Even more about Grand Master Steve Combs
compete in the Chinese Invitational Tournament of New York in 1989 and took first place in the heavyweight division. I held a T'ai Chi & Kung Fu demostration in 1989 and again in 1990 at Far Rockaways' New York.
After that demonstration I again moved back to Guam in 1990 to re-open the Guam Academy of Martial Arts after learning that my good friend Third Degree Black Belt Bernard Franquez was taken ill and was not able to continue teaching or keeping the school open. That same year and the next year (1991) I was voted to be head judge for all the martial arts tournaments held on Guam. Then in 1992 I moved to Saipan for my job and opened the CNMI Academy of Martial Arts Southern Shaolin Yang Cheng T'ai Chi & Kung Fu Association in San Vicente. I was again the head judge of the Guam's TaeKwonDo Tornament in 1993 and took first place in the Black Belt Heavyweight division by knockout.
In 1996 I created, wrote, co-produced, co-directed and hosted a television series called "Martial Arts in the Mariana's" that aired for four years on Mariana's Cable Vision and continued to teach the Traditional style of the Southern Shaolin Yang Cheng T'ai Chi Kung Fu.
Grand Master Steve Combs (center) with his instructors Matt Kirschenheiter (far left), son Steve Combs II (left side of Master Combs) and Denny Ritos ( right side of Master Combs) at the Saipan School