Three fighters from the Bermuda Sanshou Association are gunning for title glory at the International Chinese Martial Arts Championships in Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando.

Sentwali Woolridge, Samir Furqan — who both competed at the Championships three years ago — and Reyel Bowen have been challenged to win their respective classes by Garon Wilkinson, the BSA president.

Jermal Woolridge had hoped to compete but Bermuda’s top kickboxer is still recovering from an injury he picked up at the Sanda World Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia, at the end of last year.

His cousin, Sentwali, returned home with the title when he previously competed in 2012, with Wilkinson confident all three fighters can repeat that success this time around.

The trio will be using the two-day Championships, which start on July 11, to help prepare for the World Wushu Championships in Jakarta in November.

“Sentwali won his weight class when he last competed and we have no less expectations from our fighters at these Championships,” Wilkinson said.

“At a regional level competition our guys should be winning medals — that’s the minimum expectation.”

Bowen, who is making his debut at the competition, will be looking to return to winning ways after his defeat in a kickboxing bout against Canadian Cole Fetzner at Berkeley Institute in April.

“I took a week off to revaluate a few things after my last fight,” Bowen said.

“I’ve been working on some of the techniques that I didn’t use.

“Training is still going well and I want to come back with at least a first or second place.

“I’m definitely going there to win my class. Every defeat is a lesson, although I’d like to improve my record a bit.”

Jeron Gunness, of the Bermuda Amateur Muay Thai Association, took third place in class B of the welterweight division at last month’s Muay Thai Classic in Des Moines, Iowa.

He lost to Bryan Bautista-Vargas from Roufusport gym in Milwaukee in round two after receiving a first-round bye.

Gunness was the first Bermudian to compete at the Classic, which is the largest in North America with more than 400 fighters and 102 championship bouts in various weight divisions.