32nd Annual Great Lakes Kung Fu Championship
The 2024 Great Lakes Kung Fu Championships will be held on April 20 in Maple Heights, OH.
2023 TCAAT
The 39th Taiwanese & Chinese American Athletic
Tournament of the San Francisco Bay Area
Date: Saturday, August 12, 2023
Times: Youth Divisions - 9am-12pm; Adult Divisions - 1pm-5pm
Location: Monta Vista Park Recreation Center, 22601 Voss Ave., Cupertino, CA 95014
Hosts: Cupertino Kung Fu Club & The United States Shuai-chiao Association
Registration fee: $75 (Early Bird by 7/23/23 - $60
Registration closes 8/1/23 - Extended to 8/6/23
Pre-registration only. No registration at the door.
Due to limited space and time for the adult divisions, we will have to limit some numbers based off numbers of applications in each weight division.
Please do not make travel plans until you get a confirmation that your spot is open. If not, we will immediately refund your money.
Preliminary Weight Divisions for Adult Male:
<135lbs, 135-150lbs, 150-165lbs, 165-180lbs, 180-195lbs, 195-220lbs, 220lbs and up
Children’s and Female divisions will depend on enrollment.
REGISTER HERE
31st Annual Great Lakes Kung Fu Championship
Information and Registration is now live for our annual national tournament. The 2023 Great Lakes Kung Fu Championships will be held on April 22 in Maple Heights, OH. This will also be a selection tournament for the Team USA for Brazil later in the year.
2023 Great Lakes Kung Fu Championships Registration
2019 Pan American Shuai Jiao Cup
Team USA placed 3rd overall in the 2019 Pan American Shuai Jiao Cup.
Inaugural WSFJ Event
It’s offical! The WSJF is here. The world shuaijiao community came together on August 27, 2019 to inaugurate the new organization headquartered in China. The United States Shuai-chiao Association is a founding member with many officers part of the executive positions.
28th Annual Great Lakes Tournament
RESULTS:
Women’s Combined Divisions
1st Jasmine Butler
2nd Krista Williams
Men’s Divisions
Lightweight - 65kg
1st James Van Doren
1st Daniel Colindres (Note: double elimination tie for first.)
3rd Vincent Tseng
Welterweight - 70kg
1st Frank Zhang
2nd Le Nguyen
3rd Brett Milano
Light-Middleweight - 75kg
1st Daniel Cliff
1st Matt Hand (Note: double elimination tie for first.)
3rd George Yan
Middleweight
1st Stephen Fleming
2nd Bryan Wilson
3rd Joseph Reaume
Heavy-Middleweight - 90kg
1st Isaac Udogwu
2nd Chad Short
3rd Travis Smith
Heavyweight - 100kg
1st Franck Kangah
2nd Brandon Smith
3rd Chris King
Openweight
1st Matt Gelfand
2nd Colin Cooper
3rd Nicholas Osborne
26th Annual Great Lakes Tournament
2018 GLKF Tournament Women's Divisions
Lightweight - 56kg
1st Ruby Pelly
2nd Mikaela Lee
3rd Jada Butler
Welterweight - 60kg
1st Marya Barrios (not pictured)
2nd Samantha Rocheleau
3rd Divya Ganesan
Light Middleweight - 65kg
1st Jasmine Butler
2nd Krista Williams
3rd Dejonay Taylor
Openweight
1st Mariah Fleming
2nd Kimberly Sims
2018 GLKF Tournament Men's Divisions
Lightweight - 60kg
1st James Van Doren
2nd Maurice Daniels
3rd Jack Dessert
Welterweight - 65kg
1st Robert Fleming
2nd Daniel Colindres3rd Nathaniel Dabrowski
Light-Middleweight - 70kg
1st Joseph Harrison
2nd Amilcar Bustamonte
3rd Adam Vanderhorst
Middleweight - 75kg
1st Matt Hand
2nd Leo Rodriguez
3rd James Nottingham
Heavy-Middleweight - 82kg
1st Lavell Marshall
2nd Nick Mayer
3rd Daniel Gibson
Heavyweight - 90kg
1st Vlad Koulikov
