President - Marcus Sim Xin Wei
Vice President - Tan Fei Fan & Yap Jun Liang
Treasurer - Tan Ying Zhi
Secretary - Xavier Hoong
Social and Welfare - Jodie Pek Suak Ting & Timonthy Lim Jing Zhi
Project Coordinators - Sum Zong Wei & Ebernezer Sng Jian Ye
Quartermasters - Leon Lim Jin Hong & Tan Jian Hong
Webmaster - Ezan Ezamin Bin Zaidi
PT in-charge - Nicholas Wong Koon Kim
Design Team - Afiq Daniel Sham, Hsieh Yih Yang & Tan Hiok Ann
Photographers - Andy Yeo Chia Guan, Berenice Choong Si Ying, Jacqueline Chua & Wong Xue Ping
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Tan Yu Fang :D
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Taking care of your equipment
Hi everyone!
Announcements: Extra training is on this Wednesday (21/12/11), 10am-12noon at the martial arts hall.
The juniors will be getting/already gotten all their equipments and gi so I've decided to write what I know here about taking care of your equipment and stuff (cos I'm bored).
Choken
Leave it in the plastic tube if you can to prevent it from bending. Sun your choken occasionally or else it'll smell cos of all the sweat.
Helmet
Preferably no direct sunlight if you intend to sun it, the outer layer might crack. Wipe it after you use it.
Gi
Remove the black tag found at the bottom of the top. Soak it in bleach for a few hours once every 1-2 months if you want your gi to be sparkly white (but since all of your gi are new you guys can ignore this for now). Wash your gi early, the top takes a lot more time to dry than normal clothes. Fold your gi pants and sleeves during training if you find it too long unless you want to fall down. P.S. Your gi will shrink over time.
Belt
Remove the logo. Soak your new belt in warm/hot water for a few hours/half a day to soften it. Do NOT mix with other clothings unless you want to try and dye your clothes. Add a bit of white vinegar to prevent the colour from 'running'. Paste the gold ribbon at the tip of your belt (about 2 fingers spacing, or 3 for my case -.-). After tying your belt, the gold tip should be on your right.
Bokken
Nothing for bokken yet. XD
Learn how to tie your belts and helmet bag from any of the seniors and practise at home. Do some markings on your equipment to prevent mixing up, you wouldn't want to use someone else's helmet would you? If you intend to practise at home, make sure you have LOTS of space around and above you. *coughs* quite a few cases of people smashing/breaking things *coughs*
That's all that I have for now. ^^/
Sincerely
Tan Yu Fang
Social & Welfare
Announcements: Extra training is on this Wednesday (21/12/11), 10am-12noon at the martial arts hall.
The juniors will be getting/already gotten all their equipments and gi so I've decided to write what I know here about taking care of your equipment and stuff (cos I'm bored).
Choken
Leave it in the plastic tube if you can to prevent it from bending. Sun your choken occasionally or else it'll smell cos of all the sweat.
Helmet
Preferably no direct sunlight if you intend to sun it, the outer layer might crack. Wipe it after you use it.
Gi
Remove the black tag found at the bottom of the top. Soak it in bleach for a few hours once every 1-2 months if you want your gi to be sparkly white (but since all of your gi are new you guys can ignore this for now). Wash your gi early, the top takes a lot more time to dry than normal clothes. Fold your gi pants and sleeves during training if you find it too long unless you want to fall down. P.S. Your gi will shrink over time.
Belt
Remove the logo. Soak your new belt in warm/hot water for a few hours/half a day to soften it. Do NOT mix with other clothings unless you want to try and dye your clothes. Add a bit of white vinegar to prevent the colour from 'running'. Paste the gold ribbon at the tip of your belt (about 2 fingers spacing, or 3 for my case -.-). After tying your belt, the gold tip should be on your right.
Bokken
Nothing for bokken yet. XD
Learn how to tie your belts and helmet bag from any of the seniors and practise at home. Do some markings on your equipment to prevent mixing up, you wouldn't want to use someone else's helmet would you? If you intend to practise at home, make sure you have LOTS of space around and above you. *coughs* quite a few cases of people smashing/breaking things *coughs*
That's all that I have for now. ^^/
Sincerely
Tan Yu Fang
Social & Welfare
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Bokken training for Seniors
We have finally reached to the level we use our bokken for solo kihon and partner kihon and of course Moving kihon as well.
I guess for some of us it is like using the choken for the first time, we are scared of our bokken of getting damaged. Although I only know one person in my batch who is like that. This is actually very bad because you will hesistate to get your bokken hit. This means that your attacks will be slow and you are trying to minimise the damage on your bokken. Therefore, you will not strike hard and you will not block or defend properly either. This is very bad for you. So please please do not think about your bokken being scratched. In a real fight your expensive sword wll also be risk on being hit. So we have to start now.
Remember to keep your balance.
I guess for some of us it is like using the choken for the first time, we are scared of our bokken of getting damaged. Although I only know one person in my batch who is like that. This is actually very bad because you will hesistate to get your bokken hit. This means that your attacks will be slow and you are trying to minimise the damage on your bokken. Therefore, you will not strike hard and you will not block or defend properly either. This is very bad for you. So please please do not think about your bokken being scratched. In a real fight your expensive sword wll also be risk on being hit. So we have to start now.
Remember to keep your balance.
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