USA WKF loses Tiger Claw Sponsorship?

[ngokfei]

Just heard from the grapevile (gossip hotline) that TigerClaw (parent company of Kungfuwushu magazine) has pulled their sponsorship of the USA WKF.

Pretty hazzy info so far but something was said it was due to their shady voting procedures, etc.

Now thats nothing new. there was a mass exodus from WKF quite a few years ago and resulted in the formation of the short lived US Wushu Union. this pretty much knocked the wind out of the WKF's expansion and domination of tournametns in the US.

Must be some additional reasons imo.

anyhow whats the scoop?

[GeneChing]

The subscribers are getting there issues now. We'll probably go live with it online too, when the magazine drops on the newsstands (scheduled for 1/31).

For the record, Tiger Claw and the Tiger Claw Foundation always donated directly to the athletes. While in cooperation with the USAWKF, all resources were given to only to support the athletes. Now, due to their flagrant disregard to fairness, TCF won't even be doing that anymore.

It's all in the Claw Marks column of the upcoming issue.

[GeneChing]

Claw Marks: Tiger Claw Ends Sponsorship of USAWKF by Gene Ching