Martial artists from 10 countries participated in the 8th NTD International Traditional Chinese Martial Arts Competition, partaking 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.
Seventy-nine semifinalists will proceed to the next round on Sept. 1.
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 is also part of a series of cultural events hosted by NTD 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)
- Aristedes Anagnostakis (USA)
- Amy Li (USA)
- Athena Anagnostakis (USA)
- William Li (USA)
- Justin Eng (USA)
- Samuel Vary (USA)
- Xin Xu (China)
- 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)
- Sormira Acevedo Rosario (Colombia)
- Florina Daniela Craciun (Romania)
- 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)
- Thomas Wang (China)
- Michael Zhao (China)
- Mike Cai (China)
- Bryan Ko (USA)
- Andreas Opfermann (Germany)
- Tony Pu (USA)
- Shawn Ma (USA)
- Wen-Chian Liang (Taiwan)
- Chung-Yi Chiang (Taiwan)
Southern Fist
- Ian Ly (Canada)
- Angelique Nhung Do (Canada)
- Stanley Meng (USA)
- Elina Meng (USA)
- Tiffany Woo (USA)
- Antony Kwan (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)
- Armilali Pinzon (Colombia)
- 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)
- Teresa Tong (China)
- Rachel Ge (China)
- Jessie Li (USA)
- Xiaomei He (China)
- Jane Ding (USA)
- Oksana Khan (Russia)
- Jennifer Chuang (USA)
- Ellen Opfermann (Germany)
- Si Cao (China)
Male Weapons
- Eike Opfermann (Germany)
- Ian Ly (Canada)
- Mauricio Pinzon (Colombia)
- Mario Salazar (USA)
- Thomas Wang (China)
- Michael Zhao (China)
- Chris Chappell (USA)
- Adam Lin (China)
- Jiakang Li (Canada)
- Waylon Guo (China)
- Shao-Hsuan Chen (Taiwan)
- Neng-Hui Hsiao (Taiwan)
- Hendrik Hammer (Germany)
Where to Watch
Websites: EpochTV.com & NTD.comApp: 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
Correction: An earlier version of this article previously misstated the number of semifinalists. There are 79 semifinalists who will compete in the next round. The Epoch Times regrets the error.
