Filipe Santos

Filipe e Vasco em Madrid (Fazendo pub à FPAMC!)

Bem, é verdade que à quase um ano que não dou noticias, não por falta de tempo ou interesse, mas simplesmente porque não queria (lol)!

Desde o Campeonato de Ourense de 2010, que basicamente estive afastado das competições e afins, e este ano ainda não fiz nada. Foi um ano Universitário trabalhoso, assim como a nível profissional e mesmo pessoal, e todas estas coisas não me permitiram uma preparação como eu desejava para poder integrar a Selecção Nacional na sua deslocação ao Campeonato de Ourense de 2011, nem sequer como juiz, visto que a semana seguinte foi de doidos, mas pronto!

Embora, não me sentisse me plena forma física ou numa forma satisfatória, não deixei de treinar, onde tive a oportunidade de treinar com uma grande treinadora, e ex-atleta chinesa Wu Yong Mei, actual seleccionadora da equipa Suiça.

Filipe e Wu Yong Mei

Sem duvida uma óptima experiência e uma excelente e dedicada professora!

Posteriormente para começar as minhas merecidas férias, nada melhor que uma deslocação a Madrid a convite de José Maria Guardiola, juntamente com o meu amigo Vasco (GZero), para treinar com a equipa de Madrid durante duas semanas. Mais uma óptima experiência, com uma equipa que está num nível a cima, e principalmente um excelente ambiente de treino!

Vasco, Chema e Filipe

Para os próximos tempo, avizinha-se uma nova ida a Madrid e possivelmente os Nacionais.

Bons treinos para todos!

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!! :)

The Portuguese Wushu Team is already in Antalaya. It all went well, except that Margarida has lost her weapons somewhere. That's not good news, at all!

I happy that Portugal finally has good athletes, and a good organization to get back to the internacional Wushu competition. I hope that they do a good job there. We all need that!

I'm still a little sad to stay in Portugal, but a lot of things just won't let me go.

In other hand, my knee is better and better! I'm not 100%, maybe 80%, but i'm working on it. For now, i'm increasing my muscle mass in the legs, especially around the knee.

See you soon :)