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139th Centralized Grading

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SATURDAY 15 Jan 11  2.00PM –6.00PM  (Senior Red 1 & above)  Jurong East Sports Hall 
     
Sunday  16 Jan 11  9.00AM –6.00PM  (All grades except Senior Red 1 & above)  Jurong East Sports Hall 
IMPORTANT INFORMATION 

1. Submission for the Grading can only be at the STF office during office hours.

2. Please ensure that ALL grading cards are properly completed and duly endorsed. A recent photograph of the candidate must be attached.

3. For ALL candidates who are going for Red 1 & above , please have the following documents during submission:

a. Candidate’s grading card

b. 1 photocopy of the candidate’s Identity Card (front & back) / Birth Certificate (for candidate below age of 12)

c. 2 recent IC / passport photographs of the candidate

d. Form B (duly completed)

Submission will not be accepted if any of the documents is not available or, for Form B, partially completed.

4. Submission will not be accepted if candidate fails to produce any of the documents mentioned above.

5. The last day of submission is on 30 DECEMBER 2010 (THURSDAY) . Any submission after this date will be considered as LATE SUBMISSION.

6. Late submissions for candidates taking Brown 1 & above are to be done within two (2) weeks from 31 December 2010 (Friday). Submission beyond the grace period of two (2) weeks WILL NOT be accepted. An administrative fee will be charged accordingly for late submission. The charges are as follows:

PERIOD OF LATE SUBMISSIONAdministrative Fee Chargeable
1st subsequent week from last day of submission   (31 Dec 2010 – 6 Jan 2011)SGD 10.00
2nd subsequent week from last day of submission  (7 Jan 2011 – 13 Jan 2011)50% of the grading fee payable by candidates for their respective grades

7. An administrative fee of SGD 5.00 will be charged for late submission of candidates taking all other grades except Red 1 & above.

8. A roll call will be taken at 1.30pm for Red 1 (Senior) candidates going for 1st dan and 2.30pm for 1st dan , 1st poom and higher candidates. Those who miss the roll call will be considered as ABSENT or LATECOMERS. Latecomers will not be graded.

9. Candidates are to turn up in proper dress code (as stipulated by the STF) for the grading. Candidates who fail to comply with the dress code will not be allowed to take the grading.

10. Supplementary Grading can only be conducted two (2) weeks before or after the Centralised Grading and will be subjected to the approval of the Grading Department.

11. Candidates will be taking the grading at their own risk and therefore will not hold the Federation, the Grading Department or anyone so concerned, responsible for any injuries, accidents or mishaps that may befall on them during the course of the grading.

12. For any enquiries, please contact the STF Secretariat Office or the Grading Department.

Updates on MOOTO Open Poomsae Championships

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The Singapore Taekwondo Federation is pleased that the response for the tournament has been good. To date 20 teams including 6 from overseas have registered for the competition which will be held in Delta Sports Hall instead of the Overseas Family School as originally planned.

His Excellency Ambassador Oh Joon of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea will be gracing the occasion as the Guest of Honor. Mr Milan Kwee, STF President will also be present to witness the tournament.

The tentative program for the competition on 5 December 2010 is as follows.

8.00 am Arrival of participants Registration

9.00 am Opening Speech STF Pledge

9.15 am Competition Commences

11.30 am Arrival of VIPs and Sponsors

12.00 pm Arrival of Guest of Honor

6.00 pm Competition Ends

To all participants: Have an enjoyable competition.

Office Closed for Repairs

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The Singapore Taekwondo Federation office at 260A, Tanjong Katong Roadwill be closed on Monday 29 November 2010 for roof and ceiling repairs.

will be for roof and ceiling repairs.

Normal operations will resume on Tuesday 30 November 2010.

We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Tournaments for 2011

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The dates for next year’s competitions are as follows:

National Inter-School Games (Taekwondo Event)

11 to 15 April 2011

National Taekwondo Poomsae Championships

25 & 26 June 2011

National Kyorugi Championships

3 & 4 September 2011 and 10 &11 September 2011

More information of the tournaments will be released in due course.

The STF hopes that the information will help clubs to plan for the events. This includes having enough qualified referees and coaches to support their teams.

Six Qualify As Poomsae Coach

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The following successfully completed the Poomsae Coach (Level 1) Course held on 29 October and 1 and 2 November 2010.

