on 12/3! We are going to give out two of these care bags through raffle!

🔥SCHEDULE IS OUT FOR MASTER'S WORKSHOP! Don't miss out on the opportunity to learn from top Sifus all across the nation! Free to all our Phoenix Wushu Nationals competitors, spectators, family and friends 🙌🎊

Learn Qigong, Northern Shaolin, Wing Chun and Old School Straight Sword taught by the amazing Sifu Joseph Eagar, Sifu Kisu Star, Sifu Brad Ryan and Sifu Jerry Silva 💪

🔥Sifu Ray Petersen🔥
United States Dragon & Lion Dance Federation - Vice President of Education

Ray Petersen has judged and coached at many national level events for Traditional Chinese Martial Arts, Open tournaments, and many grappling events. He has also coached many athletes from several disciplines at the national level. Ray has been the Chief Judge at the 1st and 2nd USDLDF National Championships as well as the 2021 Phoenix Lion Dance Championships. Ray also has the honor of being selected as Chief Judge for the upcoming 2022 Phoenix Lion Dance Championships.💫

Ray proudly serves on the Board of Directors of the United States Dragon & Lion Dance Federation. Formerly as Director of Membership, and currently as VP of Education.

💫🔥Kisu Stars started off his martial arts career doing Shirin Ru as a kid. In his teenage years he moved onto TaeKwon Do where he eventually earned a 3rd degree Black Belt. He trained in Cambodian kick boxing in Hawaii and Wushu in San Fransisco. He eventually became a student of the Kuyu lineage of Northern Shaolin Gate system under Kenneth Hui. He has studied this system for well over 40 years and thinks that there is still more to learn. Kisu has dedicated his life to spreading and transmitting his love and knowledge of Shaolin Kung Fu. Many of you will recognize him for his work as the martial arts consultant to the Nickelodeon series, Avatar, The Last Airbender🐉

👌Phoenix Lion Dance Trophies are here! We can't wait to see who wins them 😎 Special shout out to A2Z Trophy for sponsoring our second and third place Lion dance trophies, you guys are amazing! 🙌

LION DANCE COMPETITION STARTS AT 10AM ON SUNDAY DEC 4TH! DON'T MISS OUT 🔥🔥🔥

💫Dina Bracamonte Perez is the director and coach of the Dynamic Martial Arts (DMA) Elite Team in Phoenix, Arizona. She was a US Wushu A Team member in 1991 and is a Wushu national judge. She was also US women’s Nan Chuan Champion in 1991. She has trained in Northern and Southern Kung Fu and Wushu and holds a 4th-level Black Sash under Master Kenny Perez. Her specialties are snake style, long tassel double straight swords, and group choreography. She has dedicated her martial arts career to promoting Chinese culture through Wushu and teaching her students to embrace cultural diversity.

🔥💫My interest in Wushu began in 1968, and by 1970, I started formal training in the art of Chinese Kenpo Karate.
Over the course of many years, I’ve been very fortunate to find a few very diverse high level teachers that I studied with.
I owe them a debt of gratitude.
My teachers are Taoist Priest’s, Shaolin Monks, Wu-Shu Stars,
Kung Fu Shi-Fus and Expert Fighters.

Favorite style of WuShu🐉

My favorites are these system’s whole and complete.

The majestic Northern Shaolin Gate System..,

Northern White Dragon Closed Door System.
Animal Imitation Systems.
The Taoist Internal Arts of, Yang Taijiquan, Sun Xingyiquan, Baquazhang, Taoist Internal Alchemy.
Shuai Jiao,
Most all of the Classical Chinese Weapons,Long and Short
And there is more...!

💫Highpoint in martial arts career💫:

The highest point of my Martial Arts career is and has alway been in guiding others on the right path to health and personal enlightenment and self discovery, through the training in Chinese Martial Arts

🔥🎉 We are less than 2 WEEKS OUT! Don't forget to sign up for our amazing afterparty and celebrate with your friends after an awesome tournament🎊 Dinner is included and we'll have a DJ, Music, Photobooth, Dance Party, Raffles and more for $37 a person!

Get your admissions here today: https://www.phoenixwushunationals.com/event-details/phoenix-wushu-nationals-after-party-2022

🔥💪Whoo hoo! Dr. Matthew J Steele from Banner Health will be offering a free seminar regarding sports medicine and injury prevention to all our athletes and spectators~ We are proudly supported by Banner and we thankful for their support of the AAPI community and culture 🙌 If you haven't purchased spectator admissions yet, do it now! Get your spectator admissions here: https://www.phoenixwushunationals.com/event-details/phoenix-wushu-nationals-admissions

🔥REGISTRATION ENDS TODAY! Don't miss out, we'll see you in 2 weeks!

Register here: https://register.phoenixwushunationals.com/

🔥IT'S TOMORROW! REGISTRATION ENDS TOMORROW!

