HWACHONG TAEKWONDO
our blood. our sweat. their tears.
A Winner Without A Medal
Saturday, August 23, 2008 / 10:46 AM

2002 Universiade Taekwondo Competition Gold
2002 Asian Taekwondo Championship Silver
2004 Asian Taekwondo Championship Bronze
2004 Universiade Taekwondo Competition Gold
2005 World Taekwondo Champsionship Silver
2006 Korea Taekwondo Open Silver
2006 Doha Asian Games Taekwondo Gold
2007 Universiade Taekwondo Competition Gold

To the 27-year-old veteren Su Li-Wen, these medals cannot match her achievement in the 2008 Summer Olympics ---- She did not get a medal, but she displayed the spirit of a sportsman and a Taekwondo fighter.

Su, the Taiwanese delegate in the Beijing Summer Lympics 2008 Women's Taekwondo -57kg Category, entered the ring after making a promise that she would fight for the gold medal while her father battles cancer.

In the preliminary round, Su Li-Wen put up an intense match with the Korean delegate Lim Su-jeong (who later won the gold medal), severely injured her left knee and lost the duel by 0:1. Her coach had to carry her out of the ring after the match. 6 hours later in the repechage round, she defeated her opponent and entered the Bronze Medal Match, where she would encounter Martina Zubcic of Croatia.

After the repechage round, her left cruciate ligament was avulsed, the phalangeal bone was fractured, and recrudesced old injuries. Despite strong objections from her coach, she insisted on fighting in the Bronze Medal Match.

Throughout the 6 minutes in the 3 rounds, she was hopping on her right leg and attacking with only her left (injured) leg. She executed 2 head kicks scoring 4 points, and collapsed 11 times in the ring. She stood up after every fall and resume the match. The score was tied at 4:4 after 3 rounds, and she was scored by her opponent in the sudden death round. That was the last time she fell, but the first time she wept ---- weeping not in agony, but in regret for not fulfulling her promise to her father. She was immediately wheelchair-ridden after the match and pending surgeory.

She lost the medal, but she won the crowd. She displayed Olympic Sportsmanship and the honourable spirit of a Taekwondo fighter.

Watch the video on the Bronze Medal Match, between Su Li-Wen (Chung) and Martina Zubcic (Hong). Keep in mind that her left leg is severely injured, her only attacking leg.


NATIONAL SPORTS QUIZ ON 22 AUG
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 / 2:15 PM

Hello! Please take note that ALL C1 Sports cca members are expected to attend and witness the final round of the National Inter-School Sports Quiz organised by HCI on 22 August, THIS COMING FRIDAY.

Be seated in the college auditorium by 3.45pm. The Guest of Honours are coming in at around 4pm and the event will end by 6pm.

Attendance is COMPULSORY and attendance will be taken.

Permission has already been granted by the Dean for the students to be released from CT session from 3.30pm onwards so do not be late for the event! (:

As all C1 Athenians will be having compulsory chemistry make up lecture on the same day from 3.30 to 4.30, I'll ask Dr Siva if yall will be excused from the event. If not, I guess yall will have to turn up for the event after chemistry lecture haha. Your section leaders will inform you about this once Dr Siva gets back to me.

Thank you!

Olympics 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 / 8:12 PM

Hey all, with the recent on-going olympics 2008, remember to look out for TAEKWONDO!!!!!!
Yes! The matches will start next Wed, 20Aug 2008. See some cool kicks and moves and you may or may not pick up some tips. It would most probably be a really cool experience to see pro pple from all over the world sparring each other. Click -->HERE <-- for more details. :) If you have cable teevee, GOOD FOR YOU! if not, hope channel 5/u broadcast tkd!


Note to those who are supposed to go to the NUS MARTIAL ARTS DISPLAY this Thurs, 15 Aug, please be reminded to attend the display! Thank you!! :)

Thursday, August 7, 2008 / 9:21 PM

LOST GI PANTS. FOUND AFTER LAST WED'S TRAINING. IF IT HAPPENS TO BE YOURS, PLEASE FIND ANYONE from s75 :)

Attendance for grading on 5th october!!
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 / 9:33 PM

HELLO!! okays so here's the confirmed list of people going for the grading on 5th october!

J2s
1. Jun Jie
2. Helun

J1s
Elizabeth’s section
3. Elizabeth
4. Felix
5. Celia
6. Yongji
7. Ying ying
8. Zhang Qin
9. Samuel
10. Melisa
11. Xiao Yang
12. Kee En
13. Xinyi
14. Zhao Chen
15. Xiao Rui
16. Yu Yue
17. Yuqin
18. Pohting
19. Angela
20. Zhang Xiao

Pek Yee’s section
21. Pek Yee
22. Noelle
23. Kai Jun
24. Jonathan
25. Rachel
26. Eric
27. Sylvanus
28. Yitian
29. Audrey
30. Jamie
31. Jiahui
32. Jun Xin
33. Shinyi
34. Eileen
35. Peiwei
36. Zhu Yun

Total: 36

yup! any changes please inform me asap!! and please remember to pay the grading fee of $25 to peiwei before the grading itself. ie ASAP!! please take the intiative and pass it to him when you see him around! make our job easier mah (: yup so that should be all!! and IF you belong to the group of people who havent even paid for the previous grading, AHEM please do so! thanks!!

PS. oh one last thing! dear j2 seniors, i'll be bringing your grading cards tmr so please do look for me either at my class bench (s76) or after 3.30pm at tkd room tmr cos we'll be preparing for open house stuff(: help to spread the word around!! meanwhile, jiayou people!! thankyou!!! :D

PS.PS. paiseh. this is anthr call for NICE and HELPFUL volunteers to help out during open house!! your help would be greatly greatly greatly appreciated!!! THANKYOU!!

yuqin <3!!

OPEN HOUSE preparations
/ 8:09 PM

So there will be NO TRNG tmr (6aug).
HOWEVER...............
We will be giving those involved in open house performance a briefing and if time permits, we shall tryout the performance. There will be many loopholes, so those involved MUST MUST MUST COME DOWN tmr. IF YOU OBJECT VIOLENTLY, please inform EILEEN or ZHANGXIAO :) Those who might have other CCA commitments on that day (10oct) and cannot help out as well, please inform eileen/zhangxiao as well. INFORM THEM ASAP!!!!!!!
Others whose names are not below, most likely because you didn't inform us that you're interested or willing to help, IF YOU ARE FEELING HELPFUL AND NICE, please come down tmr as well! The more the merrier :)

MEET AT TKD ROOM AT 330PM tmr! :) HALF-GI :)

The following are pple invovled
Doing self-D/ Kicks/ Plank breaking:
  • Jackie
  • Zhangxiao
  • Zhang Qin
  • Yitian
  • Peiwei
  • Yongji
  • Zhuyun
  • Felix
  • Kaijun
  • Jonquek
  • Shinyi
  • Elizabeth

Doing Pattern performance:

  • Yingying
  • Audrey
  • Celia
  • Rachel
  • Stella
  • Shinyi
  • Elizabeth
  • Pekyee
  • Willy
  • Samuel

See you tmr :)