For more news and videos visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com<br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision<br />Add us on Facebook ☛ http://me.lt/9P8MUn <br /><br />And after two rounds of international eliminations and two days of competition, NTD's 3rd Traditional Chinese Martial Arts Competition comes to a close. <br /><br />For five thousand years, the traditional marital arts of China have evolved.<br /><br />[Leslie Jaw, Hung Gar Style]:<br />"I look at them and ugh, the years it must have taken to get to that level, it's mind boggling."<br /><br />At the core was the belief in "wude," or martial virtue.<br /><br />[Deogenese Arbosa, Praying Mantis Kung Fu]:<br />"Its not just performing, but you also want to be able to defend people, and protect people, that's what martial arts is really all about."<br /><br />Dozens of different forms, styles, and fists gathered over the weekend to compete in NTD's 3rd International Chinese Traditional Martial Arts Competition.<br /><br />They came from across the globe to midtown Manhattan--some as old as 90, some as young as 11.<br /><br />[Jing Duan Yang, Doctor of Chinese Medicine, Physician]:<br />"Well, marital arts are a wonderful treasure of Chinese culture. It's really not just about performance, but cultivating a person's body and mind and spirit."<br /><br />Competitors tell why they've decided to take part in this competition. <br /><br />[Angela Gao, Pi Gua Quan Style]:<br />"This competition is made for purely traditional martial arts and I really appreciated that because I feel that nowadays modern marital arts look really fantastic and amazing but its missing the core value and I think traditional, it's like traditional Chinese characters. There's more beauty, there's more history involved in traditional martial arts than the modern version."<br /><br />The competition is divided into semifinals and the finals. <br /><br />For Kevin Yang, martial arts have been a way of connecting to his cultural heritage.<br /><br />NTD News, New York