Register here before it closes: https://register.phoenixwushunationals.com/

🔥❗️ ONLY 3 MORE DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER! Phoenix Wushu Nationals 2022 is right around the corner 🙌 Have you registered yet?

Sign up today here: https://register.phoenixwushunationals.com/

🔥ONLY 6 MORE DAYS UNTIL REGISTRATION CLOSES! Have you registered yet? Check out our Phoenix Lion Dance Championships team line up!

Register here: https://register.phoenixwushunationals.com/

🔥🔥🔥7 MORE DAYS UNTIL REGISTRATION CLOSES! Have you registered yet for PWN 2022?
Register here: https://register.phoenixwushunationals.com/

Phoenix Wushu Nationals updated their address.

Phoenix Wushu Nationals updated their address.

🔥💪10 MORE DAYS UNTIL REGISTRATION CLOSES! Have you registered yet? Don't miss out! Enjoy competing in a fair and friendly environment, beautiful venue, with top competitors~
Register here today if you haven't already: https://register.phoenixwushunationals.com/

⚔️ ⚔️ ⚔️ Throwback Thursday ⚔️ ⚔️ ⚔️

Remembering an excellent straight-sword performance this beautiful sword performance from last year's Phoenix Wushu Nationals.

Are we starting to polish those forms for this year's tournament?

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🔥 2 MORE WEEKS TILL REGISTRATION CLOSES! Have you registered for Phoenix Wushu Nationals yet? Don't miss out a chance to compete against the best, further your skills, and bond with other amazing athletes at Phoenix Wushu Nationals! We have exciting news about Master's Workshops and an amazing afterparty coming up 😍 Stay tuned~

Register here today: https://register.phoenixwushunationals.com/

🔥 ONE MORE DAY before Early Registration ends for Phoenix Chinese Kickboxing Nationals! Sign up now, to get your early registration discount: https://register.phoenixwushunationals.com/

🐉🐉 COMPETITON PREP TIPS🐉🐉

How do you structure your training leading up to competition? Do you focus on training basics still, or is it all about perfecting your form? This week we asked Master Andrew Ho of for a training tip for beginners to follow as they are getting ready for their first competition. Here is what he had do say:

"Make a training plan for the final weeks leading up to the tournament. Make sure to train specific sections of your form, focusing on precision and accuracy. Get used to running your entire form all the way through without running out of energy."

Keep practicing! We have just over a month to go until Phoenix Wushu Nationals!

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The Phoenix Wushu Nationals is now supported by Banner Health, the largest healthcare provider in Arizona! The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Team at Banner Health will lead the volunteering efforts to connect with the local AAPI communities to foster belonging in celebration of its rich cultural tradition of sports and martial arts.

🦁🦁🦁 Throwback Thursday 🦁🦁🦁🦁

We’re getting our costumes ready for this week. Happy Halloween! 🎃

Here is a glimpse of one of the amazing lion performances from last year's Lion Dance competition. Lion Dance tournaments are few and far between so we are looking forward to seeing this division again in this year's tournament.

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⭐⭐COMPETITION PREP TIPS ⭐⭐

Do you get nervous before tournaments? We asked Master Andrew Ho of Phoenix Wushu Academy what to do about those jittery nerves. Here is master Ho's words of wisdom:

"Feeling nervous and challenged both physically, mentally, and emotionally is totally normal before a competition. Most athletes experience this, no matter their competition level. Channel your nervousness into focused practice. It can be a great source of motivation."

Master Ho has been part of the US national wushu team and became a six consecutive time US National champion from 1986 - 1991.

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🏆🏆 Throwback Thursday 🏆🏆

Walking into another week full of anticipation for the Phoenix wushu nationals! Here are some of our amazing athletes walking into the Phoenix Convention Center during last year's opening ceremony!

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Photos from Phoenix Wushu Nationals's post

🔥ONE MORE MONTH LEFT to register for Phoenix Wushu Nationals! Don't miss out in competing at the largest Chinese martial arts tournament in the US~ Compete against the best, further your skills and bond with other athletes in a fair and friendly environment! Register today: https://register.phoenixwushunationals.com/

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Competition Tips for Beginners ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Approach your first competition as a learning experience. Don't worry about your final placement in the competition. Remember that your placement is not a reflection of you as a person, just a snapshot on where you were at on competition day. Channel your new experience into training for your next tournament. Remember that all the amazing athletes you are seeing at the tournament were also first-timers once. Your first tournament is just practice.

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World Wushu-Kungfu Day 2022 - United States of America

🔥💪Hey, we're featured on IWUF's channel representing USA for World Wushu-Kungfu Day!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siqZjBswR_E&t=1s

World Wushu-Kungfu Day 2022 - United States of America World Wushu-Kungfu Day 2022 - United States of America World Wushu-Kungfu Day is a global celebration of wushu-kungfu. Let...