Last night during Star Awards 2015 Show 1, Martial House Star, Damien Teo was awarded the “Young Talent Award” for his outstanding performance in MediaCorp Channel 8 drama, “The Journey: Tumultuous Times”! Over the past few years, Damien has grown and made many remarkable achievements. From a cheeky young little boy to becoming a national Wushu champion and now, an award winning actor! Damien is definitely a multi-talented young boy who is filled with determination and perseverance to do his best in everything he does. This desirable trait is what Martial House would like to cultivate among students and hope that they would see Damien as a role model. Once again, congratulations to Damien! Hope he will continue to work hard so that we can see him more frequently on television! He has indeed done Martial House proud! Below are some of the media platforms that featured the most recent winner of the “Young Talent Award”, Damien Teo: 1. Channel 8 Facebook Page: 2. Channel 8 News Facebook Page: 3. Channel NewsAsia Website: Click here to read the full article. 4. Toggle: Click here to read the article and here to watch his exclusive interview. If you missed the “live” telecast of Star Awards 2015 Show 1, you may click here and watch it at Toggle.
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Congratulations to the Casts & Crews of “Legends of the Southern Arch”!
Martial House would like to congratulate The Theatre Practice for successfully concluding its 302nd production, “Legends of the Southern Arch”! The last show was held on 12 April 2015, Sunday at the Drama Centre Theatre @ National Library Building. The production was definitely entertaining as it was filled with humour, emotions and not forgetting actions which were choreographed by Martial House Choreographer & Artistic Consultant, Gordon Choy. For those who have been involved in National Day Parades and Chingays with Martial House over the years, you would find Gordon familiar. Martial House would also like to thank The Theatre Production for the opportunity to be involved in this production. Martial House Stars, Yap Wen Ren and Koh Jing Sen were part of the casts and they have impressed many with their action-packed movements and comedy in the opening scene! When asked about his acting experience, Wei Ren replied, “It is a bittersweet feeling now that the production is over. Bitter because I will miss the people there. They have taught me a lot and I have gained so much from them. On the other hand, I am also glad that the production is over as I can finally catch up with my sleep! Being an actor is not easy especially when you have shows every day and some days you have two! Really have to respect all the actors for their passion and perseverance!” After “Monkey Goes West”, “Legends of the Southern Arch” was the next production which involved talents from Martial House. Hopefully, we will get to see more Martial House Stars in the theatre scene!
[Updated] Martial House Stars @ Bukit Timah Plaza Talent Show 2015
On 12 April 2015, the Martial House Qigong team compromising of Kingston Chua, Seow Wei Kai, Wang Chun Hai and Shawn Tan participated in the Grand Final of the Bukit Timah Talent Show 2015! The team of four has stunned the judges and audiences with their jaw-dropping Qigong performance as Kingston bent a cudgel, a spear and a bundle of three metal rods with his throat! Their impressive act, together with the Facebook video “likes” accumulated, have earned them the third prize! Here are some words of appreciation by Kingston: “I want to thank everybody who liked and shared the video (on Facebook), especially those who helped me tag every single soul in their friend list because it’s laborious and time-consuming but that helps a lot. Also, thank you to those who came all the way down to Bukit Timah Plaza to support us. Also, I would like thank my partners who for supporting the cudgel, spear and metal rods. Without your assistance, the show wouldn’t be possible. Lastly, I would like to thank Master Leo Kee Ann for his guidance. Without him, I wouldn’t have been able to master this skill.” Once again, congratulations to the Martial House Qigong team! https://youtube.com/watch?v=zrIumlRNxuo If you missed their “live” performance, fret not as you may watch their impressive Qigong act in the video above! Martial House’s most well-known twins, Nigel & Neville were also invited as guest performers to perform during the show as they were Champions for last year’s edition of the talent show. If you got a talent and would like to join the show next year, do visit and like the Bukit Timah Plaza’s Facebook Page to receive the latest news and updates!
