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The General Grading Syllabus was amended in January 2009. As a result of the amendments, the following will replace the existing grading requirements for the respective grades. They will take effect from the April 2009 grading. Poomsae White 10-Introductory PoomsaeWhite 9-Preliminary PoomsaeRed...

The Management Committee cordially invites all affiliated club coaches to the STF Lunar New Year Celebrations on 30 January 2009 at 7.30pm at the National Training Centre. The function, which will not be elaborate, will provide members the opportunity to...

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...

The Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) would like to beef up its youth training squad with more male and female players born in 1993 and 1994. The invitation is open to all players who hold a green belt or higher awarded...

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...

14 players will board the plane for Hong Kong for the 13th Asian Cities Gold Cup Taekwondo Championships which would be held on 7 and 8 February 2009. They were selected at the final trial held on 28 December 2008 at...

Instead of the usual shouts which accompanied kicks and punches, screams were heard at the National Training Centre on 26 December 2008. No, no one was tortured or badly injured. It was that time of the year when members of the...