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Friday November 29, 2002 Are you ready to HOWL?!?!? The UNM Lady Lobos were, and it was awesome to be there with them on the day after Thanksgiving. There were two games that evening, and Martial Artistry's Team Steel Phoenix was invited to do both half-time shows. What a way to work off all that Thanksgiving turkey! The Pit was amazing, and the fans -- WOW! -- what a reception! |
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We had so much fun at this show. We met Lucy Lobo, who was a scream as she did her own take on "Kung Fu Fighting". Li, our Southern Chinese Lion, was quite smitten. He tried to get all playful with her, but Lucy, who'd never seen such a critter before, was a little shy. Too bad! They made a really cute couple! (right: National Champion Chris Baca and Amir Shirkhorshidian perform wushu double head spear) |
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We'd gotten some really cute photos of Lucy, but
-- alas! -- we suffered a fatal hard drive crash, coupled with a back-up
snafu, and the majority of the photos of this event were lost forever.
We're still recovering, which is why some of the older stuff in the "Blasts
from the Past" section may be unavailable, at least for a little while.
(left: Kip Barkhurst plays the Naughty Monk and Diana Ma and Michael Panto play Li in the Drunken Lion Dance) |
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Many Martial Artistry students bought group tickets so they could watch the shows and the games, so we had quite the cheering section. Lillie, Alex and Nicole strike upward with wushu broadsword (below). |
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The basketball games were fast-paced and fun to
watch. (right) Senior Student Amir Shirkhorshidian strikes a kung fu mantis pose in mid-court.
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(left) State Champion James
Cole and Reserve National Champion Monique Cordova weild the wushu double
head spear.
(below) Our Naughty Monk, Kip Barkhurst, leaps over Li, played by Diana Ma and Michael Panto. |
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| (right) National Champion Chris Baca plays the kung fu double axes. |
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(left) The kung fu warfan
set, He Shan, was very popular with the UNM Lobos crowd. Those
are Lillie Vosa, Junior Instructor's Aide Danielle Stender, Nicole Neff and
Junior Instructor's Aide Alex Daniels.
(below) National Champion Chris Baca, State Champion James Cole and Reserve National Champion Monique Cordova conclude the wushu Four Cloud double head spear form. |
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| (right) Senior student Amir Shirkhorshidian executes a tornado kick during his wushu staff routine. |
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(left) State Champion James Cole does a butterfly kick over the whip chain in a wushu weapons routine. |
| (right) There's that ornery Li, playing to the Lobo's crowd. You just KNOW he's looking for trouble. |
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(left) State Champion James
Cole and Reserve National Champion Monique Cordova descend from a butterfly
kick in the wushu Four Cloud Double Head Spear routine. We had a blast working with and watching the UNM Lobos. If you want learn more about the UNM Lobos or you want to get tickets to see an exciting Lobos game, go to www.golobos.com
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