1. Submission for the Grading can only be at the STF office during office hours.
2. Please ensure that ALL grading cards are properly completed and duly endorsed. A recent photograph of the candidate must be attached.
3. For ALL candidates who are going for Brown 1 & above , please have the following documents during submission:
a. Candidate’s grading card
b. 1 photocopy of the candidate’s Identity Card (front & back) / Birth Certificate (for candidate below age of 12)
c. 2 recent IC / passport photographs of the candidate
d. Form B (duly completed)
Submission will not be accepted if any of the documents is not available or, for Form B, partially completed.
4. Submission will not be accepted if candidate fails to produce any of the documents mentioned above.
5. The last day of submission is on 16 MAR 2009 (MONDAY) . Any submission after this date will be considered as LATE SUBMISSION.
6. Late submissions for candidates taking Brown 1 & above are to be done within two (2) weeks from 17 March 2009 (Tuesday). Submission beyond the grace period of two (2) weeks WILL NOT be accepted. An administrative fee will be charged accordingly for late submission. The charges are as follows:
PERIOD OF LATE SUBMISSION
Administrative Fee Chargeable
1st subsequent week from last day of submission (17 Mar 2009 – 23 Mar 2009 )
SGD 10.00
2nd subsequent week from last day of submission (24 Mar 2009 – 30 Mar 2009)
50% of the grading fee payable by candidates for their respective grades.
7. An administrative fee of SGD 5.00 will be charged for late submission of candidates taking all other grades except Brown 1 & above.
8. A roll call will be taken at 1.30pm for 1st poom and Brown 1 (Senior) candidates going for 1st dan and 2.30pm for 1st dan, and higher candidates. Those who miss the roll call will be considered as ABSENT or LATECOMERS. Latecomers will not be graded.
9. Candidates are to turn up in proper dress code (as stipulated by the STF) for the grading. Candidates who fail to comply with the dress code will not be allowed to take the grading.
10. Supplementary Grading can only be conducted two (2) weeks before or after the Centralised Grading and will be subjected to the approval of the Grading Department.
11. Candidates will be taking the grading at their own risk and therefore will not hold the Federation, the Grading Department or anyone so concerned, responsible for any injuries, accidents or mishaps that may befall on them during the course of the grading.
12. For any enquiries, please contact the STF Secretariat Office or the Grading Department.
It had been a long and hard road for three participants in the recently concluded Taekwondo Coaching (Level 2) course. After completing the 22-hour course and three rounds of tests, they made it.
There were
– Cheok Kai Hwee Eileen
– Teo Johnboy John
– Tan Wei Leong Jason
The three successful candidates had shown the determination and spirit of the sport to overcome the challenges.
Said Lim Teong Chin who was one of the assessors for the tests: “They deserved to pass simply because they had expressed the right attitude. On top of that, they had shown the willingness to learn and improve. If they continue to do so, they can go far in coaching and their students can only benefit from their guidance.”
The Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) will be organizing a retreat at Turi Beach Resort in Batam for affiliate leaders to help chart the direction of the organisation for its future development.
According to the plan at hand, the group will leave early on Saturday 25 April and return on the last ferry on Sunday 26 April 2009. The programme for the retreat includes, but not limited to, brainstorming sessions and discussions to put up a strategic plan which will help bring the STF to another level where it can better position itself to achieve its vision and mission more efficiently and effectively.
The theme of the event: “Towards a better STF”.
The STF believes that the event will also provide a good opportunity for affiliate leaders to develop the sense of ownership of the organisation and to foster a stronger bond of camaraderie among them.
The trip will cost about $300 per head. It will be absorbed by the STF in full for all ordinary affiliate leaders – one per registered affiliate. Leaders mean the key decision-makers of the affiliates.
Affiliate leaders are requested to register their interest in attending the retreat by Wednesday 4 March 2009. Only those who are sure that they can make the trip need to register as a full refund of the expenses will be required for absentees.
Family members and club members may join the trip at their own expense. The STF will help to make the necessary arrangement for their convenience. Club members – especially those who are young, articulate and brimming with ideas – are welcome to participate in the brainstorming sessions and discussions.
Don’t miss the chance of having your voices heard for a better STF. Make your opinions count!
From the Grading Preparation Workshop held on Sunday 1 February 2009 at the National Training Centre, it looked like a good number would be going for their higher dan grading in April 2009.
13 out of 22 who attended the course are black belts. The rest were red belts.
The youngest and most junior among them was Chloe Lee Yan Win who was 8 years old and held a grade 2. However, she was not overwhelmed by the occasion. She laughed with the rest when there were some light-hearted moments during the theory session and smiled when she made movement errors during her practical lesson.
