Fight Practice from Pitch Films on Vimeo.

Filmed this right before I left for China with my good buddies Sam Tjhia, David Brocca, and Pej Peik. We got Sam on the action, DBrocca on the cam and cuts, and Pej on the gym usage.. and me on the receiving end of Sam’s fist =P

Dave just finished editing this and I think it came out great given that it was more of a practice shoot for some things we had in mind and just for fun.

Watching this 3 months after we shot it is strangely making me miss/think about home. It just reminds me of all my friends I would train with and people I would kick it with back in LA. I totally miss waking up during that time where I was only managing my own business and I could roll outside and see the sun… then hop in my car and drive to the gym to do some wushu/stunt practice. I remember sitting with my legs stretched out with my gym bag flung to the side and a bottle of liptons ginseng green tea. Then after some warming up I get to hit some heavy bags and drill kicks… anyways, hopefully I’ll be back at that when the time is right =)

As for the practice fight, I had a much more complex choreo and storyline even planned out, but we only had like 1-2 hours to shoot since there was a class in the afternoon and people had other things going on that day… I was going to add takedowns, elements of mma/jiu-jitsu, and more acrobatics… anyways it was just a quick fun thing… regardless, I want to thank Sam for coming out on short notice and just training/messin around.. then gotta thank Pej for lettin us use his gymnastics studio.. and Dave already knows he is awesome.. I mean.. just listen to the music he used in the background! He really put the clip together with some good editing skills.

Here is the clip on youtube:

Essentially reposted from www.wushukicks.com

Alfred Hsing Sport Accord Combat Games

The US and Canada national teams were in attendance at the 2010 sport accord combat games held in Beijing China among many other countries such as Russia, China, Malaysia, Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Brazil, and Japan. The US Team sent veteran wushu athletes Sarah Chang, Peter Dang, and Alfred Hsing.

Aug 28 Changquan Alfred Combat Games Competition

Changquan was the first event of the entire Combat Games held at 9am on August 28th, 2010. There was significant media coverage and the event was in part sponsored by Samsung. I was 2nd in line to compete.. I didn’t make any major mistakes and given that I have been focusing on work in Beijing the past 2-3 months I am pretty happy with my performance today. This will be my last major wushu tournament and I am glad I got to share it with my good friends and teammates in Beijing – the land of wushu and where I always dreamed I would be on the main stage competing in front of hundreds. My dreams as a wushu athlete were finally completed today.

My Longfist – 2010 Sport Accord Combat Games

An Interview with Tom.com – in Chinese (please dont judge my Chinese.. im still practicing)

Peter Dang rocked the house when he took 3rd in the staff competition beating worthy adversaries such as Russia and 2 other Asian countries.

13 Combat Games Ambassadors

In addition the Opening Ceremony held on the evening of the 28th spared no expense as a dazzling display of physical prowess and beautiful music filled the stadium main floor. 13 Ambassadors for each sport were in attendance – among the ambassadors were Don “the dragon” Wilson, mma fighter Fedor “the last emperor” Emelianenko, and many other legends of martial arts. The final closing song of the evening was sung by Jackie Chan who was surrounded by dancers and acrobats as the ceremony came to a close.

There are many more events such as kick boxing, sambo, jiu jitsu that are still occurring since the Combat Games just started. Look forward to these amazing sports broadcasts featured online. I wish I had more time to watch all the other events. =)

It was nice hanging with the US and Canada wushu team peeps… but it’s back to work for me!