Category Archives: Martial Arts

Basma wins silver at World University Games

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BASMA Lachkar added another medal to her cabinet after taking second place in the women's taijijian event at the World University Games. She tallied a total of 9.680 points to home silver at the Chengbei Gymnasium in Chengdu, China. Chen Xiaoli of China won the gold with 9.746 points…

July 30, 2023

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Brunei taekwondo team win 1 gold and 1 bronze

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE national taekwondo team marked their return to the global stage with a haul of one gold and one bronze at the 2023 Seongnam World Taekwondo Hanmadang. Juliana Abas finished the top of the podium for the gold in the Long Jump Kick Junior 2 category with a height…

July 22, 2023

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Hosea Wong strikes second gold for Brunei

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THIRD time's the charm for Hosea Wong Zheng Yu. The national wushu athlete captured Brunei's second gold medal at the 32nd SEA Games after winning the men's taijiquan + taijijian event on Friday. He had won silver in the taijiquan event and bronze in the taijijian event in 2019…

May 12, 2023

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Adi Salihin completes golden hat-trick at SEA Games

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN NATIONAL wushu athlete Mohammad Adi Salihin Roslan has done it again. He clinched Brunei's first gold medal at the 32nd SEA Games after winning the men's nanquan event on Wednesday. This is the third consecutive Games where he has landed at the top of the podium - making him…

May 10, 2023

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Pencak Silat: Anisah hopes to overcome challenges

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN WILL it be three podium finishes in a row for pencak silat exponent Anisah Najihah Abdullah at the SEA Games? Anisah has back-to-back medals - winning bronze in the women's seni tunggal event in 2019 and followed that up with a silver in the regu event last year. She…

April 30, 2023

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Karate: Kuwait team lend Brunei a helping hand

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE national karate team were handed a timely boost ahead of the 32nd SEA Games to train with the visiting Kuwait team over three days. The Kuwaiti contingent included Abdullah Shaaban, a two-time Asian Kumite champion, and the kata team made up of twins Mohamed and Salman Al Mosawi…

April 28, 2023

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Wushu team prepped for SEA Games

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE national wushu team are all prepped up ahead of the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia. The team are nearing the end of their 36-day training camp in China and will send seven athletes to the biennial Games in Phnom Penh. Back-to-back SEA Games gold medallist Mohd Adi Salihin…

April 26, 2023

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Brunei Silat team produce good showing

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI had a good outing at the Sarawak Premier International Silat Championship after returning home with two silver and one bronze medals recently. Nur Wasiqah Aziemah Rosihan bagged the first medal as she took the runners-up spot in the women’s tunggal event at the February 27th – March 5th…

March 19, 2023

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Brunei pencak silat team bag two bronze medals

Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI will return with two bronze medals from the 19th World Pencak Silat Championships 2022 in Melaka, Malaysia. Both medals came from the men's and women's regu events at the 26th - 31st July competition. In the men's category, the team of Mohd Ali Saifullah Abdullah Mohd Suaimi, Mohd Hazim…

July 31, 2022

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Basma wins historic gold at World Games

Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN NATIONAL wushu athlete Basma Lachkar made Brunei proud as she clinched a historic gold at the World Games 2022 in Birmingham, USA. She finished on the top of the podium of the women's combined taijiquan and taijijian event after tallying a total of 19.040 points (9.517 + 9.523) in the…

July 14, 2022

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