End of the 11th National Inter-School Wushu Championships 2015
And so, we have come to the end of the 11th National Inter-School Wushu Championships 2015! The finals of the competition was held at Toa Payoh Sports Hall where Wushu teams from the various schools had their last showdown in the Group Events! During the final day, Wushu teams under Martial House have performed well as they attained a total of 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze and 3 3rd Runner-Up medals! The outstanding Wushu teams for today are: Group Quanshu – C Boys: Victoria School – Silver Group Quanshu – A Boys: Meridian Junior College – Gold Anderson Junior College – 3rd Runner-Up Group Quanshu – A Girls: Meridian Junior College – Bronze Group Weapon – C Boys: Victoria School – Silver Group Weapon – B Boys: Beatty Secondary School – 3rd Runner-Up Group Weapon – A Boys: Meridian Junior College – Gold Anderson Junior College – 3rd Runner-Up Group Weapon – A Girls: Anderson Junior College – Bronze Congratulations to all medallists on their achievements as well as all participants for completing their inter-school Wushu competition journey this year! Each athlete has put in lots of effort in training, logistics preparation, styling, etc. Without the active support of the parents, teachers and alumni of the various Wushu teams, the athletes would not be able to focus and compete at ease! A big thank you to all the heroes behind-the-scene who made everything possible! It was also an emotional day for some athletes (especially those who are in the final year in their junior college) as it marks the end of their inter-school competition journey. Whether the journey ended with happiness or disappointment, it is the experience that matters. Hope you guys will treasure the moments spent with your team mates and may these precious memories and valuable friendships last forever! After 7 intensive days of the 11th National Inter-School Wushu Championships 2015, Martial House is proud to announce that the Wushu teams from the following schools have made it to the Top 4 placings for the respective divisions: Meridian Junior College: A Division Boys – Champion A Division Girls – 2nd Runner-Up Victoria School: C Division Boys – 1st Runner-Up The A Division Boys from Meridian Junior College have performed exceptionally well by attaining Gold medals for both Group Quanshu and Group Weapon events for the first time since 2008! Also, their astonishing total accumulated points of 196 has secured them the division championship trophy! Well done boys! Wayne Tay, the Captain of the Wushu team from Meridian Junior College, was interviewed after the prize presentation by National School Games, a sports programme on StarHub’s SuperSports Arena channel that traces the highlights and profiles of young sports talents! Do keep a lookout for the show once it is aired! Martial House is also pleased to announce that its athletes have achieved a total of 92 medals in the 11th National Inter-School Wushu Championships 2015! The consolidated results can be found below: Well done Martial House Stars! Martial House is truly proud of each and every one of you! Do continue to train hard to reach your fullest potential!
Day 6 of the 11th National Inter-School Wushu Championships 2015
Day 6 of the competition was literally a long day as it was filled with a series of Long Weapon events. Martial House athletes were faced with strong opponents and attained a total of 6 Gold, 7 Silver, 3 Bronze and 2 3rd Runner-Up medals! The medallists from today’s competition are: Nan Gun (1st International) – A Boys: Sean Ng (Meridian Junior College) – Gold Joel Ng Ye Day (Anderson Junior College) – Bronze Nan Gun (1st International) – A Girls: Lee Yin Cai (Meridian Junior College) – Bronze 4-Duan Cudgel – C Boys: Ong Pang Jan (Victoria School) – Gold Cudgel (1st International) – B Boys: Ong Pang Zan (Victoria School) – Silver Cudgel (1st International) – A Boys: Ng Geng Jui (Meridian Junior College) – Gold Deng Min Long (Meridian Junior College) – Silver Spear (2nd International) – A Boys: Adrian Tan Kai Xi (Meridian Junior College) – Silver Cudgel (2nd International) – B Boys: Cheong Neville (Hwa Chong Institution) – Silver Teo Jun Wei, Tobias (Victoria School) – 3rd Runner-Up Spear (1st International) – C Boys: Tay Kai Jie, Worden (Victoria School) – Silver Spear (1st International) – A Boys: Ong Shi Jie Gordon (Meridian Junior College) – Silver Clement Soo U-Jie (Meridian Junior College) – 3rd Runner-Up Spear (2nd International) – A Girls: Chong Rei Yin (Anderson Junior College) – Gold Ho Yingjie (Meridian Junior College) – Bronze Cudgel (2nd International) – A Boys: Wayne Tay (Meridian Junior College) – Gold Tan Guan Ren, Melvin (Meridian Junior College) – Silver Cudgel (2nd International) – A Girls: Yap Yuan Xin (Meridian Junior College) – Gold Congratulations to all medallists! All individual events have ended and tomorrow is the final day of the 11th National Inter-School Wushu Championships 2015! All the best to participants who participating in the group events! P.S. Note that the first event will commence at 10.00am tomorrow at Toa Payoh Sports Hall.
