West Windsor teen Alex Ni will represent the United States this September competing in Bulgaria's 6th World Junior Wushu Championships.
WEST WINDSOR -- West Windsor teen Alex Ni will represent the United States this September competing in Bulgaria's 6th World Junior Wushu Championships.
The Community Middle School graduate--who has been studying martial arts since he was six years old--will compete in the biennial contemporary martial arts competition, which takes place from Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
The World Junior Wushu Championships features the highest competitive level within the junior division of the sport. The competition is divided into three age groups -- Group A for 16-18 years old, Group B for 13-15 years old, and Group C for 12 years old and under. Each country can send up to two boys and two girls from each age group (for a grand total of 12) to the competition.
The 14-year-old athlete made the US national team in 2014, excelling in traditional martial arts. Ni competed in the Traditional Championships held in China, winning a gold and a silver medal in his age group.
For the past year, he has focused his training in contemporary martial arts and regularly travels to Virginia for intensive training. During the national team trials held in San Jose, Calif. from July 9-10, Ni captured the top team spot in his age group from a field of 42 boys of the highest level in the nation, according to a release.
Ni has regularly performed in his school and district talent shows, in senior and rehab centers, Plainsboro Founders Day, and Chinese New Year celebrations. He won a bronze grand prize in the NYC Sinovision Talent show with his martial arts performance in 2015, and he has also performed in Lincoln Center earlier this year.
In the Junior Championships in Bulgaria, he will be competing in fist, straight sword, and spear forms.
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