Steve Coleman

Who is Steve Coleman?

Steve Coleman was born on 22 September 1981. He is best known for being a Great Britain Wushu athlete and an actor.

Steve has won the Great Britain National Wushu Championships no less than 7 times, as well as breaking and setting new Great Britain National Wushu records. Steve is also the first competitor from the UK to win medals in the Longfist category at the European Championships since Ray Park in 1994.

History of Steve Coleman in martial arts. Steve began martial arts at the age of 9 by practicing Shotokan Karate. He trained and competed in Karate until the age of 14, earning a junior black belt and winning several competitions in fighting and forms. At 15, Steve turned his attention to Kung Fu and kickboxing. After a year of finding his direction in martial arts Steve began training in London in Wushu and Chin Woo, later complemented by training in San-Shou and Gymnastics.

This took Steve around the world training and competing in Malaysia, USA, Europe and China, winning the 2002 Chin Woo World Championships and the Traditional National Wushu Championships in 2001 and 2002.

At the age of 21, Steve continued his training by focusing strictly on Wushu. Having found himself a personal 1-2-1 coach in Mike Donoghue, former Great Britain Wushu athlete in 1995, Steve went on to win the all-round National Wushu Championships in 2003 and consecutively every year since. This was added to with another World Chin Woo Championship win in 2006, various European Competition wins, and representation of the Great Britain Wushu Team.