Filipe Santos

Last weekend, I've been in Ourense with the Portuguese National Team to participate in the IX Campeonato Internacional da Cidade de Ourense 2010.

I got the 2nd place in Nan Quan. I should be happy with that, but i not. Although, i know that it was hard to get the first place. My physical shape was worse than the Portuguese Nationals. As i recall, my nandu was not perfect, i think that i only miss one nandu movement, TKBL540, although, the score was a little weird, because i see in the video the judges cutting out nandu movements that are done quite well. Anyway, my physical shape was not good, and Jose Manuel Ferreira was a lot of power, he did quite good.

Now it's time to study hard, because i have University exam's..

I've been a little busy at this time. Practice and studies are steeling me a lot of time.

So, in the Portuguese Wushu Nationals, three weaks ago, i won the 1st place in Nan Quan. The judging criteria was not quite as i aspect. They didn't use the Wushu evaluation method, and that create a lot of snoozing around.. any away, i won!

 awesome pics by Diogo Leite

Now, i've been call again to be part of the Portuguese Wushu Team, in the IX Campeonato Internacional da Cidad de Ourense, in Spain. It will this weekend. I'm going to compete in Nan Quan only. I don't have a lot of expectation about my result. I just want to do all clean, no mistakes, and hope to do a good job there. There are more experienced guys there. I once compete in Nan Quan, in 2005, in the same tournament and i won, but now, the Spanish Team has a lot more guys with nice level. José Manuel Ferreira is the best guy they have in Nan Quan, young and with a lot of experience, such in the last EWC and WWC. He has power indeed!

See you soon around "here", or see you in Spain.

Good luck to the Portuguese Wushu National Team!! JIAYO!! :)