2nd Franck Kangah
3rd Issac Udoguru
Super-Heavyweight - 100kg
1st Nathaniel Philpot
2nd James Henri
3rd Lamont Wicks
Openweight
1st Trevor Robinson
2nd Jay Harper
3rd Ken Bater (not pictured)
Year of the Fire Rooster Shuaijiao Kungfu Tournament
Women's Division
Lightweight
1st Ruby Pelly
2nd Rozalina Moore
Middleweight
1st Marya Barrios
Men's Divisions
Lightweight
1st Adam Vanderhorst
2nd Taiyo Marang
3rd Kyle Carter
Middleweight
1st Robert Fleming
2nd Stephen Fleming
3rd Jake Sanders
Middle-Heavyweight
1st Daniel Gibson
2nd Daniel Murphy
3rd Gregory Carter
Heavyweight
1st Nicholas Osborne
2nd Nathaniel Philpot
3rd Ken Hudak
Openweight
1st Jay Harper
2nd Matthew Hucke
3rd Jaron Bernstein
25th Annual Great Lakes Tournament
2017 GLKF Tournament Women's Divisions
Lightweight - 52kg
1st Mikaela Lee
2nd Jada Butler
3rd Ivana Chang
Welterweight - 60kg
1st Ariela Pulido-Westlake
2nd Elizabeth Chang
3rd Ruby Pelley
Light Middleweight - 65kg
1st Elizabeth Chang
2nd Samantha Rocheleau
3rd Zaynah Williams
Middleweight - 75kg
1st Jasmine Butler
2nd Natali Ervin
3rd Krista Williams
Openweight
1st Mariah Watkins
2nd Rachel Baumler
2017 GLKF Tournament Men's Divisions
Lightweight - 60kg
1st Taiyo Marang
2nd James Van Doren
3rd Nataniel Dabrauski
Welterweight - 70kg
1st Joe Harrison
2nd A. Pineda
3rd Emil Slobodnik
Light-Middleweight - 75kg
1st Lavell Marshal
2nd Trevor Wong
3rd Joe Reaume
Middleweight - 82kg
1st Chris Slocum
2nd Dan Gibson
3rd Issac Udogwui
Heavy-Middleweight - 90kg
1st Franck Kangah
2nd Eddie Brown (not pictured)
3rd Colin Cooper
Heavyweight - 100kg
1st Nicholas Osbourne
2nd Nathaniel Philpot
3rd James Henri
Openweight
1st Jay Harper
2nd Joel Foote
24th Annual Great Lakes Tournament
2016 GLKF Tournament Women's Divisions
Lightweight - 52kg
1st Mikaela Lee
2nd Sarah Steele
3rd Sharda Daniels
Light Welterweight - 56kg
1st Ariela Pulido-Westlake
2nd Maisie Lee
3rd Michelle Kaiser
Welterweight - 60kg
1st Elizabeth Chang
2nd Ruby Pelley
Light Middleweight - 65kg
1st Jasmine Butler
2nd Elizabeth Ferretti
3rd Elizabeth Chang
Middleweight - 75kg
1st Natali Ervin
2nd Cindy Barry
Openweight
1st Tyler Williams-Amokov
2nd Mariah Fleming
2016 GLKF Tournament Men's Divisions
Lightweight - 60kg
1st Richard Gibson
2nd James Van Doren
3rd Corey Wong
Light Welterweight - 65kg
1st Taiyo Marang
2nd Trevor Wong
3rd Bryan Howell
Welterweight - 70kg
1st Daniel Cliff
2nd Joe Harrison
3rd Owen Shelton
Light-Middleweight - 75kg
1st Lavell Marshal
2nd Emmanuel Kangah
3rd Matt Hand
Middleweight - 82kg
1st Chris Slocum
2nd Dan Gibson
3rd Issac Udogwy
Heavy-Middleweight - 90kg
1st Brandon Smith
2nd Fabricio Castellano
3rd Colin Cooper
Heavyweight - 100kg
1st Nicholas Osbourne
2nd Chris Cilibraise
3rd Lamont Wicks
Openweight
1st Alex Johnson
2nd Nicholas Osborne
3rd Brandon Mansour
23rd Annual Great Lakes Tournament
2015 GLKF Tournament Women's Divisions
Lightweight
1st Elizabeth Chang
2nd Maisie Lee
3rd Heather Hall
Welterweight
1st Jasmine Butler
2nd Marya Barrios
3rd Jessica Cliff
Middleweight
1st Cindy Barry
2nd Tyler Williams-Amokov
3rd Natali Ervin
2015 GLKF Tournament Men's Divisions
Lightweight
1st Taiyo Marang
2nd Ryan Chen
3rd James Van Doren
Light-Middleweight
1st Joseph Harrison
2nd Emmanuel Kangah
3rd Emeric Chen
Middleweight
1st Matt Hand
2nd Chris Slocum
3rd Dan Gibson
Heavy-Middleweight
1st Brandon Smith
2nd Fabricio Castellano
3rd Dan Joyner
Heavyweight
1st Colin Cooper
