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Disney World hosts its seventh annual “Disney Martial Arts Festival” October 26-28, 2007 in Orlando Florida, at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex.
Two major championships, KICK International Junior Nationals and the Finals Series and second year of the Tiger Claw National Elite Championship are integrated into this event. This will also be Tiger Claws first out of 11 National Qualifiers in 2007 across the U.S.   In addition to variations on different forms of kickboxing, this year the multi faceted event includes Breaking and Savate Continuous Sparring. Other categories at the festival will include Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, American Kenpo, Breaking, Koshiki (Continuous Contact Karate), Contemporary Wushu, Sports MMA (Mixed Martial Arts), Judo, Olympic Style Taekwondo, Puerto Rico ITF, Federation Nacional de Taekwon-Do,Traditional, Musical Martial Arts, Sparring, Savate Continuous Sparring, Taiji, Traditional Kung Fu, Classical Chinese and Okinawan Karate, Filipino Martial Arts, KICK/USA Karate, Sport Grappling, Sport Jiujitsu.
The festival has grown from over 850 athletes in 2001 to over 1200 athletes and coaches in 2006. Last year's festival also show cased the Cirque du Soleil casting team, and introduced a live web cast of the Saturday Night Showcase. The demonstrations are guaranteed to be a true display of stamina, flexibility and strength. There will be seminars by Former UFC heavyweight champion Bas Rutten and martial artist and writer Mr. Lee Welake. Moreover, a business symposium with topics ranging from fund raising for tournaments to "How to Run a Women’s Self Defense Course" offer additional educational value. Past speakers have included top Martial Artist Grand Master,Jhoon Rhee, and a former women’s boxing world Featherweight champion, Bonnie Canino. On Saturday October 28th evening show of the festival will be broadcast live on the internet. To view the feed go to www.disneyworldsports.com. For more information on Disney's Martial Arts Festival or to register visit: http://www.tournament.info/conference.htm
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