Kung Fu athletes bring back 22 medals from Pan Am championships
Seven athletes who train with the Wing Chun Kung Fu group VTMTL-Dawson competed at the 4th Pan American Kung Fu Championships in Toronto Aug. 3-6 and came back with 22 medals!
Congrats to the VTMTL-Dawson medallists:
Audrey-Anne St-Laurent (Social Service student): 1 gold, 2 bronze
Alice Liang (Environmental Science student): 2 gold, 1 silver
Jakob Araujo (Interactive Media Arts, Class of 2019): 3 gold, 2 bronze
Raymon Fong (Illustration and Design, Class of 1997; Faculty of 3D Animation and CGI): 1 gold
Richard Walsh (Science, 1978-1980): 2 bronze
Carlos Gentiles: 2 gold, 1 bronze
Aravindan Sridharan: 2 gold, 3 bronze
The head coach of the team is Ricky Lew, a faculty member of Physical Education.
Ricky founded VTMTL-Dawson and teaches Wing Chun evening classes on Mondays and Thursdays from 6 PM to 7:30 PM.
鈥淭his year is our 10th anniversary,鈥� Ricky said. 鈥淥ver the years, we have competed in several tournaments with great success and hope to continue to do so in the future.鈥�
Those interested in Ricky鈥檚 Wing Chun Kung Fu can try a class for free until Sept. 22 as part of Campus Recreation鈥檚 Open House on now through Sept. 22.
Photo: left to right: Ricky, Aravindan, Audrey, Richard, Jakob, Raymon, Carlos, Alice and another coach: Darrell Carreon聽
