Category Archives: Martial Arts

Adi Salihin snags silver at World Games

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN NATIONAL wushu athlete Muhammad Adi Saihin Roslan bagged a silver medal at the World Games 2025 in Chengdu, China. Adi Salihin took the runner-up spot in the men's combined nanquan - nangun event after tallying a total of 19.456 points (9.716 + 9.740) losing out to Iran's Shahin Banitalebi…
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Successful outing for Junior Wushu team

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE national junior wushu team amassed a total of two gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the recently concluded 12th Asian Junior Wushu Championship in China. The duo of Abel Lim and Gwen Lee Yen Xi finished top of the podium in their respective events at the Pegasus Watertown Culture…
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Wasiqah wins silver at 1st Nusantara C’ship

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN IT was the closest of margins for national pencak silat athlete Nur Wasiqah Aziemah Rosihan. She narrowly missed out on the gold medal in the women's tunggal event at the inaugural Nusantara Championship 2025 in Singapore over the weekend. Contested in a round-robin format, Wasiqah recorded a 2-1 win-loss…
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Brunei duilian team strike gold at World Cup

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI are on top of the world as the duo of Abel Lim and Majdurano Joel Majallah Sain struck gold in the men's duilian event at the 3rd Taolu World Cup in Japan. The pair recorded 9.683 points to finish at the top of the podium at the Yokohama…
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Adi Salihin wins silver at Wushu World Cup

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN NATIONAL wushu athlete Mohammad Adi Salihin Roslan created more history after a podium finish at the 3rd Taolu World Cup in Yokohama, Japan. He bagged Brunei's first ever medal in the competition after finishing second in the men's nangun event on Saturday. Adi Salihin tallied 9.750 points finishing behind…
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Basma wins gold, qualifies for World Games 2025

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN NATIONAL wushu athlete Basma Lachkar just can't stop winning at the moment. The 21-year-old added another medal to her cabinet after winning gold in the women's taijiquan - taijijian combined event at the inaugural World Games series 2024 in Hong Kong. Basma tallied a total of 19.323 points to…
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Brunei junior Wushu team deliver strong performance

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI produced a successful showing in front of the home crowd at the 9th World Junior Wushu Championships after a haul of three gold, three silver and two bronze medals. The result sees the Sultanate place eighth overall in the standings of the September 25-29 competition. Walid Lachkar was…
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Brunei Karatekas rake in two silver and one bronze

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE Brunei karatedo team will return with two silver and one bronze medals from SUKMA XXI. Farhah Syahirah Mohamad Shamrin won the first silver medal in the women’s individual Kata event on Saturday after posting 38.6 points. She was 0.6 points behind eventual winner Lovelly Anne Robberth of Sabah…
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Walid clinches Brunei’s first ever wushu gold at SUKMA

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN WALID Lachkar bagged Brunei's first ever wushu gold at SUKMA after winning the men's daoshu event in Kuching, Sarawak on Thursday. His routine tallied a score of 9.613 points to blow away the rest of the 18-competitor field at the Wushu Centre. Lee Ronn of Melaka followed in second…
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Walid wins Brunei’s first bronze at SUKMA XXI

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI bagged their first podium finish at SUKMA XXI in Kuching, Sarawak after wushu athlete Walid Lachkar won the bronze medal in the men’s changquan event on Wednesday. The 18-year-old registered 9.580 points to finish third in the field of 24 participants at the Wushu Centre. Penang claimed a…
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