Mock grading on Fri (02/07) & Sat at Zen (03/07)

Prior to the upcoming grading on sunday 4th of july, there would be mock grading conducted during friday's training session. All of you may come in half gee. Failure to attend which, you would not be able to go for grading.

Those who are not able to come for mock grading on friday, please call and tell me your reasons & go for mock grading on sat at zen (tampines).

Those who are free on Saturday afternoon are encouraged to go and support catherine and wenxin who are taking their black belt grading this coming sat at 1pm at Yishun sports hall :DD.

Love,

Joey

Captain

NYPTKD

30 Volunteers needed for YOG 2010

Prior to the national youth olympics games, it is mandatory for each club to send out 30 members to volunteer in this event.

Therefore, I would require 30 volunteers from our club to be motivators/flashmobbers. For that, i require the help of 20 freshies and 10 seniors. Those who are interested, please contact me at 96796255. Failure to get the above names for the event, we would subject to drawing lots. Hence, active participation and cooperation is encouraged!

Warmest Regards,

Joey

Captain

NYPTKD

Xanthe, our new qualified referee (and FIRST in NYP)

Xanthe receiving 3rd class P-Referee certificate from Brian Sir (Eric has also passed his Referee course and will be presented when he is back in Spore in July2010).

Love,
Girlene mdm

Tournament: International (held at Malaysia) 31 July 2010

To all NYPTKD's,

Those who are interested in attending the international tournament at Malaysia, do inform me by this coming friday as it would be the last day to confirm your names with me. (APPLIES TO BOTH FIGHTERS AND VISITORS).

In addition, fighters are required to give me additional details such as your weight and the bulk that you are in. For those who are fighting, please download the entry forms from zen blog and hand in by the next training. Thank you! (Sorry i dunno how to download the forms into nyptkd blogs)

For extra information on the melaka trip, please scroll down 5 posts.

Love,

Joey

Captain

NYPTKD

Grading: 4 Jul 2010 9am Centralised Colour Belt Grading

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Mock Grading I
Date: 2 Jul 2010(Fri)
Time: 7pm
Venue: NYP Block E
Attire: NYP Club Tshirt & TKD pants

Mock Grading II
Date: 3 Jul 2010(Sat)
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Tampines St 11
Bus No: 8 17 18 28 34 39 59 518
Attire: NYP Club Tshirt & TKD pants
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Actual Grading
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Date: 4 Jul 2010(Sun)
Time: 9am to 11.30am
We will conduct warm-up & run-through of the pattern before the grading.
Venue: Yishun Indoor Sports Hall (101 Yishun Ave 1 SE 769130)
Meet: Main entrance
Nearest MRT: Khatib
Bus: 851 852 853 854 855 858 969
More info: STF website
Attire: Plain white T-shirt for the ladies, full dobok for all

Wef from Jan 07, all ladies are required to wear plain white T-shirt beneath the dobok. Failing which, STF may stop the ladies from taking part of the grading.

Map:





Green belters & above are reminded to bring their shin, forearm, & groin guards to the grading.

For brown belters, you will be sent for grading provided that you have mastered all 4 patterns by 2 Jul 2010.

Black Belts, you are highly encouraged to attend this grading as your assistance to ZEN/NYP TKD is required for the grading to go on smoothly. Please bring along your personal shin, forearm and groin guards.

Outstanding namelist
If you have yet to pay Jj Lim Jul2010 grading fees, it would be $40 if you still wish to be graded.
Jul to Sep 2010 training fees were due 8 Jun 2010. Please pay if your name is in above list.

Love,
Girlene mdm

Late Grading Fees + $15 (Last Payment was extended to 12 Jun'10)

Only the following has paid Jj Lim before the deadline:

KO WEN XIN wx
ONG ZHI HUI, CATHERINE
TEH HAO YANG, ALEX

CHUA SIANG ERN se

GRACE SOH WAN TING
HO JUN YUEN RYAN
HO KOK KHONG, REI
JOEY ONG HWEE JU
LAM GUO WEI, JOHN
LEE WEN FA, JOHNNY
LEONG JUN WEI
LI FUSEN
LIM JUN JIE
MICHELLE HO XUELING
NGAN ZHENG YI
ONG ZHI XIAN zx
POH WEE YONG
SIM CHUN YOU cy
SUN HUIHUI
THAM SIN YEE, JANELLE
WANG ZHIHUI

