第31届美国少林散打公开赛即将开幕

The 31^st US OPEN CHALLENGE WILL BE HELD SOON

1994年5月，第1届美国少林散打公开赛在阿拉巴马州莫必尔会议中心举行。此后，德如禅师在美国组织举办了30多届美国少林散打公开赛。其中包括八场由少林学院承办的，由KSF（功夫散打联合会）及美国SKF（美国散手功夫联合会）批准的专业水平的散手/散打公开赛。

The first US Open was held at the Convention Center in Mobile, Alabama on May, 1994. Since its inception, Grandmaster DeRu (Shawn X. Liu), has held over thirty US Open KungFu Sanshou/Sanda fighting events here in the US. Included are eight professional “Art of War” Sanshou/Sanda tournaments, sponsored by the Shaolin Institute and sanctioned by KSF (KungFu SanDa Federation) and USA SKF (United States of America Sanshou KungFu Federation).

“自从我在美国举办第一届着力于功夫散打体育竞技的官方美国公开国际武术锦标赛，距今已经23年了，”德如禅师说到，“近年来，许多著名的散打选手，如大卫·桑德斯，帕特里克·巴里，K.J. Noon和康李，都从这里起步，后来在美国公开武术挑战赛和美国公开赛等国际武术锦标赛中取得了冠军。

“It’s been 23 years since I hosted the first official US Open International Martial Arts Championship in the US, focusing on KungFu Sanshou Sports Fighting,” said Grandmaster DeRu. “As a result, great fighters, such as David Sanders, Patrick Barry, K.J. Noon and Cung Le, are among the ranks to have their fighting roots as champions at the US Open Martial Arts Fighting Challenge and US Open International Martial Arts Championships, held in Mobile, Alabama.” All of them have trained extensively in Mobile before heading on to the UFC.