2nd Eric Brooks
3rd Ray Zackowski
Openweight
1st Nick Osborne
2nd Jaron Bernstein
3rd Benjamin Drake
22nd Annual Great Lakes Tournament
2014 GLKF Tournament Women's Divisions
Lightweight
1st Maisie Lee
2nd Michelle Kaiser (not shown)
3rd Shay Campbell
Welterweight
1st Jasmine Butler
2nd Jessica Cliff
3rd Michelle Kitchen
Middleweight
1st Jasmine Butler
2nd Christina Roman
3rd Jessica Cliff
2014 GLKF Tournament Men's Divisions
Lightweight
1st Taiyo Marang
2nd Essum Buby
3rd Nigel Mapson
Welterweight
1st Daniel Cliff
2nd Tom Shih
3rd Bryan Chen
Light-Middleweight
1st Joseph Harrison
2nd Emmanuel Kangah
3rd Matt Hand
Middleweight
1st Lavell Marshall
2nd Chris Slocum
3rd James Herceg
Heavy-Middleweight
1st Wesley Bacon
2nd Charles Lin
3rd Fabricio Castellano
Heavyweight
1st Colin Cooper
2nd Andrew Lightner
3rd Jeff Smith
Openweight
1st Matt Gelfand
2nd Marty Seeholzer
21st Annual Great Lakes Tournament
2013 GLKF Tournament Women's Divisions
Lightweight
1st Shannon Harkin
2nd Melanie Lacourciere
3rd Katie Pezzot
Middleweight
1st Marya Barrios
2nd Erica Pettit
3rd Jasmine Butler
2013 GLKF Tournament Men's Divisions
Lightweight
1st James Van Doren
2nd Taiyo Marang
3rd Joey Li
Welterweight
1st Daniel Cliff
2nd Collin Hagenbush
3rd Trevor Wong
Light-Middleweight
1st Matt Hand
2nd Emeric Chen
3rd Keith Judelman
Middleweight
1st Wesley Bacon
2nd Daniel Gibson
3rd Christian Griful
Heavy-Middleweight
1st Colin Cooper
2nd Fabricio Castellano
3rd Johnathan Braun
Heavyweight
1st Jeff Smith
2nd Andrew Lightner
3rd Johnathan Quinones
Openweight
1st Chris Antjas
2nd Fong Liu
3rd Marty Seeholzer
2013 TianDiLong Cup Shuaijiao International Tournament
Details of Team USA:
USA Executive Officer - Chi-hsiu D. Weng
Team Leader - Jan-yu Weng
Coach - Mark Miller
Referee - Guanda He
USA Representatives for Team 1 & Team 2:
Women:
50kg - Maisie Lee, 2nd; Elizabeth Chang, 4th
54kg - Shannon Harkin, 6th; Elanor Drushel, 7th
58kg - Marya Barrios, 5th
63kg - Christina Roman, 3rd
68kg - Katie Brown, 2nd; Erica Pettit, 4th
Men:
57kg - Jamie Van Doren, 5th
62kg - Matthew Corbett, 7th
68kg - Brandon Dahl, 5th; Keith Judelman, 6th
74kg - Nick Masi, 6th; Emeric Chen
82kg - Charles Lin, 2nd; Christopher Slocum, 3rd
90kg - Fabricio Castellano, 8th; Vincent Lai
100kg - Christopher Genet, 2nd
Chang Tung Sheng Memorial Tournament
Team USA Results:
Matt Gelfand - 1st (90kg)
Brandon Dahl - 2nd (67kg)
20th Annual Great Lakes Tournament
2012 GLKF Tournament Women's Divisions
Lightweight
1st Shannon Harkin
2nd Wendy Dayton
3rd Elanor Drushel
Welterweight
1st Marya Barrios
2nd Kira Geer
3rd Jasmine Butler
Middleweight
1st Danielle Maiuri
2nd Erica Pettit
3rd Caelyn Rosch
2012 GLKF Tournament Men's Divisions
Lightweight
1st Matt Corbett
2nd Jeremy Kurtz
3rd James Van Doren
Welterweight
1st Daniel Cliff
2nd Matt Hand
3rd Brandon Dahl
Light-Middleweight
1st Lavell Marshall
2nd Nick Masi
3rd Keith Judelman
Middleweight
1st Frank Kyle
2nd Wesley Bacon
3rd Emeric Chen
Heavy-Middleweight
1st Ernesto Bernal
2nd Colin Cooper
3rd Fabricio Castellano
Heavyweight
1st Chris Genet
2nd Eric Juang
3rd Lamonte Wicks
Openweight
1st Matt Gelfand
2nd Fong Liu
3rd Marty Seeholzer
2011 ICMAC Tournament - San Diego