CHAI SONG LIM (JASON)
Che Manli
ELAINE LEE HUI ERH
GALTON TING SHUEN HSIEN
HENRY ANG SHIYI
JASMAN TAN SING LONG
Khoo Jin Yi
KUA EE FENG
LAI QIULING (ELYN)
Lai Sen Hui
LEE GUO SHENG (NICHOLAS)
Lee Miao Qiao
Lee Miao Ying
LEE XIN YAN ADELINE
NG WEI KEN
Pang Yuchan
RONNIE LIM CHAN LEONG
SHAHIDIL HABIL BIN SAHAT
SOH TUAN YAO BARRON
Sun Wen Jie
TAY SHI QI (TIFFANY)
TEO MENG ZHONG (AEZO)
Teo Rui Lin
Wang Jinying
WANG ZHENGYANG
Zhang Shuai
Zhu Yayun
Lee Di Sheng
Joel?

More info: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=1ec259973c0952c30de4fc1039a016746b702edc8887e28e935cbde7375ca78c

Love,
Girlene mdm

Outstanding Jul to Sep 2010 Training Fee $40 (NYP students) $50 (non-NYP students)

The following are those who have yet to make Training Fees to our Treasurer.

Please arrange to pay your Training Fees+$5 late fee to Jj Lim asap:

CAI YONG JUN

LAU HUI YING
SANDY GOH XIAO ZHEN
TEH HAO YANG, ALEX

CHA SHI YA, CRYSTAL
CHEIW SU KHENG sk
ERNEST CHAN SHAO JIE
LOH KEE CHUAN
TAN CHUN SIN DANIEL

CONNIE CHO HUI QI
ERIC SIM
HO JUN YUEN RYAN
HONG LIPING
LOW JUN JIE
NGAN ZHENG YI
NGUI YU SHAN BRYAN
TAN CHIU JOO JONATHAN bbjon
TAN WEI YANG RONALD

BAY CHUAN WEI (CANDIIE)
Edi Herman
Lily?
Lin Htet Aung
Liu Xiaoxia
MUHAMMAD AFIQ BIN PUNANGIN
MUHAMMAD HARIZ BIN KADRI
Phua Jia Jin
Quek Chin
Rosy Li
TAN BINGHAN
TAN SU PENG (APPLE)
Wu Yang
QUEK CHIN
TAN TOH SHENG (JASON)
LIM SI EN
RON TAN ZI KAI
DANESH KUMAR
JACOB LIM ZHI JIE
DIAZ CURIEL NANCY
TRIBOULET JOHNATHAN

More info: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=1ec259973c0952c30de4fc1039a016746b702edc8887e28e935cbde7375ca78c


-Girlene mdm

4 July 2010 Grading

Date: 4 Jul (Sunday)

Time: TBC

Venue: Yishun Sports Hall (Map)

Only students with MORE than 75% attendance are eligible for grading.

The attendance is calculated according to the attendance taken after every training.

those of you whose attendance less than 75% please look for sir if you want to go for grading.

Seniors: CHEW SU KHENG RAYNER QUEK SIM CHAI LIN CHUA SIANG ERN CONNIE CHO GRACE RYAN HO HO KOK KHONG HONG LIPING

LAM GUO WEI MARCUS LEE LEONG JUN WEI FUSEN JUN JIE MICHELLE ZHENG YI ZHI XIAN WEE YONG JOEY ONG

CHUN YOU WANG ZHI HUI SUN HUI HUI CATHERINE WENXIN ALEX WAN DIN JANELLE JOHNNY

Attendance less than 75% CHA SHI YA (CRYSTAL) JOHNATHAN TRIBOULET

2010 intake Attendance >=75% CHAI SONG LIM CHE MANLI CHU SOON LIT DANESH ELAINE LEE GALTON HENRY JACOB JASMAN KUA EE FENG QIU LING SEN HUI GUO SHENG (NICHOLAS) MIAOYING MIAOQIAO

