Thank you for turning up at Cranwell Bungalow on Mon 2May2011

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It was a day filled with lots of laughter, food, and mosquito kisses.
We had about 60pax attending Brian Sir's birthday cum ZEN 8th Anniversary.
Other than the usual BBQ & cake cutting, Brian Sir took the opportunity to give out 10 trophies and 9 certificates of appreciation.

Junior
Best Fighter Player- Teng Chung
Best Poomsae Player- Teng Chiong
Best Fighting spirit Player- Marcus Wan
Most Improvement Player- I Lok
Best All Rounder Player- I Ting
Most Improvement Player- Justin Peh & Jet Peh

Senior
Best Fighter Player- Ben
Best Poomsae Player- SK
Best Fighting spirit Player-Chun You
Most Improvement Player-Alex
Best All Rounder Player-Rayner

Congratulations to all winners, and to the rest "continue to work hard, believe in yourselves", you are already a winner in our hearts!

Thank you to Brian Sir's mum and brother for bringing in MORE food.
Thank you to Winnie and gang for decorating the chalet.
And, thank you for turning up at the Bunglow, your presence makes the celebration even more happening!

Love,
Girlene mdm

NYP TKD Club Open House 2011

Photo

well done, NYP TKD, for the showcase!

Love,
Girlene mdm

POL-ITE 2011 photo

At 93 points, consisting of 7 golds & 5 silvers, we were only 126 points behind the overall champion, Temasek Polytechnic.

Kudos to all NYP coaches, committee, referees, helpers, supporters, and of course the players!

Photo:
Girlene mdm
Rayner1
Rayner2
Rayner3
Rayner4
Rayner5



Love,
Girlene mdm

Post Grading Fun - January 2011

After each grading, we will have a different training.

This quarter, we learn basic defending from attacks into the circular of our body and straight punches.

The kids look forward to the traditional Dog N Bone game.
Our version rules:
1. No pushing
2. No pulling
3. No defending beyond yellow line
4. Running outside green line is out
5. No throwing of the Bone

Post Grading Fun - Jan '11

Video of Dog N Bone
1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkuwjPTbqCM
2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iahshybVpuY
3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr-B5MkNWgI
4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G852NQ0Nv1A
5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnSBfTohjO8
6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHL75xAAg4Y
7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp11WtGwzT8
8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVG-n8cmC14
9 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYzLjDhFhqU
10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i447M52eMOo
11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5YhJjeNt7c

Love,
Girlene mdm

Post Grading Fun - April 2010

3 month tradition finally came! Many looked forward to it!

The "bone"

Crystal guarding the "bone"

Everyone wants a piece of the "bone"

Some walk around, some kneel, others simply stand and watch over it

Clement is happy, so are the others!

Captain David giving instructions

The "bone" set on its place...
The game starts!

Louise and Clement challenging each other

Clement comes!

More comes, David grabs!

David grabs again!

David vs Andrew

Tyler and Justin both want the "bone"

Justin runs with it!

Justin grabs...

Jet catches!

Matthew Pool grabs!

Matthew Tan grabs now!

Losing Team's forfeiture: Tuck jumps!

Love,
Girlene mdm

Post Grading Lunch Affair - 4 April 2010 (Ichiban sushi)

Raiders, NYP & Zen TKD went for a combined post grading lunch @IMM.

Verdict?
"Ichiban!"





Love,
Girlene mdm

Justin leaning on Ben

Who's naughtier?

Xanthe's facebook photo
Winnie's facebook photo
Winnie's facebook video

Certification 2010

Jaslin

Raymond

Teng Chiong

Teng Chung

Kevin

Gerald

Darren

Daryl

Xanthe



Congratulations, Poom and Black belts!

Love,

Girlene mdm

Post Grading fun...

It's the day after the grading again!
The most look forward training for all Zenders and NYP student.
Brian Sir will introduce new and fun ways of learning to defend one-self.

Laguna:

(1) Blocking techniques

Jet vs Tyler - just look at their stances! Pro!

Edgar vs Joshua - very serious, but having fun

Clement vs ZhiHao - Up, down, up, down, pretty fast!

(2) Push, balance, and over

Everyone is helping to lay the mat

One, two, three!

Joshua vs Edgar, with Brian Sir looking on.

Tyler vs Jet, and the winner is.......Tyler!

Matthew vs Clement

Clement vs Justin

Clement was the "King" of the day who won all 7 players!

Zone 3:

(1) Blocking techniques

Kevin helping to demonstate

Hit and Blocked!

Now, the rest...

Bigger target for bigger students

(2) Dog N Bone

Boundary - Once attacker (one holding the target) steps out of the green vertical border, considered "out".

Defending players cannot cross over opponent's green horizontal line

I-Lok, Captain, giving instructions

Daryl, first point!

I-Lok giving her best in getting Serene down!

Conference, conference...

Zhuo Heng - take and go!

Go, go, go!

Another conference...

Justin vs Jet

Jet, just one more finger away, stretched!

Tim vs Darren

Gerald - defending champion

Serene's team, doing tuck-jump, 7 vs 10

NYP:

Agility Human blockers -

one half of the group stand as a block on the mat, while the other half dodge in and out

Intermediate stage - blockers move at the commands of Brian Sir

Advanced stage - Blockers move at their own speed

I am sure all of you will look forward to the next post grading fun. Meanwhile, we have lots of activities coming up in the new year. Stay tuned!

Love,
Girlene mdm