Friday, April 25, 2008

Chicken Pox

Hi ALl

My boy just a chicken pox, so your Mdn unable to come to WCCC this two weeks.
JJ sir can go to my house to collect the grading card, those did not have the belt,
Let your JJ sir so that he can go Ting Fong to get the belts.

Thanks

Chicken Pox

Hi All

My boy just a chicken pox, so your Mdn unable to come to WCCC this two weeks.
JJ sir can go to my house to collect the grading card, those did not have the belt,
Let your JJ sir so that he can go Ting Fong to get the belts.

Thanks

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Compliants

Compliants
Some of the compliants to instructors
Training the military way
Using traditional training methods ( i.e duck walk, pushups etc)
Name calling
More compliants
Pinching as punishments
Carrying a cane as a threat
Allow sparring under unequal conditions ( i.e allowing an adult candidate to spar with a children candidate, or 1 black belts againts 2 young and smaller size poom belts)

Instructors Responsibility

Instructors must:
be aware that ther are their students’role model
inform students of their grading schedule
make sure that the candidates know who is their instructors and which club they belong to (name and where is their club)
send candidates who are reading for grading
ensure that candidates are properly attire during grading (i.e equal belt length, plain white t-shirt for female candidate and no t-shirt allow for male candidate, unless on medical condition)
ensure candidates to take care of teir grading cards (do not use it as a fan, fold, bite or using the feets/ toes to hold the cards)
coach/ instructors/ commanders to inform examiners of candidate’s disabilities, difficulties or disadvantages during the grading ( i.e candidates having some illnesses or disabilitity that will hinder the movements)
allows the examiners to make independent decisions (do not tell the examiner who to pass or who to fail)
observe candidates performances to identify their faults and to correct them during training after the grading
remind candidates to bow to the commander (if the club do not bow, it will be penalize)
explain to the candidates that the number of times the examiners asked them to repeat their performances, are for the examiners to satisfy themselves that the candidates deserve the results (i.e giving them second chance or to confirm whether to give them double promotion, even those who did once but did not reach the requirements will still fail – mostly gone case type)
instructors are reminded that, there will be “photographers” – be it from the Federation or parents, to identified the perfomances and behaviours of candidates and instructors

Grading Information

Confirm/ approval of grades will depend on the type of certifications:

Overseas Certificates
o Kukkiwon/ NSA/ Clubs (with 2 signatory – grade for grade, with 1 signatory – need confirmation)
ITF/ GTF/ STA Certificates ( Confirmation needed – to wear same grade belts but to perform one grade down pattern and its requirements)
STG Certificate ( Start from White Belt irregardless of belts)

Safety Equipments

Groin guard for Male
o Compulsory from Green Belts onwards
Shin/ forearm guards
o Compulsory from Grade One onwards
Mouth Piece (Optional)
Groin guard for Female (Optional)

Dan Certification for 15-years Old Candidate

With Immediate effect, all successful 15-years old candidates will be awarded Dan Certification in line with Kukkiwon regulations.
Those holding Poom Certification may apply for conversion to Dan on reaching 15-years of age.
From next grading onwards (July 2008), will go Dan grading. (Awaiting for more information from the Fedearation)

Sparring

Each round of sparring will last 20 seconds to 1 minute.
It is up to the discretion of the examiners
Clubs sending grade one and higher candidates for grading are expected to arrange for sparring partners for their candidates
If no arrangements is made, the examiners will decide on what they deem appropriate.

Grading Preparation

STF conducts grading preparation workshop to help candidates understand:

their responsibilities,
their instructors’responsibilties, and
the examiners expections
encourages candidates to atttend

Examiners Expectation

Poomsae

All Grade One candidates must be able to perform at least 7 of the following basic tehniques correctly and the rest of the movements fairly accurately to pass their poomsae test.

Fist formation
Knife-hand formation
Natural stance
Forward stance
Back stance
Low-section forearm block
Middle-section inward block (new)
Midde-section knife-hand block
Middle-section punch
Front kick (using ball of the foot)
Side kick
Turing kick

Sparring

Examiners will look out for skills and not the ability to ‘kill’each other
Candidates going for 1st Poom or Dan or higher grades must demonstrate intelligent sparring and not ‘blind’ kicking and punching
The examiners will be more lenient to those 30 years and older candidates going for 1st or 2nd Dan