Day 5 of the 11th National Inter-School Wushu Championships 2015
There was a total of 12 Short Weapon events in today’s competition. The Martial House athletes have performed well once again by attaining a total of 5 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 3rd Runner-Up medals! The outstanding athletes for today are: Nan Dao (1st International) – B Boys: Ryan Soh Bolin (Beatty Secondary School) – Silver Nan Dao (1st International) – B Girls: Josephine Lee Sze Min (Anglican High School) – Gold Chua Xin Qi (Beatty Secondary School) – Silver 4-Duan Broadsword – C Boys: Ong Pang Jan (Victoria School) – Gold Nan Dao (1st International) – A Boys: Sean Ng (Meridian Junior College) – Gold Joel Ng Ye Da (Anderson Junior College) – 3rd Runner-Up 32-Style Taiji Sword – C Boys: Tay Yu Xuan (Victoria School) – Gold 32-Style Taiji Sword – C Girls: Melissa Mak Ziqi (Ngee Ann Secondary School) – Gold Cheong Vanessa (Nanyang Girls’ High School) – 3rd Runner-Up Broadsword (1st International) – C Boys: Koh Hao Xuan (Victoria School) – 3rd Runner-Up Broadsword (1st International) – B Boys: Ong Pang Zan (Victoria School) – Silver Well done athletes! Keep up the great work! We are now down to the last 2 days of Wushu competition which will be held at Toa Payoh Sports Hall. Note that the competition tomorrow will commence at 10.30am instead of the usual 12.30pm.
Day 3 of the 11th National Inter-School Wushu Championships 2015
After nearly a week of break, Wushu athletes from secondary schools and junior colleges have once again gathered at Chung Cheng High School (Main) for the National Inter-School Wushu Championships 2015! Day 3 of the competition was a great one for the Martial House athletes, whom have achieved a total of 6 Gold, 4 Silver, 4 Bronze and 2 3rd Runner-Up medals! The medallists for day 3 are: 4-Duan Sword – C Boys: Damien Teo Zhi Hao (Victoria School) – Gold Lim Zhengwei, Beltran (Chung Cheng High School (Main)) – 3rd Runner-Up 4-Duan Sword – C Girls: Olivia Yeo (Beatty Secondary School) – Silver Broadsword (2nd International) – A Boys: Wayne Tay (Meridian Junior College) – Gold Broadsword (2nd International) – A Girls: Yap Yuan Xin (Meridian Junior College) – Silver Nan Gun (1st International) – B Girls: Chua Xin Qi (Beatty Secondary School) – Gold Josephine Lee Sze Min (Anglican High School) – Bronze Broadsword (1st International) – A Boys: Tan Guan Ren, Melvin (Meridian Junior College) – Gold Deng Min Long (Meridian Junior College) – Bronze Broadsword (1st International) – A Girls: Ho Yingjie (Meridian Junior College) – Gold Broadsword (2nd International) – B Boys: Cheong Neville (Hwa Chong Institution) – Silver Sword (2nd International) – B Boys: Cheong Nigel (Hwa Chong Institution) – Gold Sword (2nd International) – A Boys: Adrian Tan Kai Xi (Meridian Junior College) – SIlver Wong Hui Xiang, Travier (Meridian Junior College) – Bronze Anderson Khoo Li Yang (Anderson Junior College) – 3rd Runner-Up Sword (2nd International) – A Girls: Chong Rei Yin (Anderson Junior College) – Bronze Congratulations to all medallists and keep up the good work! We are now at the halfway mark of the National Inter-School Wushu Championships 2015. Martial House and Wushu Daze would like to wish all participants the best of luck for their upcoming events!
