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Participants at the U.S.A. Wushu Kungfu National Championship tournament held at Kezar Pavilion in San Francisco. Photos by Yafone.
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National tournament shows that the sport is divided
By Yafonne | Special to AsianWeek
Brandishing her straight sword in the air with flashing circular wrist maneuvers, Felicia Sze, 28, of UC Berkeley, warms up outside the rings before her turn at the U.S.A. Wushu Kungfu National Championship tournament held at Kezar Pavilion last weekend.
Calm and self-collected, Sze enters the cramped ring at the end of a long day of waiting and performs a near perfect straight sword advanced compulsory routine, earning her scores of 8.9 out of 9.0 from the judges. A 2001 contender for the U.S. Wushu Team, hoping for a last shot at the Wushu World Championships next year, Sze is just one of the few advanced wushu athletes who participated in this tournament hosted by the U.S.A. Wushu Kungfu Federation, the official national organization that represents wushu in the States.
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