(black belters please ignore) LEE XIN YAN LIN HTET AUNG MATTHEW YAP AFIQ WEI KEN CLINTON HUI RU PANG YUCHAN QUEK CHIN RANICE RON RONNIE SHAHIDIL SUN WENJIE BINGHAN

ENG KONG YU LIN MENG ZHONG RUI LIN WANG JINYING WANG ZHENGYAN ZHANG SHUAI ZHU YAYUN LEE DI SHENG CHIA JIN QIAN LIM SI EN

Attendance less than 75 % KHOO JIN YI LIU XIAO XIA HARIZ PHUA JIA JIN ROSY LI BARRON TAN TOH SHENG WU YANG

by the way, please pay your grading fee to JUN JIE.

and submit a passport-sized photo (for grading card) if you have not done so. to FUSEN.

warmest regards,

fusen

Tournament: International (held at Malaysia)

Zen Taekwondo has been invited by Traditional Taekwondo Sports Centre Melaka, Malaysia (TTSC) for Kyorugi (Sparring) and Poomsae, for 7th TTSC Invitation Championship 2010.

They are expecting competitors from Scotland, England, Ireland, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia.

DATE : 31st July 2010

VENUE : S.M.J.K (C) Notre Dame Hall, in Melaka, Malaysia

ORGANISER : Traditional Taekwondo Sports Centre

COMPETITION RULES : Conventional WTF Competition Rules

METHOD OF CONTEST : - Full knockout elimination
FOR SPARRING EVENT - (2 minutes X 3 rounds X 1 minute rest) for senior and junior category
- (1 1/5 minutes X 3 rounds X 1 minute rest) for minor and children category
*Time duration will be change if the current time duration is affecting the flow of the competition.
- Each club could send more than one team.
- If an athlete got seriously injured during the match, organizing committee will only give the best first aid and deliver him/her to the closest hospital. Committee does not assures the medical treatment cost for the injured athlete at the hospital. The medical treatment cost will be assured by his/her own team.
- Holder of Brown belt and above*

INDIVIDUAL POOMSAE : Individual event offers 4 categories:-
EVENT Senior category (above 18 years old)
Junior category (15-17 years old)
Minor category (12-14 years old)
Children category (below 11 years old)

Pair/Mixed Pair and Team event offers 2 categories:-
Senior category (above 15 years old)
Junior category (14 years & below)

Fees: (for Foreign participants only)
- Team Registration USD25 + accomodation + transport + meal (TBD)*
- Sparring/Kyorugi USD25 per person + accomodation + transport + meal (TBD)*
- Individual Poomsae USD25 per person + accomodation + transport + meal (TBD)*
- Pair Poomsae USD25 per person + accomodation + transport + meal (TBD)*
- Mix Poomsae USD25 per person + accomodation + transport + meal (TBD)*
- Team Poomsae USD25 per person + accomodation + transport + meal (TBD)*
- Pattern package USD50 per person + accomodation + transport + meal (TBD)*
(consist of all 4 pattern event)

(All payment to be submitted with participation form(word) or form (PDF)
Payment by cash or cheque to “Girlene Tan Lee Fong in SGD)*


PROTECTIVE : a) Participants are encouraged to use their SPARRING own sparring equipments
EQUIPMENT
b) The Organiser will not provide any vest, head
gear, and groin guard. All individuals are responsible for their own protective guards.

c) Soft protective guards for the forearm & shin
guard, body vest, head gear and mouth guard are compulsory during sparring events.


INSURANCE : Participants are advised to have a valid insurance coverage.
Those without any can buy their insurance coverage from the Organiser. Please produce us the insurance coverage during the registration

ACCOMMODATION/ :
TRANSPORTATION Round trip airfare, ground transportation, accommodation, meals and miscellaneous expenses shall be borne by the respective participating states/clubs.


CLOSING DATE : The closing date for completed entry forms & payment to
Girlene mdm by 26Jun2010*, late entries will not be accepted.

* note that ZEN has raised the restriction limits in accordance to Singapore rules.

Meanwhile, we are seeking clearance from Singapore Taekwondo Federation to participate in this invitation tournament. We are eager to know the outcome, and will follow up with a posting in this blog by 16Jun. To avoid last minute rush, please do not hesitate to fill up the forms and pass to Girlene mdm, as soon as possible. We will collect the payment on 25 & 26 Jun depending on the training days you are having.


