Marta Coral an athlete and martial artist.

My name is Marta Coral and I am an athlete and martial artist, my Passion is kungfu and sanda (kungfu combat) I am champion of Spain 8 times. This martial art has made me know myself like never before.

How did you develop your love for kungfu?

Before I was a person who did not trust myself, I was easily manipulated, I did not know how to say no. Since I practiced this noble art, I have managed to bring out the best version of myself, which was there, but asleep. Now I am passionate, humble, and determined, I overcome fears every day, especially now when I am afraid of something I want to do it, nothing slows me down, if I fall I get up as many times as necessary.

What attracted you to the Kungfu of all other sports?

It attracted me that Kung-Fu brings me life and knowledge of myself. Every time I think about how to define it, it’s harder for me because it changes people. It is a philosophy. It is a martial art, anaerobic, and therapeutic exercise. It is a way of meeting people, of having friends, of having a family. I was attracted by the nobility it has, the non-envy, the simplicity in everything that is to say not thinking.

Being yourself in the movements, I was attracted by the beauty it has, the delicacy as well as strength and claw, the culture, the thousands of years of tradition, that kungfu was the beginning of martial arts in the world.

At what age did you start learning kungfu?

I start learning when I was 23 years.

What is your style and what rank do you currently hold in kungfu?

Ming Chuan style, I’m a 2dan black belt, Sports technician, Chrono, and Regional referee.

What was the highest award you ever won?

I have a few, but the highest prize is finding myself. Make karate my lifestyle, be happy, and meet a great family.

These are my awards:

• SPORTS RACE AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.
• 8 Times Spanish Champion of Sanda up to 65kg (4 times by the Royal Spanish Karate Federation and four times by the Spanish Chinese Kuoshu Association).
• 6 times the champion of Spain forms empty hands.
• 4 times the champion of Spain forms with weapons.
• 3 times champion of Spain of semi-sanda up to 65kg (by the Spanish Chinese Kuoshu Association).
• 2 times champion of sanda in the I and II open of sanda de Kuo Shu.
• European champion traditional empty hand forms.
• European runner-up forms with Wudang weapons.
• total matches: 34
• 31 won – 3 lost
• 22 Sanda fights (1 lost)
• 12 semi-sanda matches (two lost)

What do you like more forms-taolu or sanda combat?

I think that one cannot live without the other, I understand that many people only do. One of the two, but it is a mistake, each one complements the other, the one that makes taolu or forms

Gains in technique, the ability to move, it is not the same to move in combat Guard than in a very low position of forms, because if I manage to move well there, imagine in combat that it is a higher position.

Do you have a favorite sensei?

My master Jose Miguel Antolín, but I greatly admire Shifu in Kungfu from Wudang mountain.

How did you get to this position and how was your path in this sport?

It was a difficult and beautiful path at the same time, I am very excited and that was the key.

To grow in this noble art, every day I wanted to learn more, and train more. I was looking for the time from anywhere, I left work and I no longer came to class but I went running even if there were only 15 minutes of class left, I always thought they were 15 more minutes in which I learned something new, with that mentality I was growing more and more. People didn’t understand it, they told me are you going to class for 15 minutes? And told them Of course! Even if it rained, even if I had a cold, even if I was very tired I was always there, and I also transmitted that illusion to my colleagues. I gave everything, that is, I give everything.

Do you take Kungfu as your profession or is it just a hobby?

I take it as my way of life, it is not a hobby, not at all, it took it into my daily life why can’t you leave what I learned on the mat, you have to take it to your day to day, to personal and work situations … Knowing how to approach each situation necessarily, then it is when you will have found the true meaning of Karate.

Who has inspired you throughout your sporting career?

My master Jose Miguel Antolín has inspired me, I never met a person like him, a fighter, with charisma, self-confidence, a desire to excel, noble, he also learns from his students and wants them to become better than him, he is not envious nor does he think he is the best, in fact when some student wants to learn another style he does not cheat him to stay he sends him to another school that he knows is good with another teacher, that is not done by just anyone and less in this world that there is every teacher that cheats.

What challenges did you encounter in getting where you are today? You can also share any injury history.

Well, a few months ago I suffered the hardest injury so far.