It wasn't a Bruce Lee movie, but spectators were treated to all kinds of sparring at every level, as the Wun Hop Kuen Do Kung Fu club hosted a martial arts tournament Saturday in Gosman. Fighters from all over the region came to test their skills, and in the end, Charlie Murphy from Clark Self-Defense in Newton was crowned champion, winning the advanced continuous sparring tournament."It went really well," club president Jason Goldsmith '05 said. "We had a lot of good fights at the end. We had as many spectators as competitors, which is always a good sign. A lot of people training were new, but we had some really good fights."

Fighters were drawn to the tournament by the presence of Grandmaster Al Dacascos, a Kung Fu legend who is often featured in Black Belt Magazine. Dacascos judged portions of the tournament and held a Kung Fu seminar on Sunday.

"I think for a college activity it went pretty well," Dacascos said. "[Brandeis] has great academics, but [Kung Fu] really makes your mind think."

Goldsmith was thrilled to have Dacascos at Brandeis, whose presence he considered yet another step in his club's recent growth.

"The club's been really successful this year," he said. "Our numbers have tripled."

The tournament combined competitions in form, point sparring and continuous sparring. Fighters competed in either beginner, intermediate or advanced fights in each event. Dmitri Vilner '08 came in second place in advanced continuous sparring, while Harold Desauguste of Elite Martial Arts in Needham won both advanced points sparring and advanced form.

"Academics [at Brandeis] are really high, so it's good when students that do [martial arts] and make the time to do it," Dacascos said. "But those who [study martial arts] find that their grades will actually become higher, because not only does your brain work but so does your whole body. The objective of martial arts is something we call 'self-knowledge.'