Shifu SHIRLEY CHOCK
Shifu Shirley was part of Grandmaster Cheng's tai chi competition team that trained intensively and competed in U.S. national and international tournaments in 2005 and 2006. Shifu Shirley was fortunate to be able to participate in the very last A Taste of China All Taijiquan Championships held in Winchester, VA in 2005. This was the only tai chi tournament that did not have separate competition categories for sexes, ages, or experience levels, all competed against each other per event. She won the gold medal in 24 Form Taijiquan, the only female to place in the event. Also in 2005, Shifu Shirley won the title of Internal Advanced Female Grand Champion at the Greater Hartford International Chinese Martial Arts Tournament held in Hartford, CT. She won Internal Advanced Female Grand Champion at the Greater Hartford International Chinese Martial Arts Tournament for the second straight year in 2006.
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In 2006, Shifu Shirley won female internal champion at the Battle at the Boardwalk: International Chinese Martial Arts Championships, in Atlantic City, NJ. Later that year, She also won gold medals in 24 Form Taijiquan and 42 Form Taijiquan and the silver medal in 42 Form Taijijian at the 2006 International Chinese Martial Arts Championships in Orlando, FL.
In July/August 2006, Shifu Shirley trained with the Zhejiang Wushu Team, the same team Grandmaster Cheng competed on and coached, in preparation for the 2006 Qingchunbao Cup Zhejiang Traditional Wushu Tournament in Hangzhou, China. In China, She won gold medals in 24 Form Taijiquan, 42 Form Taijiquan, 42 Form Taijijian, and Taiji Fan and the silver medal in Sun style Taijiquan. Shifu Shirley's final competition was the last U.S. Nationals held by the U.S. Wushu Union in Monroeville, PA, where she won the title of 2006 U.S. Female Grand Champion and Female Internal All Around Champion. |