Photo, TCMAA Master Quoc L. Tran with Grandmaster Gary Wasniewski, chairman of London International Martial Arts Hall of Fame.

(July 9, 2009) — Master Quoc L. Tran, founder and chief instructor of Tran’s Combat Martial Arts Academy traveled to London, England to attend the London International Martial Arts Hall of Fame 2009, hosted by the world’s greatest kicker Grandmaster Gary Wasniewski.

The event was held at the Guoman Tower Hotel, London, England on June 6. The venue was next to the Tower of London, Tower Bridge and overlooking the river Thames.  Some of the world’s greatest martial artists gathered together at this event to celebrate and honor the awardees; and most importantly, the event is to honor, respect and unite all in the worldwide martial arts community, regardless of style, art or politics.

At the event, in the morning, Master Tran — who is the founder of Vietnamese Combat Martial Arts / Wushu (Tinh Vo Dao / Vietnamese Combat Natural Boxing, Tranjitsu, Lu Tran Kung Fu, Street Rapid Defense System) — had an opportunity to be the first instructor to conduct a seminar to all the attendees. There were more than fifty martial artists who participated in Tran’s seminar includeing masters and grandmasters. Tran taught warm-up exercises that can be used in self defense situations, chopstick techniques and his one hand fighting style “Lien Hoang Fist.”  Other martial artists seminar instructors included Grandmaster Germon Miller, Master Stephen Dithmar, Master Geza Szepvolgyi, Grandmaster Gary Wasniewski, Grandmaster Gianni Rossato, Master Tony Leslie, Master Mark Murphy, Master Gary Nellies, Master Mike Dickenson and Master Peter Rosendahl.

The hall of fame award banquet started at 7 p.m. with dinner and entertainment. This year hall of fame event is even more special with the preview trailer of a new action movie ‘The Kill Factor – Thunderkick 2’ which was featured during the banquet event; a movie in which Tran was featured in. Tran was honored and inducted into the London International Martial Arts Hall of Fame in the category of “Grandmaster Award”, one of the highest awards in the hall of fame. This is the second time that Tran was inducted into the London International Martial Arts Hall of Fame. The first and only martial arts hall of fame in Europe.

Tran’s combat Martial Arts Academy is located at 748 Paterson Ave., East Rutherford. For more information about Tran and his school, visit www.tcmaacademy.com or e-mail info@tcmaacademy.com.