The 2nd San Diego tournament sponsored by ICMAC in conjunction with the United States Shuai-chiao Association was held at the beautiful Town and Country Resort facility. Schools from the USSA family that participated were from San Diego, Los Angeles, San Jose (Cupertino), and Washington. We also had some other schools join from Sacramento and Wisconsin. As expected, it was a small tournament with quick-paced round robin style brackets that gave every competitor a chance to gain experience, and for some, tune up for the upcoming Nationals in the Great Lakes Kung Fu Championships. The results were as follows:
Childrens Division:
1st: James Liang (Los Angeles USSA branch)
2nd: Addision Zhou (LA),
3rd: Corey Wong (Cupertino Kung-fu Club)
Female Adult:
1st: Christina Roman (Cupertino KC)
2nd: Katie Brown (Three Treasure Kung-fu)
Male Lightweight:
1st: Brandon Dahl (CKC)
2nd: Brian Calaustro (LA)
3rd: Jodie Perry (Perry’s full Circle, Sacramento)
Male Light Middleweight:
1st: Shaun Donahue (Perry’s Full Circle)
2nd: Trevor Wong (CKC)
3rd: John Furda (Three Treasure)
Male Middleweight:
1st: Sudan Jeffers (LA)
2nd: Allan Chan (LA)
3rd: Charles Miller (Perry’s Full Circle)
Male Heavyweight:
1st: Philip Chen (LA)
2nd: Payne Casey(Black Horse Taiji)
3rd: Emeric Chen (CKC)
19th Annual Great Lakes Tournament
2011 GLKF Tournament Women's Divisions
Lightweight
1st Marya Barrios
2nd Shannon Harkin
3rd Elanor Drushel
Welterweight
1st Christina Roman
2nd Krista Curtner
3rd Shannon Harkin
Middleweight
1st Danielle Maiuri
2nd Crystal Hammer
3rd Caelyn Rosch
2011 GLKF Tournament Men's Divisions
Lightweight
1st James Van Doren
2nd Jonathan Braun
3rd Corey Wong
Welterweight
1st Brandon Dahl
2nd Matt Hand
3rd Jeremy Kurtz
Light-Middleweight
1st Daniel Cliff
2nd Lavell Marshall
3rd Sean Bardgett
Middleweight
1st Wesley Bacon
2nd Emeric Chen
3rd Nick Eybergen
Heavy-Middleweight
1st Frank Kyle
Heavyweight
1st Will Thompson
2nd Daniel Meloche
Openweight
1st Denis Taylor
2nd Will Thompson
3rd Fong Liu
18th Annual Great Lakes Tournament
2010 GLKF Tournament Women's Divisions
Lightweight
1st Krista Curtner
2nd Shannon Harkin
3rd Stephanie Fox
4th Eleanor Drushell
Middleweight
1st Una Ilich
2nd Danielle Maiuri
3rd Allison Victor
4th Brittany Bogus
2010 GLKF Tournament Men's Divisions
Lightweight
1st Matthew Corbett
2nd James Van Doren
3rd Jon Braun
4th Minh Nguyen
Welterweight
1st Robert Fleming
2nd Jeremy Kurcz
3rd Matt Hand
4th Sean Bargett
Light-Middleweight
1st Ernesto Bernal
2nd Daniel Cliff
3rd Nick Masi
4th James Herceg
Middleweight
1st Emeric Chen
2nd Husam Sweidan
3rd Wesley Bacon
4th Slocum
Heavy-Middleweight
1st Joe Palermo
2nd Raymond Trepanier
3rd Christopher Antijas
4th Amir Ahmed
Heavyweight
1st Will Thompson
2nd Chris Genet
3rd Carlo Alacchi
Openweight
1st Denis Taylor
2nd Immanuel Robinson
3rd Chris Genet
4th Bisson
Ch'ang Style Weekend Tournament
Tournament Results:
Children’s Division:
Lightweight
1st Shangyu Hsu
2nd William Yang
3rd Spencer Chang
Middleweight
1st Shangway Hsu
2nd Mark Chang
3rd Steven Yang
Heavy
1st Leonard Ting
2nd Zac Bigbee
3rd Timothy Chen
Adult Divisions:
Women Adult Light
1st Janet Chen
2nd Krisanne Litinas
3rd Stephanie Fox
Women Adult Middle
1st Christina Roman
2nd Krisanne Litinas
Men Adult Lightweight
1st Philip Tsai
2nd James VanDoran
Men Adult Light Middle
1st Ian Donovan
2nd Brent Kincer
3rd Carl Patience
Men Adult Middle
1st Daniel Cliff
2nd Barnaby Hazen
3rd Marc Willer
Men Adult Heavy
1st Charles Lin
2nd Emeric Chen
3rd Phil Willer
Men Adult Open
1st Eric Brooks
2nd Jeremy Siegrist
3rd Billy Pinkerman
17th Annual Great Lakes Tournament
