TT duo golden at Barbados Martial Arts Open

O’Neil also earned a silver medal at the annual event on Easter weekend that attracted athletes from Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, USA, Bermuda, St Lucia and Barbados.

Spectators enjoyed fitness competitions, wrestling, beach wrestling, martial arts forms, weapons, sparring and full contact san show (Chinese kickboxing).

Rollins Alleyne, president of the Barbados Wushu Association, hosted the event. Oscar Lightbourne of the Pan American Wushu Federation and certified instructor and coach for technical training conducted three days of technical training on IWUF (International Wushu Federation) rules and regulations.

The Barbados Wushu Association will be coming to Trinidad for the Caribbean Taste of China All Styles Open Martial Arts Championships on May 21 at 10 am at the Chaguanas Regional Indoor Sports Arena. Seminars on tai chi and kung fu will be conducted before the tournament begins.

Alleyne, Erskine Husbands and Dr Che Corbin of Barbados will attend the Taste of China event, while special guests from China are Lao Jian, Han Lipeng and Guan Dong Lion Dance group.

For further information contact Sifu Rahman Khabir, president of the Wushu Association of Trinidad and Tobago at 354-1114.