Today we performed for the Collegiate Wushu Tournament hosted by UCSD's Wushu club. It was a very good performance that took place at the main gym on campus - we received the most applause and cheers that I have ever experienced as my time as a performer. I took note of a few things: we were performing for a half time show for a Chinese martial arts tournament, we are a Japanese music group but not all of us are Japanese - however, not every competitor was Chinese either.
I think what was the most interesting thing was the reception of audience, especially from the fact that there were schools from the entire country there who are all ethnicities, coming from all walks of life. Wushu is a performance martial art, more flashy moves and choreography (in my opinion), but that doesnt Deep down, it doesn't change the fact that they all work very hard at what they do and that they are all performers at heart. In the end, it doesn't matter that we're two different groups of two different ethnicities, or anything like that. We are all performers at heart, and being able to share this through music and martial arts-like movements (taiko is like elements of martial arts set to music in my opinion)transcends the barriers of race and ethnicity.
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