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- Competition and Events coordinator
Stewart Beckett started Traditional Martial Arts Training with Omar
El-Kinany in 1988, and started Competition Wushu Training with Soon Tuan
They in 1997. Further to this he started training in Pa Chi, Mantis and Pi
Kua with Master Ng Choong Fua in 1998 and has been accepted as one of the 12
Pa Chi 8th generation Disciples in the UK.
Stewart has held the post of being British and European Gold, Silver and
Bronze Medallist. In 2003 he Qualified as an IWUF Wushu judge and in 2006
became European Head Wushu Judge. Stewart was selected to represent the UK
as an IWUF appointed judge at the Beijing Wushu Olympic Competition in 2008
and the World Games in 2009.
In 2008, he was also appointed as a member of the EWUF Taolu and
Judge commissions, responsible for administering and recording the judges
and referees of all the EWUF member Nations. In 2009 he was promoted to the
Chairman of the EWUF Judges Commission.
In order to share his knowledge gained from competition and judging, he
joined the Chen Wu Kuan Wushu Coach Team in 2009.
As a Microsoft System Consultant he has found that Wushu training has not
just benefited him physically but also academically in his career pursuits.
However he believes that to advance and improve in Wushu at the expense of
education is not advisable. He hopes to organise BCCMA events with the
intention that our junior members are able to continue training and
competing with little effect when they move on to their college and
university education. He also wants BCCMA competitions to be a source of
motivation for its participants, keeping them training with their club, and
stopping them from dropping out of Wushu.
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