Education

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...

18 coaches took their final tests on Sunday 18 January 2009 at the National Training Centre. For their tests they had to give a 15-minute presentation each on one technical topic of their choice. The coaches had to do some...

The coach induction course for new coaches who wish to obtain the professional coach pass will be held as follows. Date                            :           8 February 2009 (Sunday) Time                           :           2.00pm to 4.00pm Place                          :           National Training Centre Fee                             :           $50 Eligibility                    ...

Candidates will certainly have a better chance of passing their grading if they attend the Grading Preparation Workshop. Why? After the workshop, the candidates will know exactly what the examiners, who will be conducting the grading and the workshop, are...

84 participants took their tests after attending 20 hours of theory and practical lessons stretched over two weekends. In view of the number, the participants were divided into 8 batches. The first six batches were evaluated on 3 and 4...

More than 200 participants attended the New Poomsae Workshop held on Saturday 10 January 2009 at the National Training Centre. Besides learning the philosophy embedded in the new poomsae, the participants were taught the goal of poomsae training and the...

The Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) Coaching Committee had to readjust the test schedule for the Taekwondo Coaching Course (Level 1) and arrange for another session for the Poomsae Workshop because of overwhelming response. The Coaching Course attracted 84 participants. The...

The poomsae coach course held on Sunday 7 December 2008 attracted 26 participants. Only 22 out of the number made the grade. The course was conducted by Tan Kok Heng, the Secretary of the Coaching Committee. It covered what the coaches...

On 17, 19 and 22 December 2008, 30 young taekwondo exponents from Acme TKD, J H Kim TKD, Maris Stella TKD Club, Valour TKD and Woodlands TKD participated in the inaugural Youth Training Camp. The activity was inspired by...

Two poomsae, Combined Basic Movements for White 10 and Basic Taegeuk for White 9, will be replaced next year by Introductory Taegeuk and Preliminary Taegeuk respectively. Following feedback from Ng Hwa Ann, STF Grading Chairman and several coaches that the...