57 national poomsae referees participated in the National Poomsae Referee Refresher Course held on 25 November 2013 at the National Training Centre.

The course was conducted to keep national poomsae referees abreast with the latest in poomsae and to allow them revalidate their referee licenses. It entailed fundamentals of poomsae refereeing, recognized poomsae judging and free-style poomsae judging.

The teaching mode included Powerpoint presentation, video show and practical training.

At the end of the session, all the referees were tested on their theoretical and practical knowledge. All of them proved to be ready for their next refereeing assignment by passing the tests. Their achievement was a record as it was the first time a 100 per cent pass rate was registered for a course.

Congratulations to the following.

The next grading preparation workshop will be held as follows.

Date

Saturday 28 December 2013

Time

5.00pm to 8.00pm
Venue

STF National Training Centre
Blk 80 Lorong Limau

04-191

Singapore 320080

Dress Code

‘Dobok’

Certification

Certificate of Participation

Fee

On or before Monday 23 December 2013 – $30.00

On or before Thursday 26 Decmber 2013 – $40.00

On the spot registration – $50.00

(Fees paid are not refundable unless the application is rejected.)

The workshop is open to red (senior and junior), poom and black belt holders.

The primary objective of the workshop is to point out to participants their performance flaws and the areas they should work on from the examiners’ perspective. This will give the candidates a better chance of passing.

During the workshop, participants will be briefed on the grading guidelines and the expectations of the examiners.

Coaches may use the information acquired by their students at the workshop as a basis to guide them for their grading.

All candidates who have attended the workshop are reminded to submit a copy of the certificate of participation with their grading applications.

For red (junior) and 1st poom candidates, a copy of the certificate should be attached to their grading cards. This is necessary for the examiners to give them special consideration, if required.

The registration form is available in the Forms folder.

The Poomsae Referee Refresher Seminar will be held on Sunday 24 November 2013 from 9.00am to 1pm at the STF National Training Centre.

This is a reminder to all qualified poomsae referees (active or inactive) to attend the seminar if they wish to continue officiating.

Clubs, which participate in poomsae competitions, will do well to have qualified poomsae referees in their teams for three reasons – they can compete in the names of their clubs, they do not have to depend on other clubs for referees, and they can capitalize on the expertise for their referees to prepare their players better.

As the Singapore Taekwondo Federation is planning to introduce creative poomsae next year, the seminar will cover both standard and creative poomsae rules.

The dress code is ‘dobok’.

Participants are required to bring their own writing materials and be prepared for the tests which will comprise the following.

• Recitation of STF pledge
• Theory – Error Identification and Presentation Evaluation
• Practical – Poomsae Performance (One poomsae selected from Sa-Jang to Taebaek)  
  We would advise you to register for the seminar if you have not done so.

A review will be conducted for all NCAP (Level 2) participants on Saturday 14 December 2013 at 5.00pm at the STF National Training Centre.

Participants who wished to attend the review must register by Monday 9 December 2013.  The review will include a summation of their presentations and YPI.

Only those who have not completed the practical component will be required to give their presentation and submit their YPI on the day of the review. 

Participants who do not register or complete the required component would be considered as being unsuccessful in the course.