Dear friends,

The 10th Annual International Chinese Martial Arts Championship marked a milestone in what has become a world renowned competition.

This year, despite the high cost of gas and the current economic situation, teams from across the USA, Canada, Italy, Jamaica, Colombia, Puerto Rico and as far away as Russia attended the event. Although our numbers were down slightly from last year’s record attendance, we still broke the 1000 mark (official registered competitors: 1017).

The Internal and the San Shou divisions have grown considerably over the years and there has been a marked improvement in the overall caliber of the competitors as more highly skilled practitioners have become aware of and are now participating in the championship.

I am humbled by the continued enthusiastic support of the Chinese martial arts community. This inspires and motivates me to work harder to maintain and elevate the high standards for which the event is known.

The dates are already set for next year’s event, which again will take place over the Memorial Day Weekend: May 22-24, 2009.

In addition, I am co-hosting a championship in Las Vegas, Nevada, with Master Tony Yang over the Labor Day Weekend (August 29-31, 2008). Information and registration forms are available on this web site. I hope to see many of you there.

I extend my heartfelt thanks to all the competitors, coaches, officials, special guests and volunteers. It’s all of you who deserve the credit for another successful event.

Sincerely,

Nick Scrima

P.S. If you have good pictures of the competition please email them to so that we can post them on our championship site.