Day 4 of the 11th National Inter-School Wushu Championships 2015
It was another day of intense competition at Chung Cheng High School (Main) with a total of 11 individual events. The athletes from Martial House have done well and attained a total of 5 Gold, 4 Silver and 3 3rd Runner-Up medals from today’s events! The medallists from today’s competition are: 42-Style Taiji Sword (1st International) – C Boys: Tay Kai Jie, Worden (Victoria School) – Gold Brandon Wong Jyn Kid (Beatty Secondary School) – Silver Lim Yu Sheng (Beatty Secondary School) – 3rd Runner-Up 42-Style Taiji Sword (1st International) – B Boys: Hermann Yap Zhen Hao (River Valley High School) – Gold Lai Nok Fong (Beatty Secondary School) – Silver 42-Style Taiji Sword (1st International) – B Girls: Ho Lin Ying (Nanyang Girls’ High School) – Gold Loh Yan Ping (Junyuan Secondary School) – Silver 42-Style Taiji Sword (1st International) – A Boys: Neo Boon Swee (Meridian Junior College) – Gold 42-Style Taiji Sword (1st International) – A Girls: Tay Yi Xuan, Ellie (Meridian Junior College) – 3rd Runner-Up Sword (1st International) – A Boys: Ng Geng Jui (Meridian Junior College) – Gold Ong Shi Jie Gordon (Meridian Junior College) – Silver Xing Tingrong (Anderson Junior College) – 3rd Runner-Up Congratulations to all medallists! You have done Martial House proud once again! Great job! Before each participant executes his/her routine on the court, there are tons of preparations that need to be done. This includes hair styling and make-up. Special thanks to all heroes behind the scene who have helped make the athletes look suave and beautiful, boosting their confidence and thus, enabling them to enhance the quality of their routines. Tomorrow is the last day of competition to be held at Chung Cheng High School (Main). The competition will be held at Toa Payoh Sports Hall thereafter. All the best to all participants with upcoming events!
Catch the Martial House Stars at the “Legends of the Southern Arch”!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=qfa-lN9Xdlk Have you watched the theatre production “Legends of the Southern Arch”? If you have not, you should as you will be able to catch three of the Martial House Stars in action! Martial House Artistic Consultant & Choreographer, Gordon Choy is in-charge of the Fight Choreography for the production. He is also one of the casts, along with Martial House Stars Yap Wei Ren and Koh Jing Sen! When asked about his experience as a cast, Wei Ren replied, “Though it is tiring, the experience is great so far! The people are fun and I learnt a lot from them. And I would encourage you guys to watch the production as there will be many exciting stunts and effects going on on stage!” The “Legends of the Southern Arch” has started showing since 27 March 2015 at the Drama Centre Theatre. The last show will be on 12 April 2015. To find out more about the production, click here to visit the SISTIC website.
End of the 11th National Primary Schools Wushu Championship 2015
Finally, we have come to the end of the 11th National Primary Schools Wushu Championship 2015! The final day of the competition was held at Toa Payoh Sports Hall, where the various schools battled it out in the group events. This year, more than 1,000 student athletes across 106 schools participated in the competition and Martial House is proud to announce that De La Salle School has attained the Overall 3rd Runner-Up for both Junior Boys and Junior Girls divisions! De La Salle School’s achievements are the fruits of labour of Martial House Coach Leo Rui Yan (Reann) and the students from the Wushu team. When she was asked to share her thoughts and emotions with regards to De La Salle School’s outstanding results this year, Coach Reann said: “It was a journey that began short of a decade and a half ago, when we worked on just the traditional routines to inculcate within our students a culture of fundamentals of martial arts. Fourteen years later, with immense support from teachers and parents of the De La Salle Wushu team, the students have achieved Overall 3rd Runner-Up for both Junior Boys and Junior Girls divisions! Beyond teachings of the art, the team has also displayed characteristics of maturity and understanding, that winning and medals are but of mere importance, with the most integral of values being earnestness and humility, with teamwork and cohesive learning being the pillars of a successful process. I’m grateful for this opportunity and I would like to thank my fellow coaches from Martial House who have supported and helped me in grooming the kids from De La Salle School. I am only looking forward to more amazing times ahead!” Once again, congratulations to De Le Salle School and Coach Reann! The annual competition also provided a platform for participants to interact and build friendship regardless of where they came from. When the coaches and students from Martial House and Wufang Singapore cheered for one another, it was like an reenactment of Chingay 2015 once again! Martial House is also pleased to announce that its student athletes have achieved a total of 60 medals in the 11th National Primary Schools Wushu Championship 2015! Well done Martial House Stars! The consolidated results can be found below: Martial House would like to thank all parents, teachers and coaches for playing multiple roles during the competition. From being makeup artists to hair stylists, from being cheerleaders to photographers. Without the endless support given, the student athletes would not have shine so confidently on the arena. Also, to the students who have performed well, keep up the good work and continue to work hard. To students who did not perform up to expectation, do not be discouraged. With the determination and perseverance, you turn to shine will eventually come. Remember, the sky is your limit!