Calvin Chin's Martial Arts Academy

CCMAA is celebrating 30 years at this year’s open house! We’re inviting all alumni to come back — whether you’d like to perform or simply join us in the audience, we would love to have you there. Please DM us and let us know if you’d like to participate. We’re excited to come together and celebrate the memories, the community, and everything CCMAA represents.

Looking forward to performing at Mohegan Sun at their annual Lunar New Year Lion Dance Parade!

First day and first experience in competing at the USKSF tournament. Great job by our youngest students! Congratulations to all.

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The Helen Gee Chin Scholarship Foundation selection committee has completed its review of 2025-26 applications. Over the years, our scholarships have supported students with dedication, discipline, and a strong connection to martial arts values, as well as academic achievements.

Thanks to the generosity of its donors, the Foundation was able to award a total of $21,500 this year! Join us in congratulating this year’s award recipients:

• $3500 to Shaun Chen of Zhang Kung Fu Institute, CA
• $3500 to Elena Chow of Elite Kung Fu, CA
• $3500 to Michael-Anthony Kline of Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy, CT
• $3500 to Casey Lew of US Wushu Center, OR
• $3500 to Isaac Wen of Elite Kung Fu, CA

Honorable Mentions:
• $2000 to Wihl Costelo of Shaolin Kung Fu Academy, FL
• $2000 to Amaya Estevez of Rising Dragon Martial Arts, WI

Our cumulative total now stands at $204,500 awarded since 2011! Photos of award recipients will soon be added to our website hgcscholarshipfoundation.org.

The date for Open House (also Fundraiser for the Helen Gee Chin Scholarship Foundation) has been chosen - June 15th! Please see the attached poster for tentative details.

The event will include performances by our students and instructors, and there is no ticket cost for the Open House performance. Thank you!

Thank you to our members for supporting us at Mohegan Sun! It is a long day (made longer by snow) but always a team bonding event, especially with the old troupe teaching the little lions. We appreciate everyone’s help and Mohegan Sun Casino for having us for their lion dance parade 2025!

Join us for a Tai Chi Meet-up on Sunday, 9/8/24 at 10:30am-12pm

Q & A about Tai Chi and potential benefits, the learning process and a special rate for new members at a special class on Sundays at 10:30am. Come for details.

Also, our class schedule for the fall starting September 8th (summer schedule until then) is on our website: http://www.calvinchin.com/schedule

The Helen Gee Chin Scholarship Foundation held its annual fundraiser last Sunday at CCMAA with performances, raffles, auctions, and sales to raise money for the scholarships it awards every summer. We are always happy to see so many Academy alumni, friends and family of Helen and Sifu come out and support the Foundation.

We are extremely grateful not only to our amazing donors, but to the wonderful volunteers and performers who work so hard to put on this event. THANK YOU!

Sharing the announcement of the 2024-25 award recipients:
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We are very pleased to announce our 2024-25 Award Recipients!

$3500 to Maggie Cheng of Zhuang's Tai Chi and Kung Fu Academy, LA
$3500 to Samarth Hegde of Zhang Kung Fu Institute, CA
$3500 to Max Raffel of Calvin Chin's Martial Arts Academy, MA

Honorable Mentions:
$2000 to Crystal Chang of Elite Kung Fu, CA
$2000 to Jackie Gallagher of Professional Martial Arts Academy, VA
$2000 to Alinda Lau of Rise Martial Arts Academy, CA

Scholarship recipients come from all over the United States, and our cumulative award total is now $183,000 to date, thanks to the generosity of our donors and fundraising efforts of our volunteers!

Calvin Chin's Martial Arts Academy will be holding its annual OPEN HOUSE on July 21st to raise funds to support the Helen Gee Chin Scholarship Foundation and to showcase the progress of its members. The event will include performances by our students and instructors, items for purchase*/auction benefiting the foundation, and afterwards, a ticketed fundraiser dinner (requires prior purchase for planning purposes - please email [email protected]). If you are local, we hope you can join us!

The Foundation was formed in 2011, in memory of Simo Helen, Sifu’s beloved wife and administrator of the Academy for 15 years, who passed away after a brief battle with cancer. The Foundation grants scholarships to college-bound students of Chinese martial arts. It was an opportunity to take a terrible loss and turn it into something positive. Scholarship recipients come from all over the United States, and our cumulative award total is more than $166,000 to date, thanks to the generosity of our donors and fundraising efforts of our volunteers!

* After a long hiatus, Mrs. Gee (Helen's mom) has resumed making paper crafts this year, particularly dragons!

P.S. The HGCSF 2024-25 application deadline is June 15th.