Said Lim Teong Chin, one of the course conductors: “She is not only very brave but also very intelligent. I am impressed by her composure and ability to learn the whole pattern, which was new to her, in quick time.”
Chin Khee Shin, RA Jeyaraman, Ng Hwa Ann, Tan Kok Heng and Leon Koh assisted in running the course.
Those who attended the workshop would have a better chance of passing than those who did not. Why? It is simply because the participants know exactly what the examiners expect them to do and they know their area of weaknesses. What’s more, if they fall a little short during the grading, they may still be able to make it.
Nevertheless, they were reminded not to depend on ‘charity’ and encouraged to work on improving themselves so that they could pass on their own merits.
Participants in the course may collect their certificates from the Secretariat from 16 February 2009.
An open selection of players for nominations to the Singapore National Olympic Council for the 25th SEA Games taekwondo event in December 2009 in Laos will be held as follows.
Date – 22 February 2009 (Sunday)
Weigh-in – 1.00pm
Selection – 2.00pm
Venue – STF National Training Centre
80 Lorong Limau
#04-191
Singapore 320080
Closing Date – 20 February 2009 (Friday)
All players from affiliated clubs of the Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) are invited to participate in the trial.
Coaches who are interested in fielding players for the selection are required to complete the attached form and submit it to the Secretariat on or before the closing date. The STF reserve the right not to accept late submission.
There is no limit to the number of players a club can send for the trial. However, they must be Singapore Citizens to qualify for participation.
Registered players for the trial are to report at the National Training Centre at 1.00pm and 2.00pmSHARP for the weigh-in and selection trial respectively.They shall be considered for the category based on their actual weight on that day of the weigh-in and not according to the weight submitted in the form. No weight allowance will be given.
Players from this trial will be eligible for the final trial if they fulfill the training requirements from the time they were shortlisted. The final trial is scheduled to be held on 29 March 2009.
Selected players will be given opportunities to develop their skills further through exposures in international competitions.
The selection trial and Player’s Undertaking forms are attached. The Player’s Undertaking form must be signed by parents for players under the age of 21 years old.
Players will not be allowed to participate in the selection trials if they do not comply with the administrative requirements.
Coaches are requested to note that full-contact sparring between candidates is not a requirement for grading.
If it is required the Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) will make it compulsory for candidates to wear full protective equipment. There is no reason why only groin guard is compulsory for male and optional for female when the STF is committed to ensure the safety of all participants in the grading.
Candidates and sparring assistants are strictly prohibited from engaging in full-contact sparring. Only light or slight contact is allowed.
For the candidates to earn the thumbs-up from the examiners, they have to display adequate sparring techniques and tactics. The expectations from the examiners will be progressively more the higher the grades.
For example, a green belt may pass his sparring test by displaying only one technique during the grading. But it will not see a red belt through in his grading. He is expected to show at least three different techniques and employ two tactical moves. The examiners want to see different types of kicks. Candidates may use straight punches as one of the techniques.
The STF encourages coaches to arrange sparring partners for their candidates. The primary purpose of allowing this arrangement is to give the candidates an ideal condition to showcase their skills.
Candidates should be reminded that the examiners will not hesitate to fail them if they are not serious about the sparring. The examiners will not caution them. They will just fail the candidates if they play the fool.
The retest for NCAP (Level 1) was completed on Saturday 31 January 2009 at the National Training Centre.
8 candidates who had to resubmit their lesson plans did so. Their new lesson plans were accepted as they were more thorough and provided key information which would help them in the delivery of their lessons.
15 and 6 candidates took their theory and practical tests again. All of them did well to pass.
More than 100 members and their families and friends of taekwondo gathered at the National Training Centre on 30 January 2009 to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Here are some photographs taken at the event. Enjoy!
Members holding 1st poom may apply for their grade to be converted to 1st dan on reaching the age of 15, 2nd dan one year after they obtained their 1st dan and 3rd dan two years after they receive their 2nd dan. They are encouraged to do so when the conversion is due as the next grade will be granted only when the time frame is met – for example, if a poom belt holder coverts his grade when he is 20 years old, he can only take his grading or convert his next grade when is 21.
Coaches should remind their poom belt holders that the conversion is not automatic.
Poom belt holders have to continue training to qualify for conversion. If they stop training after obtaining their grade, they will have to re-join the club and train at least six months before they can apply for conversion.
The six-month training requirement is for the coaches to assess the suitability of their poom belt holders for the conversion. If the coaches are not satisfied, they have the right to prescribe a longer training period for their trainees before endorsing the applications for conversion.
Coaches should not support conversion applications from poom belt holders who obtain their grades under another club unless clearance has been given by the club or the Singapore Taekwondo Federation.
Coaches must make sure that all poom belt holders and their parents are aware of the conversion guidelines.
