Ordinary affiliates of Singapore Taekwondo Federation will be entitled to $300 cash vouchers each ($100 for each year from 2009 to 2011) by courtesy of Liang Seng Sports Equipment to subsidize their purchases of taekwondo uniform and equipment from the Company.
The sponsorship is part of the agreement for the re-appointment of the Liang Seng Sports Equipment as the official martial arts equipment supplier for the STF.
The vouchers, which are not transferable, can also be used for items sold at special prices to instructors. Although there is no minimum purchase required, each voucher of $50 can be used only for one transaction.
Affiliate representatives can collect the vouchers from Liang Seng Sports (Tanjong Katong Branch) after 1 March 2009. Before doing that, they have to provide their names by email or fax to the company at least one week ahead of the day they wish to collect the vouchers.
The email address of Liang Seng Sports is steven@liangseng.com and the fax number is 6858 1867.
The STF would like to put on record its appreciation to Liang Seng Sports Equipment for its continued generous support of the promotion and development of taekwondo in Singapore.
Affiliates are encouraged to support the Company as the success of the Company is good for taekwondo in Singapore.
To assist junior red belts and poom belts in improving their sparring for grading and competition, the Singapore Taekwondo Federation is organizing a Sparring Workshop especially for them.
The details of the workshop are as follows.
Date : Sunday 15 March 2009
Time : 2.00pm to 5pm
Place : National Training Centre
Fees : $20
Registration : By Friday 6 March 2009
The objectives of the course are to
help participants understand what it takes to be good at sparring,
correct faulty techniques and skills and
offer ideas for the application of the techniques and skills.
The methodology used for the workshop will include talks, videos, drills and simulation.
Coaches should encourage their students to attend the workshop as it will provide them the opportunity to train with students from other clubs at a location different from their usual training ground. What’s more, the workshop will also provide them sparring perspectives which will support what you have taught them for grading and competition.
Certificates of participation will be awarded to participants who successfully complete the workshop.
“It is an eye-opener,” said Mohd Adnan Abdullah, one of the participants in the Coach Induction Course held on Sunday 8 February 2009 at the National Training Centre.
He added: “I realize that there is more to just sharing of skills in coaching. There is so much responsibility. As coaches, we represent our clubs, our sport and the Singapore Taekwondo Federation. We have to be a credit.”
42 coaches attended the course. And they learned, among other things, that the best legacy a coach could leave was the life lessons he or she taught his or her students. Was it easy? They knew from case study that it was a challenge when their job and popularity were at stake. But they also knew the direction that they should take if they wanted to impart the right values.
It is now up to the following who attended the course to decide if they dare to take up the professional pass which is a symbol of their willingness to undertake the full obligations of a coach.
29 & 30 August 2009 Yishun Sports HallIt is a good time for coaches to start preparing your players for the various competitions although it may be too late for you to do so for the first tournament.
Preparation also requires you as coaches to ensure that you have your coach passes.
Please also make sure that your clubs have the support of national referees. The Management Committee is considering to making it compulsory for all participating clubs to provide referees. Clubs without referees will be barred from participation.
An Unarmed Combat (Level 1) Course will be conducted on 7, 8, 14 and 21 March 2009 for poom belts and black belts. More details and the registration form are attached.
Successful participants in the course will be exempted from the self-defence component required for their 1st to 2nd poom or dan promotion.
The certification received from the course will be a prerequisite for taekwondo exponents to move on to Levels 2 and 3.
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.