Love,
Girlene mdm


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More info:
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
* subject to changes, prior notification will be given

30th July 2010 @Hotel
3.00pm Registration of team
4.00pm Managers meeting

31st July 2010 @S.M.J.K (C) Notre Dame
8.00am Competition begins

10.00am Opening ceremony

10.30am Competition continues

1.00pm – 2.00pm LUNCH

2.00pm – 5.30pm Competition continues (Semi-finals & Finals)

5.30pm Prize giving


1st August 2010
Tour to Melaka Historical city

TP friendly and melaka open!!

hi, seniors.

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=43422748793&topic=17031

1. temasek poly invited national squad for friendly match on this coming wednessday. sir wants to know who is interested to go for the match or maybe just watch. (for those who wants to challenge national squad!!)

2. Melaka open 31 july and 1 aug. there will be US$25 registraction and one night hotel stay (not sure how much yet). green belt and above can take part (but will fight against black belt of same weight category). those interested, faster inform sir!

fusen

Jul-Sep'10 Training + Jul'10 Grading Fees due-8Jun'10

Jul-Sep'10 Training Fees $35 (members), $45 (non-members) and Jul'10 Grading Fees $25 (colour belt) due and payable on 8Jun'10, thereafter $5 late payment will be imposed and kept by NYP Club Funds and $15 late payment will be imposed and paid to STF.

Pls pay to Lim Jun Jie before 8 June Tuesday.

Love,
Girlene mdm

Article on Water and body

Water is good for body and soul, but you don't need to drink as much as you might think. Here's the truth about what's enough, plus five other myths about water.

By Catherine Guthrie

For the past 50 years, nutritionists and other health experts have been exhorting Americans to drink more water. And if the ubiquity of the water bottle is anything to go by, this message has been heard loud and clear. Everywhere you look—college campuses, commuter trains, yoga classes—you see the plastic water bottle in all its variations.

But now that it's been firmly established in your psyche, and you either dutifully swig water constantly or feel guilty for not doing so, new research lets you off the hook. As it turns out, much of the water craze springs from a deep well of misinformation. Our experts debunk some of the most popular water myths and relieve your guilty conscience in the process.

MYTH: You need eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day to be healthy.
TRUTH: The familiar "8 x 8" rule is based not on ironclad scientific certainty but more likely on a misinterpreted recommendation from the 1940s, says Heinz Valtin, M.D., a kidney specialist and retired professor at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, New Hampshire. Valtin traces the prescription to a 1945 recommendation by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council to take in "1 milliliter for each calorie of food."

The problem, as Valtin explains in an American Journal of Physiology study in 2002, is that most of that allotment already comes from the foods we eat. He not only pooh-poohs the need for most people to consume eight 8-ounce glasses of water every day but also writes that the recommendation is potentially harmful "in making people feel guilty for not drinking enough."

The crux of the miscalculation hinges on the definition of water. "The consumer ended up thinking only plain water counts," says Ann Grandjean, Ph.D., a hydration researcher and the executive director of the nonprofit Center for Human Nutrition in Omaha, Nebraska. But almost all liquids—including tea, coffee, and beer—count toward the daily water intake, she says.
So, how much should you be drinking? If you would like hard and fast guidelines, you can follow the advice of the National Academies' Institute of Medicine, which reconfigured its recommendations for water intake last February. After reviewing more than 400 studies, including Valtin's, the authors set the general daily intake for women at roughly 91 ounces and for men at approximately 125 ounces.

But remember, these numbers include both food and water. The average American gets 20 percent of his or her water intake from food. Even spaghetti is 66 percent water (see the chart at the end of this article). The remaining 80 percent comes from all beverages. Taking that into account, by the institute's reckoning a woman should drink 72.8 ounces (nine 8-ounce glasses) daily and a man 100 ounces (12.5 glasses). But, unlike what you may have heard before, those 72.8 ounces can come from coffee, tea, or soda—not just water.

MYTH: Caffeinated beverages zap your body's water reserves.
TRUTH: Grandjean first became interested in the reputed link between dehydration and caffeine while working as a consultant to the United States Olympic Committee. "I worked with elite-level athletes, and I noticed they drank a lot of caffeinated beverages without showing any sign of dehydration," she says.

