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I thought it was a normal knock-out (Ray) 2. from The Straits Times (Ray) 3. 2010 Anniversary Seminars (Rudy Timmerman) 4. RE: 2010 Anniversary Seminars (Thomas Gordon) 5. Stanford Summer Camp (Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:19:10 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] I thought it was a normal knock-out Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net 'I thought it was a normal knock-out' Sun, Jul 12, 2009 The New Paper By Liew Hanqing SHE was delighted when her older brother decided to pick up taekwondo, a sport she had enjoyed for seven years. But last Sunday, Vivian Tan, 16, witnessed a tragic accident that claimed her brother's life during a taekwondo competition. Vincent Tan, 17, fell into a coma and died in hospital after being kicked on the neck while sparring with his opponent. Vivian, who had been scheduled to compete later that day, had been rooting for her brother. She told The New Paper last night at her brother's wake: 'He was sparring with an opponent within the same weight range, but the other boy looked fitter than my brother. He was tall and quite sporty- looking.' The competition at the Kampong Kembangan Community Club was jointly organised by the Kampong Ubi-Kembangan Citizens Consultative Committee and the Greenville Residents' Committee, and supported by the Singapore Taekwondo Gymnasium. Vincent's opponent, she said, apparently held a brown belt, which indicated a higher skill grade than her brother's green belt. Blue belt However, a Singapore Taekwondo Gymnasium spokesman told Lianhe Wanbao that Vincent had recently received a blue belt, which allowed him to spar with his opponent. Vivian said that she saw the opponent kick her brother in the neck. Vincent then adjusted his helmet but collapsed. Vivian recalled that at the time, she did not realise the severity of what had happened. She said: 'I thought it was just a normal knock-out. But when my brother did not wake up after more than five minutes, I panicked.' Their childhood friend, Ow Mei Poh, 18, was also present when the accident happened. She recalled: 'I was helping out at the competition when I heard that Vincent had collapsed. When I looked at him, he was already on the floor. I knew it was bad because his hands had turned pale.' Vivian said her brother decided to pick up the sport because he was bored at home when she went for her taekwondo practice with their friends. She said: 'There were about seven of us who were enthusiastic about taekwondo, so he decided to join us.' Vincent's older sister, Madam Dwie Indah, 24, said her brother had taken up the sport mainly as a form of exercise. She said: 'He wasn't going all out to win trophies. He wasn't that competitive.' Her brother, she said, was more passionate about computer-related stuff. She said: 'He was excited when he got into the information technology course at Nanyang Polytechnic. He worked really hard, and his lecturer just told us that he had done well for his recent tests.' He also liked playing computer games, especially Counterstrike, Madam Dwie said. 'He liked playing games with guns in them,' she said. She added that he was a filial son. He took on a part-time job to ease the family's financial load when their father became paralysed after a stroke about eight years ago. 'Earlier this year, he worked at a convenience store to make some extra cash. He worked long hours, sometimes up to 11pm,' she said. But he never complained, she added. Their mother, Madam Nur Julia, 50, echoed these sentiments. Sobbing uncontrollably, she recalled how Vincent had helped her take care of her late husband after his stroke while she juggled two jobs as a hawker and cleaner to make ends meet. She said in Mandarin: 'He helped to change his father's clothes, bathe him and clean him. He never complained about the hard work, or about it being dirty. He was such a good boy.' Pointing to a ramp linking the living room to the washing area, Madam Nur Julia said Vincent had built it so it would be easier to move his father around in his wheelchair in the flat. She said: 'He bought cement and stayed up through the night to build it.' After his father died last October, Vincent promised his mother to take care of her 'forever'. She said: 'He told me he did not want to get married, because he wanted to take care of me. He said he would get a good job and buy me a nice house, and that I wouldn't ever have to worry again.' Madam Dwie said her mother had initially been apprehensive about Vincent taking up taekwondo. 'My mother asked him not to compete because she was worried, but after she watched one of the training sessions and saw that it wasn't that violent, she became more agreeable to it.' But now the family wants to know how the accident happened. Said Madam Nur Julia: 'I want to know why my son was allowed to fight with somebody with a brown belt.' --__--__-- Message: 2 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:17:04 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] from The Straits Times Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net July 12, 2009 TEEN KICKED IN TAEKWONDO MATCH Teen offers apology The Straits Times http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_402233.html THE teenager who dealt a fatal kick to his taekwondo opponent last week showed up at the wake on Sunday night to pay his respects. Accompanied by his parents and sister, the 15-year-old approached the mother of the late Vincent Tan mother, sombre, to offer his apology. Vincent, 17, died last Thursday, four days after the kick to his neck ruptured a key blood vessel to his brain. The teen, dressed in black, kept his head bowed as Vincent's grieving mother burst into tears and screamed at him in Malay. 