The North American Amateur Muay Thai Championships and Canadian National Amateur Muay Thai Team Selection and Canadian Sport Sanshou Championships. Saturday January 29th 2011, BCIT Gym, 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby BC Canada.

Fighters from Canada, China and the United States.

Info: http://kenlowkungfu.ca/CAN_Eng/

Good news for the fight blog from, of all places, Toronto, Ontario, where the Canadian Wushu and Kung Fu Championships are happening today, September 25, 2010.

My first martial arts instructor, Sifu Tom Laroche of Laroche World Gung Fu in Kamloops BC emailed me to let me know that he and one of his students, 18 yr old Jason Szakal are in Toronto for the Canadian wushu and Kung fu championships….

Jason is fighting in Sanda (san shou) for Canadian title. If he wins his fights he will represent Canada in Singapore Dec. 2-10 at the World Wushu championships. His record is 7 wins no losses. he is fighting in the 69 kg. and under category.

Sifu Tom tells me I may have some photos of Jason Szakal. This may be one of them, but I am not too sure:

What I have found that is for sure Jason is a nice Sanshou fight for Jason at the 2010 West Coast Can-Ams, where I also competed in another division. Jason does a body slam against his competitor and puts an end to the match.

Best of luck to Jason at the Canadian Wushu and Kung Fu Nationals!

Presenting the West Coast Can-Am Championships, at BCIT in Burnaby, BC, May 29th and 30th. Ill be in the modified Muay Thai Division on May 30. See you there!

Premiered in 1979 as the First Annual West Coast Can-Am Championships, this tournament has developed into one of the most prestigious and longest-running annual tournaments in Canada, as it enters the 31^st year in 2010.

The goal of this event remained the same throughout the 31 years, to provide a safe, fair and fun competition event for Martial Artists of all styles. The Can-Am is known for its quality 5 ft and 6 ft trophy awards for both forms and fighting competitions, as well as handsome awards for judging officials.

Over the years, many world-famous Martial Artists from all styles such as Karate, Kung Fu, Wushu, Taekwondo, Hapkido, Tang Soo Do, Tai Chi, Jiu-Jitsu, Kenpo, have competed and performed in the Can-Am.  The Can-Am has indeed become a showcase of Martial Arts.

There are over 700 divisions to compete in, such as hand forms (Kata/Pattern), weapons forms, Karate Style point-fighting, Continuous Fighting, Sanshou fighting, Pankration, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Each category is further divided by gender, age, and ranking.

In this year’s 31^st Annual, we are again anticipating top competitors coming from China, the United States, and other parts of the world, and of course, our own excellent Martial Artists of Canada. To more accurately reflect the international level of competition, this tournament will soon be renamed “The International Can-Am Championships”. This historic name change will be announced in the 31^st Annual Awards Banquet, to mark the official entry of this quality event into the international arena.