In 2000, she published a study on caffeine consumption and hydration in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. For the study, Grandjean and her colleagues recruited 18 healthy men and on various days had them drink 59 fluid ounces of liquid that included varying amounts of plain water, diet cola, and coffee, depending on subjects' body mass. Researchers tested each participant's body weight, urine, and blood before and after drinking. The authors discovered the body doesn't discriminate between regular and decaf beverages when it comes to hydration.

After the study exonerated caffeine, Grandjean, like Valtin, was stunned by the public's reaction. "Consumers started calling and saying 'This is wonderful,' " she recalls with a chuckle. "All those closet caffeine addicts—it was as if they'd all been liberated."

MYTH: If you're thirsty, you're already dehydrated.
TRUTH: While thirst is an accurate barometer of when to imbibe, the notion that thirst signals a dehydrated body is not true, says Valtin. Dehydration occurs when the blood's concentration of solid particles rises by 5 percent. Thirst is triggered when blood concentration rises by 2 percent. So thirst sets in before dehydration. (The exception is older people, who may not feel thirsty even when they're slightly dehydrated.)

That said, the fact that you're not dehydrated yet is no reason to avoid water. "Thirst is the first indicator of the body's need for water," says Dee Sandquist, spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. And people who shrug off their thirst will find themselves on the path to dehydration. Signs to look for include headache, dry mouth, rapid pulse, and light-headedness.

MYTH: Urine should be clear.
TRUTH: Perpetually clear urine can actually be a sign of drinking too much water, which can dilute the body's electrolytes, according to Grandjean. "Healthy urine should have some color," she says. Certain vitamins, such as riboflavin (B2), can darken urine. If the flow is unusually dark or cloudy—and you know that it's not from supplements—see your doctor to rule out any health problems.

MYTH: Drinking lots of water suppresses the appetite.
TRUTH: While being adequately hydrated helps your metabolism run at its optimal level, drinking vast quantities of water won't affect the amount you eat. Because water empties from the stomach very quickly, it has little effect on appetite, says Barbara Rolls, professor of nutritional sciences at Pennsylvania State University. A better way to feel sated with less, studies show, is to eat foods that have a high water content: fruits, vegetables, soups, and grains (see the chart at the end of this article).

MYTH: Bottled water is always better than tap water.
TRUTH: Although much ink has flowed on the pros and cons of tap versus bottled water, there is no simple answer. The government keeps tabs on the safety of tap water, but the water from your sink may have trace levels of contaminants, such as lead from old pipes.

To determine the health of your municipality's water supply, visit the Environmental Protection Agency's drinking water site (www.epa.gov/safewater/dwinfo). To find out if lead from old pipes is seeping into your taps, consider a home water test, such as Watersafe ($17 at www.watersafe testkits.com). If any contaminants show up, try using a filter appropriate for the type of contaminant, suggests Jeff Migdow, M.D., a holistic physician affiliated with Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Lenox, Massachusetts.

If you'd rather buy bottled, splurge on spring water from a reputable source. "Much of bottled water is simply tap water that's been filtered," says Migdow. Indeed, a 1999 report from the Natural Resources Defense Council cites government and industry findings that roughly 25 percent of bottled water is nothing but plain tap water. If you're curious about the source of your favorite brand of bottled water, go to www.nsf.org/consumer and click on "bottled water."

drink your food No more eight glasses a day: New research says you can get your water from food and even coffee.
	SERVING SIZE	AMT. OF WATER	% BY VOL.
lettuce	1/2 cup	1.8 oz.	95%
broccoli	1/2 cup	2.7 oz.	91%
grapefruit	1/2 cup	3.4 oz.	91%
raw carrot	1 medium	2.1 oz.	87%
apple	1 medium	3.5 oz.	84%
spaghetti (cooked)	1 cup	3.3 oz.	66%
watermelon	1 cup	5.1 oz.	92%
skim milk	8 oz.	7.5 oz.	94%
coffee or tea	8 oz.	7.9 oz.	99.5%

Catherine Guthrie is a health writer and yoga instructor in Bloomington, Indiana.