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CHEN LEI
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 11 September 1979
Nationality: Chinese
Language: Chinese & English
EDUCATION
- Loughborough University - MSc in Sport & Leisure Management, Leicestershire UK 2002 – 2003
- Beijing University of Physical Education - Bachelor of Arts in Wushu Education, Beijing, China 2000
- Yunnan Province Professional Sports Team, Kunming, China.1992-1996
- Yuxi Youth Athletic School Yuxi, Yunnan, China.1990-1992
- Shaolin Temple Kung-fu program,Henan,China.1988-1990
EXPERIENCE
- Worldlink Education, Beijing, China 1999-2000
Advised and instructed foreign students in all forms of martial arts,including Taichi Quan, Qigong,etc. - Beijing University of Physical Education 1999-2000
Martial Arts Coach,(trained foreign students in various forms of M.A at the university) - Beijing Language and Culture University Beijing, China 1996-1999
Martial Arts Coach,(trained foreign students in various forms of M.A at the university) - Beijing Fitness/Wushu Centers Beijing, China 1996-1997
Independent M.A. Contractor - Beijing, China 1993-1999
Actor and Stunt Coordinator/Choreographed and acted in various Hong Kong films - Yunnan Province/ Wushu Centers Yunnan, China 1992-1996
Independent M.A. Contractor
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Authorized Master Level Sportsman in Wushu (Wu Ying Ji -Highest attainable degree) - Physical Culture and Sports Committee of China, 1994
- 6 th Dan Certification Diploma in Wushu, 1998
- National First Class Judge Certification in Wushu, 1999
- 1992-1996 1 st Place, Individual and All-Around Events in Yunnan Province Regional Championships
- 6 th Place, Tongbei Boxing, China National Championships, Fujian, 1995
- 1 st Place, Xiaohong Boxing,Shaolin Temple,Henan,1989
- 1 st Place, TaiChi Quan, Beijing University of Physical Education,Beijiing,1998
- 1 st Place, Tongbei Boxing, National Championships, Shanghai, 1995
- 1 st Place, 3-Man Fighting Set at the 5 th National Minority Games Kunming, Yunnan, 1995
- 1 st Place, Tongbei Boxing, National Youth Wushu Championships, Jiangxi, 1994
- 1 st Place, 3-Man Fighting Set, National Youth Martial Arts Championships, Jiangxi,1994
REFERENCES
- Zhu Ruqi, Chairman
Department of Wushu
Beijing University of Physical Education
China 100084 Tel: (8610) 6298-9367
- Amy Lim, General Manager
Worldlink Assistance,Beijing Office
Xijiao Hotel, Haidian District, Beijing
China 100083 Tel: (8610) 6298-9367
Master Dae Sung Lee
6th dan, is a master of taekwondo and operates the US Taekwondo Center in Aina Hina shopping center, Honolulu, Hawaii. Born in Seoul, South Korea , Lee moved to Hawaii in 1971 , and started studying taekwondo at the age of 11. Lee graduated from Moanalua High School in 1977 and obtained a degree from the University of Hawaii in 1987, double majoring in political science and physical education.
Lee is a nine-times US National Champion (1979–1987), a ten-times US National Team Member (1979–1987, 1989), and has won medals at the World Taekwondo Championships, World Games, International Collegiate Taekwondo Championships, Pan American Games, and Pan American Taekwondo Championships. Lee served as an assistant taekwondo coach for the USA in the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics, and as taekwondo coach for the 1992 and 2000 Summer Olympics . He was also head coach of the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center's Resident Athlete Program for Taekwondo from 1988 to 1993 . Lee has operated the US Taekwondo Center in Aina Haina since 1993 , and has trained over ten thousand students.
Chris Onzuka
Honolulu, HI – Hawaii twin brothers Chris and Mike Onzuka, have been part of Hawaii’s mixed martial arts landscape since the sport’s inception. “The Twins,” as they are often called by Hawaii MMA insiders, have been selected to receive the Icon Sport Achievement Award at the Saturday, March 31st Icon event “EPIC.”
The Onzuka brothers got their start into martial arts in late 1991, when they enrolled in a jiu-jitsu academy operated by Relson Gracie, one son of the famed Brazilian martial arts family. The Onzukas originally discovered the Gracie art after reading an article in Black Belt Magazine entitled “Gracie Jiu-Jitsu versus the World.” The article told of the Gracie family challenging their martial art against other styles in no-holds-barred competitions. Through the Onzuka’s relationship with the Gracie family, they were clued into the planning of the Gracie’s Ultimate Fighting Championship. The brothers traveled to Denver, Colorado in November 1993 to witness UFC 1.
The Onzuka brothers volunteered their services to promoter T. Jay Thompson when he held his first Hawaii Super Brawl events in 1995. Thompson immediately put them to task in multiple roles, including judging, advising, and commentating.
In 1999 the Onzuka’s created “www.onzuka.com,” a personal website that quickly grew into the primary resource for mixed martial arts, grappling, and traditional martial arts news and information in the State of Hawaii.
Chris and Mike Onzuka either referee or assist with almost every grappling and mixed martial arts competition in Hawaii. Both are accomplished competitors as well, each having earned brown belt status in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. Mike Onzuka also holds a brown belt in judo, which he earned at Hawaii’s prestigious Shobukan Judo Club. The brown belt, both in jiu-jitsu and judo, is the final belt a practitioner can receive before earning the highest level of accomplishment, the black belt. Off-the-mat and outside-the-ring, both have been instrumental in providing crucial testimony to State lawmakers and the State Auditor for mixed martial arts legislation and regulation.
Today the Onzuka’s own and operate the O2 Martial Arts Academy in Aiea, Hawaii. The O2 Martial Arts Academy offers Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, submission grappling, kickboxing, and escrima. They are the co-hosts and producers of Fighter’s Club TV, a public access program that focuses on martial arts news and events. Mike Onzuka also serves as analyst alongside play-by-play announcer Kanoa Leahey in the Icon Sport broadcast team. Chris Onzuka has been a judge at almost every Icon Sport event in its twelve-year history.
The Icon Sport Achievement Award is given to pioneers, contributors, and diplomats of mixed martial arts athletics. Haru Shimanishi of Honolulu’s HMC Academy was the first recipient of this award.
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