Iranian teams crowned in Asian Kung Fu To'a Championship
Iranian Kung Fu To’a artists have featured dominant performances at the second edition of the Asian Kung Fu To’a Championship in the Islamic Republic, and stood atop the podium.
On Sunday evening, the Iranian sportsmen finished their campaign at Shahid Beheshti Sports Complex in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad on a high note and won the championship.
Afghan competitors finished as the vice-champion in the continental sporting event and Uzbeks claimed the bronze podium.
Iranian female Kung Fu To’a fighters also sat in the first position of the tournament, and were followed by athletes from Afghanistan and Pakistan in the second and third places respectively.
The second edition of the Asian Kung Fu Championship started on December 6, and wrapped up on December 11.
Dozens of male and female athletes from 17 countries, including Afghanistan, China, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Macau, Malaysia, Pakistan, Palestine, South Korea, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, took part in the event.
Kung Fu To'a is a Persian martial art developed by grand master Ibrahim Mirzaei in the 1960s. The term Kung Fu To'a consists of the Chinese terms Kung (hard work) and Fu (path) as well as To'a (thou) derived from Farsi.
Kung Fu To'a consists of about 73,000 techniques, combinations and reactions. The practitioners of the martial art need to perform rapid and fluid movements, and utilize ingenious techniques, which are commonly called shocks and frequently finished by a twist.
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