Here you can find our own reports and articles about us published in the press.
On November 15th, 2008 the SHAOLIN HUNG CHOY ASSN. in cooperation with the subsidiary schools GERMAN ZHOU JIA KUNG FU ASSN. (Haßlinghausen) and ZHOU GUAN KUNG FU CENTER (Schwelm) as well as the TRADITIONAL KUNG FU GERMANY ASSN. (TKV) presented the 3rd German Championship in Traditional Lion- and Dragon Dance.
The placements:
Lion Dance:
1st place: The team of the Shaolin Hung Choy e.V., Gevelsberg
2nd place: The team of the Nia Kwang Ying Yong Tang, Siegen
3rd place: The team of the German Zhou Jia Kung Fu Assn., Haßlinghausen
Winner of Dragon Dance: The team of the Shaolin Hung Choy e.V., Gevelsberg
Also the Westfalenpost and the Westfälische Rundschau reported. In the Gallery you will find some impressions of this championship.
On Sunday, 02.11.2008, the students of the Kung Fu schools Gevelsberg, Haßlinghausen and Schwelm successfully took their coloured belt's exams in coloured. Read more here. Also the Westfalenpost dd. 11.11.2008 and the Westfälische Rundschau dd. 19.11.2008 reported.
From October 10th to 17th, 2008 prominent Kung Fu family members visited the SHAOLIN HUNG CHOY ASSN. in Gevelsberg, Germany: Master Jacky Mak from San Francisco, USA, and Master Ho Fung Lok from Hong Kong came to visit Sifu Frank Greinacher in order to pursue the regular exchange of knowledge which they are doing for long time already. Read more here.
On Saturday, October 11th, 2008 the "3rd European Kuoshu Cup" took place in Neu-Ulm, Germany. The German Zhou Jia schools Gevelsberg (together with the Xin Ying Taijiquan Training Centre Germany), Haßlinghausen and Schwelm as well as the one from Poland successfully participated with 42 students. Read and see more here. The local press reported as follows: Westfälische Rundschau dd. October 13th, 2008 and Westfalenpost dd. October 18th, 2008.
Following the "11th International German Championship in Traditional Kung Fu 2008" in Gevelsberg, Germany a rare Taijiquan seminar was held. Master Victor Chong of Singapore instructed Sifu Sherry Greinacher and a few of her students in the yet quite unknown Chan Men style, also known as Buddhist Taiji. Read and see more here.
On Saturday, May 17th, 2008 the 11th International German Championship in Traditional Kung Fu took place in Gevelsberg. We were happy to welcome about 350 participants of 45 different schools from Germany and other European countries.
We wish to express our gratitude to all helpers, referees and organisations who supported this event physically and financially, and of course, we thank all participants for the fair and harmonic athmoshpere during the tournament.
We are looking forward to seeing you again next year!
The Shaolin Hung Choy Association
You will find some impressions here.
On 19.01.2008 a rare occasion took place: Four martial artists of the Shaolin Hung Choy school were appointed "Sifu". Read more here.
In the "1st Traditional Wu Shu Invitational Championship" in Taijyuan Shanxi, China Sifu Sherry Greinacher won the gold medal in the Taijiquan category "42 step competition form". She was the only German contestant beside 31 Chinese competitors. See here the article published by the magazine budo karate, edition 11/2007.
Read here some press articles published on the occasion of the gala and championships in 2006 held in Gevelsberg, Germany.