'Why did you hit so hard? You should have been more careful!' cried Madam Nur Julia, 51. The stout lad took the brunt of this stoically, his head bowed, and nodding occasionally. It was only when he was taken aside to a table that the dam broke. He turned to his taekwondo instructor and wept. His mother, who stood beside him as he faced Madam Nur Julia also cried. The teen's father, aged 55, said his son was traumatised by the incident and had not eaten or slept well for a week, and that he would bar him from taekwondo for the time being. Vincent, a first-year polytechnic student, will be cremated on Monday. --__--__-- Message: 3 To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net From: Rudy Timmerman Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:39:02 -0400 Subject: [The_Dojang] 2010 Anniversary Seminars Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Greetings Dojang Digest members. In an epic and unheard of gesture of brotherhood, the following Grand Masters, and dozens of other Masters of Korean martial arts from across the globe, will present the 2010 Anniversary Seminars in honor of GM Timmerman’s 70th birthday. This sort of mutual cooperation is not often encountered in martial arts, and it is a clear indication of the respect GM Timmerman has earned during his sixty years of practicing martial arts. I thank these Grand Masters for their generosity from the bottom of my heart. Listed in the order of their commitment, the following Grand Masters have promised to travel to Canada and “donate” an hour of their time on August 14, 2010: Grand Masters James Mc Murray (founder of Moo Hap Sool) - Michael DeAlba (founder of Modern Farang Mu Sul) - Kenneth MacKenzie (9th dahn Sin Moo Hap Ki Do) - Serge Baubil (founder Hoshinkido) - Geoff Booth (founder of Australian Hap Ki Do Group) - and Marlin Sims (founder of United Martial Science Federation). Needless to say, all of the Grand Masters and Masters who have made this generous commitment are very busy people, and they are often booked a year or more in advance; hence, we make this announcement early enough for all interested parties to make plans in order to attend this gala event. For more information: Within the next few days, our website at www.nkmaa.ca will have all pertinent information posted; however, you can contact GM Timmerman at kwanjang@sympatico.ca in order to make reservations or receive a PDF file of our brochure. The deadline for advanced registrations closes August 1, 2009. Note, that is 2009... one full year in advance. Registrations received after that date do not qualify for the early registration discount. --__--__-- Message: 4 From: "Thomas Gordon" To: Subject: RE: [The_Dojang] 2010 Anniversary Seminars Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:15:56 -0500 Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Grand Master Timmerman, I am looking forward to the event and have some students interested in coming as well. Looking forward to seeing you in April and then again for your August event. Thomas Gordon Master's Seminars April 16-18, 2010 www.GordonMartialArts.com/april --__--__-- Message: 5 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:35:13 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] Stanford Summer Camp Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Stanford Summer Camp July 25-29 http://usa-taekwondo.us/news/article/14211 USA Taekwondo Stanford University International Taekwondo Summer Camp July 25th-29th Black and Red Belt Athletes Only Ages 12-17 Website: http://tkd.stanford.edu/summercamp For More Information E-mail: stanfordtkd@yahoo.com Call: (408)674-2370 $100.00 Discount to all 2008 and 2009 Junior National Medalists (Gold/ Silver/Bronze in Sparring 12-17 Black Belt Division) and current and former Junior Team members! (Call for discount code) 2009 Featured Camp Coach Coach Yong Sung Ha is the former coach of the Korean National Sports University where he coached numerous World and Olympic Champions. He was hired by the Taiwanese to help develop their national team and is now the Head Coach at the National Taiwan Sports University in Taichung. He has coached many outstanding athletes there, but the most famous is Chu, Mu-yen who won the 2003 World Championship and the Gold Medal in the Olympic Flyweight division at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. He is not only a great coach, but a very friendly and personable man who will be introducing the athletes to many unique training methods that have yielded undeniable results. The Stanford coaching staff has once again put together an unforgettable schedule of training and events for Red and Black belt athletes ages 12-17. Training is 3x daily and there are scheduled activities like swimming, a beach trip, movie night, games, lectures on college prep, motivation and visualization and lots more. All lodging on campus, meals, training and activities are included in the price. Finally, every athlete will receive direct feedback from the staff as well as a written evaluation. One of the great things about this camp is the staff. Many National team members are former campers and are returning as Team Leaders this year. Here is a partial list of this year's staff: Tim Ghormley (Stanford Taekwondo Head Coach, 2009 National Collegiate Taekwondo Association Coach of the Year) Chul Ho Kim (Stanford Taekwondo Assistant Coach, 1989,1991 World Champion, 2003-2004 US National Team Coach, 1998-2000 Korean National Team Coach) Kent Kitagawa (Stanford Taekwondo Assistant Coach, 2000 USA Taekwondo Coach of the Year) James Howe (2-time U.S. National Champion, 2009 Collegiate National Team Member, Former Junior National Team member) Linda Buell (Former National Collegiate Champion, Current National Collegiate Team Coach) Justin Sawyer (Stanford Team Member, Pac-West and Collegiate National Champion) Markie Keelan (2008 National Collegiate Team member, Pan Am and US Open Gold medalist) Come join some of the America's best young athletes for a one-of-a- kind training experience. You will not regret it. --__--__-- _______________________________________________ The_Dojang mailing list The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://the-dojang.net Old digest issues @ ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com/pub/the_dojang Copyright 1994-2009: Ray Terry and http://MartialArtsResource.com Standard disclaimers apply. Remember September 11. End of The_Dojang Digest