NTU Taekwondo Club under the leadership of Mr Victor Ho, its 25^th President, visited Assisi Hospice on Friday 17 May 2013 on Upper Thomson Road to bring joy to the participants who were suffering from terminal illness.

The group spent about 2 hours at the Hospice entertaining them with a taekwondo demonstration and some games like ‘guess the song’, ‘drawing competition’ and ‘bingo’.

Said Victor: “One of the things that really touched me is that, despite their illness, the patients displayed enthusiasm in participating in the activities. I was impressed with their creativity displayed by them during the ‘drawing competition’.”

He added: “Most importantly, I learned from Ms Yu, the Senior Volunteer Programme Executive, that the patients would be happy to see volunteers coming to visit them and organizing activities for them.

Members of the NTU Taekwondo Club has shown to that taekwondo is indeed a powerful tool which can be harnessed for the good of our society.

The Singapore Taekwondo Federation looks forward to seeing more members living up to the true spirit of taekwondo.

The Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) is planning to adopt Darul Ihsan Orphanage in MacPherson as part of its ‘Taekwondo with a Heart’ programme.For the project, the STF is looking for volunteer instructors who are a prepared to spare two hours a week to help the disadvantaged children through taekwondo and at the same time allow them the opportunity to enjoy the sport. 

If you have the heart and the time, please call the Secretariat at 63451491 or email your offer to stf@singapore.com. 

The Annual General Meeting is usually held at the end of June or the early part of July.  In view of the tight schedule in the calendar of the Singapore Taekwondo Federation, the Management Committee proposes to hold the meeting in August 2013.

If any affiliate has objection to the proposal, please email the Secretariat at stf@singapore.com by 6 June 2013.

The Singapore Taekwondo Federation is inviting players (male and female) who are interested to don the national colours to join its national squad (poomsae and kyorugi).

The national squad is now open to all medalists in the national championships or other STF-sanctioned or organized championships.

• If you are a Singapore Citizen (born in 1997 or 1998) and eligible for the training squad and aspire to represent Singapore in the World Qualification Tournament for the Youth Olympic Games in 2014, you should ask your coach to nominate you for inclusion into the kyorugi squad.
• If you are a Singapore Citizen (born in 1998 or earlier) and keen to represent Singapore in the 2015 SEA Games which will be held in Singapore, you should also ask you coach to nominate you for inclusion into the poomsae and kyorugi squad.

You are invited to call Jolene, Theresa or Rosalind at 6345 1491 to register for admission into the squad.

The other criteria:

• Your entry into the squad must be approved by your coach. (If you have problems convincing your coach to allow you to join the club, the STF will try its best to see how it can assist you).
• You continue to be a paid member of your club.
• You are prepared to train at least 3 times a week in preparation for the short listing of players for the national team.
• You accept the code of conduct of squad members.

Affiliates which have potential players may recommend them for admission. The players may not have competed or have lost to the eventual medalists.

All affiliates are urged to encourage their members to join the national squad as it will provide good exposure for their players. They will have ample opportunity to exchange skills with better players and learn from each other.