– B & C Divisions (Poomsae) – Monday & Tuesday 18 & 19 April 2016
– B & C Divisions (Kyorugi) – Wednesday & Thursday 20 & 21 April 2016
– A Division (Poomsae) – Friday 22 April 2016
All registrations must be made online through the students’ schools during the eregistration period from 1 February 2016 to 10 March 2016. No submission will be accepted at the STF Secretariat.
Coaches are advised to use the hard copy forms attached to the Outlines for collation of data from athletes and submit to the school’s teacher-in-charge to facilitate the smooth flow of registering their students. A soft copy of the student’s grading card must be uploaded on the eRegistration system.
All the general rules and outlines pertaining to the competition are attached.
Please note the following information which is useful to candidates. Coaches who have ideas for the improvement of any aspect of grading are requested to submit their suggestions to stkdf@mail.com for consideration by the Grading Committee.
Unarmed Combat
The Board of Examiners would like to remind candidates requiring to perform unarmed combat as part of their promotion requirements to use only taekwondo techniques. If candidates have to use techniques from other martial arts like Judo, Brizilian Juitsu, Krav Maga, etc, our examiners will assume that they (the candidates) do not know any taekwondo unarmed combat techniques or are able to perform the skills. Under the circumstances, the candidates will fail the test.
Taekwondo is an excellent form of unarmed combat. It is rich with effective and powerful techniques. Therefore, there is no reason for using techniques from other martial arts.
Interview
During the recent grading, one candidate was completely silent during the interview segment. It was later discovered that she could not understand English. She spoke only Mandarin. Candidates or their coaches must inform the examiners if the candidates wish to respond in any other language. Candidates who are dumbfounded by any question may also ask for clarifications. If they feel like a nervous wreck, they may ask for time out.
The following participants have successfully completed the Sparring Course (Fundamental) which was held on 29 December 2015 at the STF National Training Centre.
1
ABHINAY MHATRE
2
ANAND SRINIVASAN
3
CHAN JING TENG ARIEL
4
CHAN YAN LEONG ETHAN
5
CHAN ZHENG NENG ARON
6
CHEE JUNLE JOVAN
7
CHOO RUI EN ERNEST
8
CHOO YAN RUI ZEPHYR
9
CHUA KEYAN
10
CHUA ZONG XU BRUCE
11
CLOVIZ LEUNG RUI YIN
12
CODIE LEUNG ZI NING
13
DONG YUAN JIA
14
DYLAN UKAI YUJI
15
ETHAN SOH
16
FERNANDO NICHOLAS LIM
17
FINNIAN GOH
18
GOH SONG YEE ETHAN
19
GOH YU HERNG
20
GOH YU LER
21
HENG RUI WEN TERENCE
22
HENG RUI ZHE EUGENE
23
HO YI XUAN CYRUS
24
IAN CHAN
25
IGNATIUS DINESH DASS
26
INDRID POETRI ISKANDAR
27
JARED LIM
28
KIRSTEN CLIVE
29
KONG JUNWEI BRAYDEN
30
LEE JIA HUI IAN
31
LEE JIA JIAN
32
LEE JUN HAN
33
LEE MUN HONG JOASH
34
LEE PEI XUAN SARAH
35
LEE TENG HONG CLARENCE
36
LEE WEI MING RYAN
37
LEE ZI NING REBECCA
38
LEONG MIAN MING
39
LEW ZHONG SHENG TRISTAN
40
LIM KAH YONG
41
LIM XUAN MING LEWIS
42
LOH QI YANG
43
LOOI JUN JIE ELSON
44
NG CHEE HEAN
45
NG CHEE HENG
46
NG HONG RUI JADEN
47
NG JAYDEN
48
NG JUN RUI BRANDON
49
NG WAI HYUN CHARMAINE
50
ONG JUN JIE BENJAMIN
51
PANG HEE HONG JAY
52
PARTH ANAND
53
RISHI
54
ROYSTON KOH JIN JIE
55
SEOW JING HUI
56
SIM CHONG KAI GORDON
57
SIM CHONG YEE GLEN
58
SIM CHONG YOUNG GEORGE
59
SIM JUN LE XANDER
60
TAN CHANG JUN JAVIER
61
TAN I-JIE
62
TAN JIA ENN MELLANY
63
TAN JIA WEI
64
TAN MINLIN
65
TAN MINXUAN
66
TAN SHI YING ELLA
67
TANSHA SARENDRA
68
TEO YI HAO
69
TEOH DARYL
70
THIEN EE ZHONG KIERAN
71
TREVOR LIM HEE TENG
72
VENEDICT DE SILVA
73
VERLYNN DE SILVA
74
VINZ MARIANO
75
WEI LI HENG ESMOND
76
WEI LI JIE EUGENE
77
WONG HOI WAN ANDRE
78
WONG HOI YUEK SHAUN
79
YAO JIA HAO
80
YAP ANTHONY
81
YEO ZHI JIE ALOYSIUS
All successful candidates will be exempted from sparring when they go for their red 1 to 1st poom / dan grading.
