Submitted by : Quah Yuan Shin, Assistant Secretary of the Taekwondo Club, SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (3), PJ.

Report for Taekwondo MSSD 2014

The Taekwondo MSSD event was held on the 17^th April 2014, from 8:00AM until 9:00PM held at Dewan D’Kelana. There were 43 students participated in this event. The students were asked to gather in the school at 7:00AM and the bus left for Dewan D’Kelana around 7:15AM after the student’s attendance were taken.

When the members arrived at the hall, they left their bags and then went into the sparring rink and took their warm-ups there. Then, the members went to the tennis court outside the hall to continue to warm themselves up. When the bout listcame out, the students who participated the sparring event rushed towards the list and searched for their names and took down the number of bouts they have to spar. Not long after, our Taekwondo instructor, Mr. Yap, gathered everyone who took part of the sparring event and double checks the member’s bout numbers and introduced another coach from his training center that is going to help to coach our members on that day.

The event started off with the poomsae event which requires the member to remember their taekwondo taegeuk (patterns) they learn from taegeuk 7 until koryo. A few of our members took part in that event. The guy’s and girls under 15 sparring event took place at the same time.

While the poomsae event is going on, one by one the members prepare themselves with their guards and gears 5 bouts before their game. They also did warm ups before they went in to the rink to spar. They were suppose to spar for one and a half minute for the first round, rest for 30 seconds and continue to spar for another one and a half minute and that is the end of the match.

Towards the end of the MSSD event, we had the prize giving ceremony and 13 members from our school won medals during this event. For the poomsae category, our student, Yap Jia Cheng won silver and Marcus Ang won bronze for that event. Also, for the girls under-15 category, our student Tey Hsein Chyii won gold for her category. For the guys under-15, Chan Fan Bin, won gold, Marcus Ang won silver and Ong Chun Pin won bronze for sparring event. For girls under-18, Chan Yu T’ng, Tan Yin Ying, Tang Pey Yng and Pang Kar Mei won gold for their sparring event. Also, Chee Huey Cher and Nur Liyana won silver for the sparring event. Also, Beh Yee Shyen and Phang Kai Ying won bronze for the sparring event.

Lastly, SMK BUD(3) went back with victory as the overall champion for several consecutive years. I would say that the members who took part learnt a lot from this competition. This improves their sportsmanship and they gain new experience.

Submitted by:
Quah Yuan Shin,
Assistant Secretary of the Taekwondo Club,
SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (3),
Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Submitted by: Chin Yee Ching,
Secretary of SMK Bandar Utama Damasara 3, P.J. Taekwondo Club

It’s now my fifth year being in SMK BUD(3)’s Taekwondo Club, and now that I think about it, I realise time really flies before our eyes. I can still remember clearly how it was like when I first joined Taekwondo during 2010 when I was Form 1. And to think that now I’m here, writing this as the secretary of our club… Time really flies. Throughout the years, our club has been improving rapidly, and the number of students who are interested to join have also increased greatly as the years go by.

“What makes the students so interested in joining our Taekwondo Club?” That’s what everybody asks. Truthfully, which sport if none other than Taekwondo can blend discipline with fun during training? Taekwondo is not just a sport, it exposes and subjects us to strict discipline, leadership and teamwork and at the same time develops our strength, speed, flexibility, balance, stamina and self-awareness. It builds up our confidence and gives us a boost of faith in ourselves.

What makes Taekwondo training fun? Of course it’s because we have a pair of professional instructors. Fun, friendly, patient and caring, they are none other than Master Yap Ping Soon and Master Tan Kien Tat. Both of them have shown great passion in teaching and guiding us. They always push us to our limits so we can improve and be better. Through them, we’ve gained much perseverance and we’ve acknowledged that when there’s no pain, there’s no gain.

Anyway, we all know that teamwork is important, and through events like Sports Day or Hari Koko when we are required to make a performance, we learn how to work together as a team and gain experience from it. Taekwondo makes us an all-rounder, one who not only excels in sports but also has discipline and team spirit in us. Together we have grown closer to each other through the sharing of experiences in various events and also in the midst of overcoming new challenges. One thing I’m sure of is that I’ll never regret joining Taekwondo because thanks to it, I’ve learned to get back up when I fall and not just stay down there forever.

Last but not least, on behalf of all the members, I would like to thank our teacher in charge Puan Kee, our instructors, and of course all the members of the committee who have put a lot of effort in making this club a success. Thank you so much.

Chin Yee Ching
Secretary of SMK Bandar Utama Damansara 3, P.J. Taekwondo Club
2014

Taekwondo AJK 2014 List

Pengerusi :       Pang Kar Mei                                          5 Orkid
Naib Pengerusi : Chan Yu T’ng                                      5 Mawar
Setiausaha : Chin Yee Ching                                            5 Orkid
Naib Setiausaha : Quah Yuan Shin                                5 Teratai
Bendahari :  Boey Xue Ling                                             5 Mawar
Naib Bendahari : Nur Azhani Nazifa binti Azhar        5 Mawar
Juruaudit : Yap Jia Cheng                                                5 Seroja

AJK Kebersihan :
Bryan Chan Chuing Seang            5 Orkid
Siew Ka Wai                                       5 Orkid

Demonstrasi :
Lim Jun Hui                                             4 Orkid
Ang Kah Hoe, Marcus                          3 Mawar
Chan Fan Bin                                           3 Mawar

Photographer : Chee Zhen                5 Mawar

Storekeeper :
Ng Wi Vern                                                5 Mawar
Wong Joe                                                   5 Kenanga

AJK Tingkatan :
Form 1 : Navin Sivakumar                      1 Orkid
Form 2 : Ng Zhen Hao                             2 Teratai
Form 3 : Jeremy Khoo                             3 Mawar
Form 4 : Milvert Ling Yi Song                4 Orkid
Form 5 : Tan Yin Ying                              5 Seroja