2008 Great Lakes Kung Fu Tournament
USSA Shuai Chiao Nationals Results:
Women 100-124
1st - Krisanne Litinas
2nd - Janet Chen
3rd - Krista Curtner
Women 125-149
1st - Christina Roman
2nd - Julia Chen
3rd - Sylvia Von Meerten
Women 150--
1st - Christina Roman
2nd - Tarin Rhoades
3rd - Elizabeth Gilcher
Men 100-135
1st - Matt Corbett
2nd - James Van Doren
3rd - Jacob Wahlenmaier
Men 136-150
1st - Robert Fleming
2nd - Ian Donovan
3rd - Casey McAdams
Men 151-165
1st - Daniel Cliff
2nd - Nick Masi
3rd - Brent Kincer
Men 166-180
1st - Charles Lin
2nd - Ryan Schumaker
3rd - Husam Sweidan
Men 181-195
1st - Christopher Antijas
2nd - Andrew Winstead
3rd - Michael Cavender
Men 196-215
1st - Eric Brooks
2nd - Matt Gelfand
3rd - Chris Genet
Men 216--
1st - Omar Harvin
2nd - Robert Armstrong
3rd - 3-way Tie:
Austin Eafford
Thomas Seeber
Justin Sturgill
2007 Taizhou International Invitational Shuai Jiao Tournament
Team USA - 2007 Taizhou International Tournament
Nearly one hundred Shuai Chiao competitors from a dozen different countries converged on the Chinese city of Taizhou, south of Shanghai. The Taizhou 2007 International Invitational Shuai Jiao Tournament ran from November 20th to November 26th, and all participants enjoyed the modern facilities and professional, well-run, event.
Many European countries sent competitors, but were hard-pressed to fill all of their team positions. The European Championships held just the month before in Spain had depleted the energy and funds of several teams. The USA Team was also short of competitors and only fielded players in six of the ten weight classes in the men’s division, and in only three on the women’s team.
However, despite the lack of full teams, the USA finished a strong fourth place, the highest placing of any non-Chinese team. The Chinese had two full teams in addition to a team from Mongolia.
The USA team’s main advantage was the presence of several seasoned competitors and previous USA National champions: Daniel Cliff, James Van Doran, Nick Masi, Charles Lin, and Christina Roman had all competed before at the international level.
USA Team Individual Places at the Taizhou International:
Charles Lin (Cupertino, CA) — 3rd
Nick Masi (Virginia) — 3rd
Daniel Cliff (Cleveland, OH) — 4th
Ian Donovan (Columbus, OH) — 4th
James Van Doran (Cleveland, OH) — 4th
Krisanne Litinas (Cleveland, OH) — 5th
Christina Roman (Cupertino, OH) — 5th
Krista Curtner (Cleveland, OH) — 6th
Keith Judelman (Bellingham, WA) — 6th
Ernest Smoot (Cleveland, OH) — 6th
16th Annual Great Lakes Tournament
2007 GLKFC -- Results for Women's Divisions
Lightweight
1st -- Natalie Peron
2nd -- Krisanne Littinas
Middleweight
1st -- Christina Roman
2nd -- Jennifer Ann Kramer
3rd -- Krista Curtner
2007 GLKF -- Results for Men's Divisions
Flyweight
1st -- Philip Tsai
2nd -- Kleck
Lightweight
1st -- Matthew Corbett
2nd -- Jamie Van Doren
3rd -- Ernest Smoot
4th -- Robert Chen
Welterweight
1st -- Daniel Cliff
2nd -- Robert Fleming
3rd -- Neil Brahma
4th -- Tasso Paris
Light Middleweight
1st -- Charles Lin
2nd -- Nick Masi
3rd -- Chris Slocum
4th -- Brent Kincer
Middleweight
1st -- Ernestor Bernal
2nd -- Ryan Shumaker
3rd -- Matthew Goshay
4th -- Aaron Wong
Heavy Middleweight
1st -- Eric Brooks
2nd -- Jeff Kiral
3rd -- Daniel Randle
Heavyweight
1st -- Matt Gelfand
2nd -- Vincent Lai
3rd -- Pat Goode
Openweight
1st -- Josh Fragoso
2nd -- Russell Morgan
3rd -- Robert Armstrong