The Singapore Taekwondo Federation will be conducting open selection trials for the 2016 Asian Taekwondo Championships which will be held from 18 to 20 April 2016 in Manila, Philippines.
All affiliates are invited to participate in the open trials for both Kyorugi and Poomsae events.
The selection details are as follows.
Date : Sunday 14 February 2016
Venue : STF National Training Centre Block 80 Lorong Limau #04-191 Singapore 320080
Time :
Poomsae Trial – 12.00pm (*2 poomsae will be selected at random according to the age division)
Kyorugi
Weigh-in – 11.00am Trial – 1.00pm
All participants must be SINGAPORE CITIZENS (born in 1998 or earlier) and are STF black belt holders.
Please fill in the attached forms and submit them to the Secretariat by Thursday 11 February 2016. There is no limit to the number of players each affiliate can field. We reserve the right not to accept late submission, incomplete forms or registration without the necessary supporting documents.
All registered players and performers for the trials are to report at the STF National Training Centre by 11.00am. Kyorugi players shall be considered for the category based on their actual weight on the day of the weigh-in and not according to the weight submitted in the form as we do not want to disqualify any players. No weight allowance will be given.
Selected players and performers will be required to fulfill the training requirements averaging 12 hours per week.
The panel of selectors will comprise any 3 of the following senior technical members.
Mr Steven Soh
Mr RA Jeyaraman
Mr Lee Thiam Poh
Mr Tan Kok Heng
The player’s undertaking form is also attached. The form must be signed by parents for players/performers under the age of 21 years old. Players/performers will not be allowed to participate in the trials if they do not comply with the administrative requirements.
The trials would be open for observation by participants and the registered accompanying coaches (kyorugi coaches must be NCAP Level 2 qualified) only. Please note that no photography and video recording will be allowed.
7 senior, 2 junior, 1 cadet kyorugi players and 7 poomsae performers, representing the Singapore Taekwondo Federation, returned to Singapore on 11 February 2016 with an impressive collection of medals from the 2016 Asian Cities Taekwondo Championships held from 8 to 10 February 2016 in Hong Kong.
The kyorugi team clinched a total of 3 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze medals. Not to be outdone by their teammates, the poomsae team won 5 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals.
The poomsae team finished 2nd amongst the overall trophy winners. There was no challenge trophy for the kyorugi divisions.
Our winners are as follows.
Kyorugi
– Ng Ming Wei (gold)
– Vincent Lim (gold)
– Nichelle Tan (gold)
– Raja Arshad (silver)
– Raja Zulfadli (bronze)
– Gerald Koh (bronze)
– Nur Fadzlyn (bronze)
– Kylynn Goh (bronze)
Poomsae
– Kang Rui Jie (gold)
– Woon Yong Chuang (gold)
– Chelsea Sim (gold)
– Pair – Kang Rui Jie & Chelsea Sim (gold)
– Pair – Woon Yong Chuang & Linda Sim (gold)
– Women’s Team – Chelsea Sim, Tow Lee Ting & Chew Xin Wei (silver)
– Kwong Shuen (bronze)
– Men’s Team – Kang Rui Jie, Wesley Ng & Raja Arshad (bronze)
With immediate effect, both single and double round belts are allowed.
The Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) intends to include in the new grading syllabus the requirement for candidates to tie their own belts. Therefore, single round belt is encouraged for children as it will be easier for them to learn the tying skill with it.
Many coaches have found that double round belt is difficult for children to handle without help. However, the STF will leave it to the coaches to decide what is best for their students.
The Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) is pleased to announce that the 2016 International Schools Taekwondo Championships will be held on Monday 11 April 2016 at Toa Payoh Sports Hall.
Invitations are extended to the following international schools in Singapore.
The overall results of the NCAP (Level 1) retest held on Sunday 27 December 2015 are attached.
Those participants who are successful are required to complete 3 months (twice a week) or 6 months (once a week) of practical coaching attachment. Trainee coaches can have their choice of schools or clubs approved by the STF for their attachment.
Form A must be returned to the STF at least two (2) weeks before they start their coaching attachment. Attachment without prior approval of STF will not be accepted.
Form B is for trainee coaches to record their attendance. It must be counter-signed by their respective club officials.
The two forms are available in the ‘Forms’ folder.
On receipt of the completed Form B, the STF will issue certificates to coaches only after having satisfied that the coaches have fulfilled their obligations. Practical attachment must be complete within 2 years of the announcement of the results. After that, the results will be considered null and void.
