It had been a busy tournament year for the Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF).

The STF jointly organized the inaugural Singapore National Games Taekwondo event with Sport Singapore in August 2018 with tremendous success.  The National School Games saw an increased in the number of students competing in the tournament.

The results of all STF-organized tournaments held in 2018 are attached.

Come 2019, the STF hopes to introduce new categories for the National Poomsae and Kyorugi Championships.

As we are coming to the end of 2018, the STF would like to thank all affiliates, officials, participants and their parents for their unwavering support.  We look forward to a more exciting year ahead!

The 6th Daedo Taekwondo Open Championships 2018 will be held on 1 and 2 December 2018 at Toa Payoh Sports Hall. 

The Organizer would like to update all participants on the following.

1. PROGRAMME

1 DECEMBER 2018 (SATURDAY) – POOMSAE 
1130Referee Briefing & Training
Team Manager & Coach Briefing
Overseas Team Practice
1300Opening Ceremony
1315First Call for Day 1 Events
1330Start of Day 1 Events
2000*End of Day 1
*estimated timing
Please note individual medal ceremonies will be held shortly after each category.

2 DECEMBER 2018 (SUNDAY) – KYORUGI & KYUKPA
0815Referee Briefing & Training
0830Team Manager & Coach Briefing
0845First Call for Day 2 Events
0900Start of Day 2 Events
2200*End of Day 2
*estimated timing
Please note that medal categories will be given out at the end of each division.

2. VOLUNTEERS AND REFEREES
Volunteers and referees are to take note of the following reporting time.
(a) Volunteers (must be at least 13 years & above)
–  1st December 2018 (Saturday) – 8:00am (setting up of FOP)
–  2nd December 2018 (Sunday) – 8:00am

All local participating teams must provide at least one volunteer.


(b) Referees
–  1st December 2018 (Saturday) – 11:15am
–  2nd December 2018 (Sunday) – 8:00am
All local participating teams must provide at least two referees per every 60 competitors, and one referee for every additional competitors. 

3. POOMSAE EVENTS

Please understand that the given timings in the fixtures are only estimates and give at least 1 hour buffer. Please come early to avoid missing the call. if your competitor miss the call, he/she will be disqualified.

Please note that for the first round, the competitors will be performing two at a time and for finals, 1 at a time. The method of competition is still “cut-off”.

4. KYORUGI EVENTS

We will be adopting the following duration for this tournament:

FINAL ROUNDS: 3 rounds x 1 minute
ALL OTHER ROUNDS: 2 rounds x 1 minute

We seek your understanding be extremely alert for your competitor’s bout because if if your competitor miss the call, he/she will be disqualified.

5. KYORUGI WEIGH-IN

For this tournament, please note that we will allow kyorugi competitors to weigh-in on Saturday if they wish to do so.

Tentatively, this will be from 5pm onwards but please wait for the official announcement on that day.

Otherwise, for those who are fighting on Sunday afternoon, competitors can also weigh-in on Sunday morning as well after the tournament has started. Once again, an announcement will be made.

Otherwise, competitors can weigh-in when they report for their first bout as usual.

If you require any further information or clarification, please contact Mr Lai Han Seng directly at 9745 4320.

Please note that random weigh checks can be performed by the officials if there is any objections or disagreements with a particular competitor.

The random weigh checks shall be conducted with plus 5% tolerance of the competitor’s weight category. Underweight shall not be subjected to random weigh-in.