WildAid Tiger Claw Championship
The 12th Annual WildAid Tiger Claw Elite Showcase was held at the Tiger Claw Elite Championships on Sunday May 5, 2024.
The 2024 Champions are:
WildAid Adult (18+): Yu, Tianci - Kung Fu Dragon USA
WildAid Teen (12-17): Tian, Luke - Omei Academy
WildAid Cub (11 & Under): Liao, Isaac - Sun's Kung Fu Academy
In 2010, the Year of the Tiger, the Tiger Claw Foundation pledged to support WildAid in its efforts to preserve wild tigers. All the proceeds generated from this Showcase Championship are donated directly to WildAid. The following year, the Tiger Claw Foundation extended that pledge to encompass all the endangered species that WildAid seeks to protect. The WildAid Tiger Claw Championship has been held every year since, expanding in 2015 to include Teen and Pre-teen Champions. It has grown into the most high-profile Showcase Championship of the Tiger Claw Elite Championships.
The Tiger Claw Foundation has donated over $16,000 to WildAid through the WildAid Tiger Claw Championship.
In cooperation with TigerClaw.com, KungFuMagazine.com and WildAid.
The WildAid Tiger Claw Championship is a special "any style, any form" division. It is the only division where Taekwondo and Chinese martial arts can compete against each other; however, Taekwondo has not stepped up in years. There is the adult WildAid Tiger Claw division and two youth divisions: the WildAid Tiger Claw Teen is for competitors ages 17–12 and the WildAid Tiger Claw Cub for ages 11 and under.
HISTORY
In the Year of the Tiger 2010, the Tiger Claw Foundation launched a special Showcase Championship with all proceeds donated to WildAid. WildAid is an international non-profit organization with the mission to end the illegal wildlife trade within our lifetimes. Jackie Chan is a primary spokesperson for WildAid, accompanied by Yao Ming, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lupita Nyong’o, Maggie Q, Li Bingbing, Jay Chou, David Beckham and many other international celebrities.
When the buying stops, the killing can too.
STAY TUNED. MORE TO COME…
Past WildAid Tiger Claw Champions
2010: Yuan Long
2011: Zhang Yongbiao
2012: Sun Qibo
2013: Yu Zhenlong
2014: Sen Gao
2015: Tian Chongfang
2016: Li Yujie
2017: Cheng Shengwei
2018: Lei Fan
2019: Xia Zhiyang
2023: Judy Liu
2024: Tianci Yu
WildAid Teen Tiger Champions (17-12 )
2015: Leland Zhang
2016: Ian Lim
2017: Brandon Cheng
2018: Naoki Tang
2019: Judy Liu
2023: Luke Tian
2024: Luke Tian
WildAid Tiger Cub Champions (11 & under)
2015: Ian Lim
2016: Marisa Malto
2017: Max Lwin
2018: Mariella Brayton
2019: TIE Lucas Dong & Kevin Le
2023: Junchen Yang
2024: Isaac Liao