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Day 4 of the 12th National Primary Schools Wushu Championship 2016

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IMG_1380 Day 4 of the competition has ended! This means that we are at the halfway mark of the 12th National Primary Schools Wushu Championship 2016! Once again, the Martial House Stars fought hard against strong competitors to attain their hard earned trophies! IMG_1398 Congratulations to the following students for their achievements: 24-Style Taijiquan (Junior Boys): Joshua Wong Jun Kai (De La Salle School) – Gold Goh Tze Shen Jerome (De La Salle School) – 3rd Runner-Up 24-Style Taijiquan (Junior Girls): Tay Kai Le (Greenridge Primary School) – 3rd Runner-Up 3-Duan Changquan (Junior Boys): Leow Kee Teck, Douglas (Gongshang Primary School) – Silver 3-Duan Nanquan (Junior Boys): Reyes Teh Kai Jun (Maris Stella High School) – Gold Jaylen Cheong (De La Salle School) – Bronze Nanquan (Junior Boys): Joel Ng (St. Hilda’s Primary School) – Bronze IMG_1401 Also, congratulations to Jonas from the Junior Sports Academy (JSA) – Wushu for attaining a Silver! 24-Style Taijiquan (Senior Boys): Lim Xi Han, Jonas (Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School) – Silver Tomorrow marks the start of the long weekend. We hope that students can take a really quick break before gearing for the competition which resumes on 28 March 2016 at Tao Nan School. All the best!

[Updated] Day 1 of the 12th National Primary Schools Wushu Championship 2016

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IMG_1314 It is Day 1 of the 12th National Primary Schools Wushu Championship 2016! The competition began with the opening ceremony with the young athletes reciting the Athletes’ Oath. Martial House Coach, Leo Rui Yan had the honour to recite the Officials’ Oath on behalf of the judges of the competition. IMG_1318 The competition in the 4-Duan Sword events at Court A was indeed intensive, with 55 and 53 participants in the Junior Boys and Junior Girls divisions respectively. Martial House Stars, Austin Chong and Ng Yu Ninn overcame the odds to attain Gold medals in both events with their outstanding execution of the routine! Well done! 4-Duan Sword (Junior Boys): Austin Chong Sze Ze (De La Salle School) – Gold 4-Duan Sword (Junior Girls): Ng Yu Ninn (Haig Girls’ School) – Gold IMG_1320 The students from the Junior Sports Academy (JSA) – Wushu, under the guidance of Martial House coaches, have performed well in today’s competition as well! They have attained a total of 2 Gold, 1 Silver & 2 Bronze! Congratulations! 4-Duan Sword (Senior Boys): Lim Hongrui (Chongfu School) – Gold 5-Duan Sword (Senior Boys): Lee QiYang, Ansel (Rosyth School) – Gold Chan Chiew Lik (Keming Primary School) – Bronze Sword (Senior Girls): Tiffanie Hew Yu Xun (Chongzheng Primary School) – Silver Sword (Senior Boys): Lim Siew Woo (Zhangde Primary School) – Bronze Day 2 of the competition will resume tomorrow at Tao Nan School from 12:30pm onwards. Martial House wishes all competing athletes the very best and all the best!

De Wu Pugilistic Association Belt Grading Examination on 27 February 2016

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IMG_1028 On 27 February 2016, De Wu Pugilistic Association conducted its first belt grading examination of the year. More than 120 students across the various training locations in Singapore, including community centres and schools, gathered at MHQ for the examination. IMG_1033 With more than 30 years of establishment, the belt grading system serves as a benchmark for students to set and achieve progressive targets throughout the learning journey. Students who passed the belt grading examination will be awarded with certificates of promotion and proceed on to further improve their skills and learn the next set of required routines for the next belt level, motivating them to reach higher goals. This further enhances the Wushu skills and knowledge of students and encourages them to be more proactive in their learning. FullSizeRender-11 Martial House and De Wu Pugilistic Association would like to congratulate all students for completing the examination! Continue to train hard to advance to higher belt levels and at the same time, play a part to promote Wushu as a cultural art and sport across generations! FullSizeRender-12