Level 1P

  • Eric Lim Meng Soon
  • Chng Han Zhong
  • Tay Kok Pheng

Level 1

  • Stephen Pang
  • Chan Kok Pheng
  • Patrick Tan Yong Chen

The course was conducted by Mr Tan Cheng Hui, a qualified international poomsae referee and national poomsae coach.

Said Mr Tan: “They deserve to pass because they work very hard to get their basic and poomsae movements right. What’s more, their theoretical knowledge is pretty good.”

Congratulations to all the successful participants!

Invitation to Coaches

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The National Cadet Corps (NCC) is planning to organize a five-day enrichment program for its members in early December 2010. The program will focus on taekwondo which the NCC is hoping to introduce to all cadets next year as part of their training program.

As the national sports association for the sport, the Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) was asked to assist the NCC in getting the program off ground. STF and NCC representatives have met several times to discuss on a working relationship and other matters.  

Recently the STF Management has appointed Mr Leon Koh as a co-ordinator for the running of the program.

The STF would like to invite all its coaches who wish to be involved in the program to attend a briefing.

The briefing will be held on Saturday 13 November 2010 at 2.30pm at the NTC (Geylang).

The briefing will entail the following:

  • What the NCC program is about?
  • What the STF plans to do?
  • Who will be qualified to coach?
  • What are the expectations of coaches?
  • How the coaches will be rewarded?

At the end of the briefing, the floor will be open to coaches who wish to seek clarifications pertaining to the program.

Be a Poomsae Coach

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The Poomsae Coach Course will be conducted on Sunday 19 December 2010 from 2.00pm to 10.00pm at the National Training Centre (Whampoa) to qualify black belts as poomsae coaches.

Successful participants will be issued with the Poomsae Coach (Level 1) Certificate if they have a Level 1 NCAP or Taekwondo Coaching qualification. However, for successful participants without the coaching qualification, a Level 1P certificate will be awarded. They will be entitled to be promoted to Level 1 on getting the relevant coaching qualification.

The other details of the course are as follows.

Dress Code   :           ‘Dobok’

Certification   :           Poomsae Coach Certificate (Level 1 or 1P)

Fee                 :           $50

Closing Date:           Wednesday 15 December 2010

For the course, there are two components. For the theory component, the participants will learn about the principles of movements and the rules of poomsae competition relevant to poomsae coaches. For the practical session, the participants will taught the finer points of poomsae performance from Introductory Taegeuk to Poomsae Koryo.

A practical and theory tests will be conducted at the end of the course.

Those who aspire to be national poomsae referee should attend the course as the qualification is the basic requirement for participation in the Poomsae Referee Course.

The registration form is attached.

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Changes in Poomsae Movements?

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The Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) has received numerous email queries on the changes in poomsae movements. There is no change in the as far as the techniques are concerned. However, the ways some of the basic movements are executed have been modified.

Coaches should not be alarmed by the changes. The movements they had been taught are still acceptable at the moment for competition and grading.

The STF will be conducting a poomsae refresher course to update coaches on the changes and enlighten them on some aspects of poomsae performance like volume of movements, balance, tempo, rhythm and more. At the end of the course, participants will be able to appreciate the artistic performance of poomsae better.

Look out for the announcement on the course and be the first to learn about the changes as next year’s poomsae competition will be based on the latest performance standards.  

National Referee Promotion

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Low Zi Ping Melvin has been promoted to 3rd class national kyorugi referee.

He has officiated in five Singapore Taekwondo Federation sanctioned tournaments and clocked 44 hours to qualify for the promotion.

Congratulations, Melvin!

No More Taekwondo Coaching Course

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The Taekwondo Coaching Course organized annually by the Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) will now be replaced by the NCAP Technical Course.

Before the change, those who successfully completed the Taekwondo Coaching Course were issued with a coaching certification equivalent to the NCAP technical if they did not possess any NCAP theory certification. This was because the requirement was for all participants to attend the theory course before the technical course.

The change means that members are free to attend either the NCAP Technical Course or the NCAP Theory Course first.

Those holding the taekwondo coaching certification can now apply for direct conversion even though they have not attended the theory course. The application must be submitted by 19 November 2010 on the attached form and accompanied by a copy of the coaching certificate and the administrative fee of $20.

An NCAP Technical (Level 1) course will be conducted on 4, 5, 11 and 12 December 2010. More details on the course and the registration form are attached.