Next event April 27-29, 2012

Dear Friends,

It's hard to believe that we are into the 3rd edition of the "Big D" Chinese Martial Arts Championship, which this year is scheduled for the weekend of April 27-29, 2012.

The event will once again be held at the Westin Park Central which offers a beautiful large space for competition as well as a great room room rate. For value and convenience we highly recommend that you stay here.

This year's tournament is 5 Star Rated and will take place over 2 days. Early response has been very positive and we are confident that we will continue to build on past events.

Please mark your calendar and Fire Up Your Team; this is an event that you don't want to miss.

Sincerely,

GM Master Johnny Lee and Nick Scrima

2011 - Dallas Tournament Report

The Second Annual "Big-D" Chinese Martial Arts Championship held on May 14, 2011 at the Westin Park Central in Dallas went off without a hitch. While there was not a great increase in competitors from last year's event the tournament is becoming established in the community and we are committed to working on growing the event.

The "Big D" Competition Floor

The Westin Park Central offered a larger ballroom than our previous event and there is definitely room for growth; we committed to returning to this venue next year when the tournament will be extended over the entire weekend; look for the 3rd Annual "Big D" on May 18-20, 2012.

Grandmaster Johnny Lee with Sifu Patrick Lee and other guests from Hong Kong

Competitors came from Ohio, Connecticut, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama and other states, we also had a team form Hong Kong and as far away as Azerbaijan participate in the tournament.

Opening Ceremonies

Among the Special Guest and officials who attended the event were: Chi Hung Marr, Ray Luk, Alex Kwok, Jincai Cheng, Luo Ming Han, Raymond Fogg, Paul Chu, Andrew Chung, Patrick Lee, Ricky Anderson, Jun Yi Yang, Ray Hildreth, Wu Zhongjia,Tony Timmer, Lori Rowe,Jason Creel,Jillian Doerr, Travis Corcan,Travis Alschbach, Adam Reed, Daniel Schmidt, Kevin Lie, Scott Pettengill, Sheila Guerin, Michael Aronson,Billy Probst, Patty Sun, Mark Warner, Glenn Guerin, Mark Warner and Denny Rader.

We want to thank everyone with their continued support and look forward to welcoming you back in 2012.

Grand Master Johnny Lee and Nick Scrima

"Big-D" 2010 Tournament Report

ICMAC “Big-D” a big hit in Dallas!!! March 26-28, 2010

The ICMAC Worldwide Circuit pulled off another successful event at the “Big-D” championship. Hundreds of competitors and spectators packed the Crystal Ballroom at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dallas, Texas.

Grandmaster Johnny Lee and Nick Scrima were extremely pleased with the turnout for this inaugural event and are already moving forward with plans for 2011.

The competition started 10 minutes before the scheduled time and all rings ran smoothly throughout the duration of the event. The promoters received many compliments for a well-run event.

Competitors from California, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, and Florida and as distant as Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York attended the event.

The special guests who attended the event included Chi Hung Marr, Cheng Jincai, Alex Kwok, Dr. Henry Luk, Jimmy Wong, Paul Chu, Dr. Shie-Ming Hwang, George Ling Hu, Shawn Liu, Raymond Fogg, and Joe Colvin.

We want to give special thanks and recognize the many Sifus whose students participated in the championship; they are listed here alphabetically: Travis Alschbach, Tianrong An, Kevin Chan, William C.C. Chen, Jincai Cheng, Guizhen Chen,Yuan Sing Chen, Kevin Clark, Paul Chu, Richard Feagin, George Giatrakis, Michael graves, Glenn Guerin, Earl Henderson, Happy Hsu, George Hu, Shie-Ming Hwang, Wuzhong Jia, Melvin Lang, Johnny Lee, Kam Lee, Minghan Luo, Kenny Perez, Scott Pettengill, Jiang Hao Quan, Lori Rowe, Dan Schmidt, David Slaughter, Shi De Yang, Shi Xing Hao, Shi Xing Ying, Henry Su, Zifang Su, Ron Teeters, Sheila Todd, Jacky Tsang, John Vanegas, John Wai, Mark Warner, Jimmy Wong, Grace Wu, Xiao Ping Wu.

Grandmaster Johnny Lee and Nick Scrima extend their gratitude to the strong team of volunteers who worked selflessly to insure that the event went off without a hitch and to all tournament participants.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the next "Big-D" ICMAC championship in June of 2011 and at the next upcoming events in our schedule.

Friendship through Martial Arts®

Nick Scrima

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