Daron "Trash Can" Lin

President | SEAS '14, Computer Engineering
Trained for 8 years.

Daron is our fearless leader, our light in the shadow, our captain, our commander, our chairman of the board... and he likes to dance.

Jackie "Douche" Ho

Vice President | CC '14, Economics-Math, Computer Science
Trained for 2 years.

Jackie trained for less than a year in high school, but has resumed her wushu training with the club. Outside of wushu, she enjoys art, design, singing, and is the Vice President in CSC.

Vangie "Picky" Shue

Secretary | SEAS '13, Biomedical Engineering
Trained for 7 years.

Vangie likes to do flowery things with her straightsword and beat people when they don't listen to her. When she isn't doing wushu, she enjoys ballroom dance and studying.

Richard "Halal" Leong

HalalMaster | CC '14, Political Science & Sociology with Pre-Medicine
Trained for 2 years.

Richard joined Wushu for no reason other than the free food at performances. His lifelong passion for martial arts may have also played a small part. In his free time, he enjoys suiting up, playing Xbox, and eating until he passes out from a food coma (in that order).

2nd Place Beginner Longfist - Wushu Collegiates 2012

Pin-Joe "Pi Jiu" Ko

Shaman | CC '14, Biology & Music w/ Pre-Medicine
Trained for 6 years.

Joined after wresting free of a drug ring in Rockville, Maryland. Combines martial arts and folk sciences to create mysterious concoctions that boost team morale.

Brian "Cool Guy" Wang

Teacher | SEAS '12, Biological Sciences
Trained for 19 years.

Master Brian hails from the great lands of Illinois where he trained and battled his way to world domination. Leaving behind his dark past, he joined Columbia Wushu to pass on his wisdom and skills to the younger generations. Outside of wushu, Brian sings and records videos for his YouTube channel. He is also an avid bunny lover.

Jonathan "Blue" Balsano

Hacker | SEAS '14, Computer Science
Trained for 1 year.

Jon joined wushu in his sophomore year and has performed with the group several times already! Outside of practice, he is a skilled programmer and works in Columbia's Undergraduate Recruitment Committee (URC).

Past Members

Jeffrey "Lao Da Ye" Lee

Founder | SEAS '11 (Graduated), MS in Computer Science
Trained for 16 years.

Jeffrey loved practicing with the Wushu Club @ UCSD during college. Upon discovering the absence of wushu at Columbia University, he decided to start the club with help from the CSC and Daron Lin. Outside of practice, Jeffrey enjoys randomly doing wushu in public, reading manga, and learning about the latest in technology.

Frederic "Yellow" Francoeur

PoseMaster | SEAS '12 (Graduated), Computer Engineering
Trained for 2 years.

Fred joined wushu at the beginning of 2011 cause he likes Asian things (namely video games, anime, and tv shows) and we're all asian. Outside of wushu, Fred can be found posting manga up as his profile picture, doing the Fred pose, and hacking government servers (just kidding about that last one).