British Open Martial Arts Tournament 2003

British Open Martial Arts Tournament - Saturday 31 May, 2003, Vauxhall Brache Recreation Centre, Luton, Bedfordshire.

Monday 7 April, 2003

The sites where traditional Chinese martial arts can be practiced are few and far between. Serious martial art practitioners searching for a venue where they can demonstrate their art to it’s full potential do not have to search any longer.

The British Open Martial Arts Tournament 2003 will herald a new age for martial arts in Great Britain. Competitors will have the opportunity to meet and compete against some of the best martial arts practitioners in Great Britain. To create unity and friendship across international boarders through martial arts. And to develop orthodox martial arts and ethics to promote the benefits of martial arts throughout the world.

The event will be sponsored by the Chinese Kuoshu Institute and sanctioned by the British Chinese Kuoshu Federation (BCKF), the British Shuai Jiao Association (BSCA), the International Chinese Kuoshu Federation (ICKF) and the World Kuoshu Federation (TWKSF), and recognised by the British Council for Chinese Martial Arts (BCCMA). The tournament will be facilitated by Internationally qualified officials, with Master Rob Simpson as the Referee General.

The tournament will consist of Internal and External Empty Hand and Weapons Forms; Chinese Wrestling; Semi Contact Sparring and the highlight of the event Lei Tai Full Contact Sparring.

Contrary, to what you might see at other events sparring is not limited to just kicks and punches.  The full repertoire of your skills may be used including entrapment, take downs throws and sweeps.  The variety of techniques used makes Full Contact Sparring arguably the most exiting in the World.

It is our aim to bring the best in Chinese Martial Arts together. Schools representing the various martial arts styles are welcome to express their art through the various elements of the tournament.