Martial House CNY Performance Crew & Chingay Parade 2016 Appreciation Lunch

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IMG_5262 With the objective to recognise the hard work and valuable contributions of Martial House Stars, the Martial House Chinese New Year (CNY) Performance Crew and Chingay Parade 2016 participants were invited to an exclusive appreciation lunch event on 28 February 2016! af9458e46ca149391babe475f8818eb4 After the sumptuous lunch, an award presentation ceremony was held. Firstly, certificates of appreciation by the People’s Association were individually presented to the participants of Chingay Parade 2016. Following, special awards were presented to outstanding performers. The awardees were: Chingay Parade 2016 Special Honorary Mention: Chua Xin Qi Star Participant Award: Eden Cheong Most Valuable Participant: Neville Cheong Character Awards 1. Most Polite: Dhea Tho 2. Most Responsible: Herlyn Loo 3. Most Caring: Amanda Seah 4. Most Helpful: Chua Wen Bin 5. Most Thoughtful: Melissa Mak 6. Most Hardworking: Loh Yan Ping 49f56573ca96b92775aea79cda14231e Awardees were each presented with a limited edition Martial House towel while an exclusive G-Shock watch was presented to the recipient of the Special Honorary Mention Award, Chua Xin Qi! 72c73af5259939d64443a15817aaed74 A third presentation was then specially held for the Martial House CNY Performance Crew. Five outstanding Martial House Stars were each awarded with a G-Shock watch for their commitment and effort for their active involvement in performances with Martial House throughout the CNY period. The awardees were: CNY Performance Crew Most Valuable Performer: Neville Cheong Best Performance Item: Yap Zheng Yan – Nine Section Whip Most Outstanding Performance Leader: Yap Wei Ren Most Versatile Performer: Nigel Cheong Best Newcomer: Caston Lim 2c7f20c6ae7500aec0bf222d18ba752d Once again, a super big thank you to all Martial House Stars for your active involvement, selfless sacrifices and valuable contributions! Martial House would also like to thank our trusted partner, Hour Boutique (S) Pte Ltd for co-sponsoring the G-Shock watches. IMG_1040 If you are a Martial House Star Card member, simply flash your card to to enjoy additional 10% discount for Seiko, Deep Blue & Michel Herbelin watches and/or additional 5% discount for Casio G-Shock watches! Hour Boutique is located at 3 Coleman Street, Peninsula Shopping Centre, #01-31, Singapore 179804. Click here to visit Hour Boutique’s website.

March Holiday Intensive Training

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IMG_0652 In view of the upcoming National Inter-School Wushu Championships 2016, Martial House will be conducting the March Holiday Intensive Training as requested by students and parents. The training sessions will be supervised by Martial House Managing Director, Mr. Leo Wen Yeow. Venue MHQ, 115 Eunos Avenue 3 #05-02 Singapore 409839 Date Session 1: 16 March 2016 (Wednesday): 3:30pm – 5:30pm Session 2: 17 March 2016 (Thursday): 10:00am – 12:00pm Session 3: 17 March 2016 (Thursday): 2:00pm – 4:00pm Session 4: 18 March 2016 (Friday): 10:00am – 12:00pm Session 5: 18 March 2016 (Friday) 2:00pm – 4:00pm Price Star Card Member: $100.00 (for all 5 sessions), $24.00 (per session) Non-Star Card Member: $120.00 (for all 5 sessions), $28.00 (per session) Optional Students have the option to top-up $10.00 for lunch to be included on 17 & 18 March 2016. Kindly indicate the dietary restriction (if any) upon registration. For queries, kindly send them to Timothy via email to [email protected].

#Throwback: Martial House February Frenzy

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6c873531083f102d136b75ce622db433 February was indeed a frenzy month for Martial House! Besides the action-packed CNY week and Chingay Parade 2016, the second-half of the month was fulfilling too! 1. Hong Bao Presentation cum Lunar New Year Celebration 2016 (12 February 2016) IMG_0753 On 12 February 2016, Martial House was invited to put up a Wushu performance at the Hong Bao Presentation cum Lunar New Year Celebration 2016, organised by the Singapore Organisation of Seamen (SOS) and Seacare Manpower Services Pte Ltd, with Mr. Lim Swee Say, Minister for Manpower as the guest-of-honour. The Martial House Stars who delivered a spectacular performance were: a. Yap Wei Ren b. Jessen Tan c. Ng Teck Hong d. Seow Wei Kai e. Yap Yuan Xin f. Ellie Tay g. Travier Wong h. Joey Boo i. Caston Lim j. Cynthia Tan 2. Chinese New Year Gala 2016 @ Resorts World Sentosa (12 February 2016) 230a41ce8f7ad7a3573c6a36a5b53919 After weeks of hard work, the Martial House Stars took on the big stage to perform at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS)! A total of 10 performers, led by Martial House choreographers Eric Wan & Gordon Choy, were involved in two items, namely: The Grand Opening Performance a. Yap Zheng Yan b. Yap Wei Ren c. Neville Cheong d. Nigel Cheong Little Monkeys Performance a. Issac Evan Peh b. Joshua Goh c. Shannon Lee d. Devni Chamodya Kaluarachchi e. Xavier Wong f. Benjamin Ong a4ab4c381cf3c1fa63ad7d0668aaa96f It was indeed a great honour for the Martial House team to work with the creative team and in-house performers from RWS! This was especially for the opening item whereby the Wushu performers showcased their moves in dark with their customised illuminated costumes and weapons! 3. Whampoa Chinese New Year Celebration 2016 (12 February 2016) On the same evening, the students from the Wushu team of Hong Wen School were invited to perform at a CNY dinner event at Kallang Community Club. Under the guidance of Martial House Coach Timothy Chan and the teachers, a total of 18 student performers put up an impressive Wushu performance that won the applauses of the audiences! IMG_0773 After the performance, it was a great pleasure for the team to snap a picture with Mr. Heng Chee How, Senior Minister of State (Prime Minister’s Office) & MP for Jalan Besar GRC (Whampoa), who was the guest-of-honour for the evening. 4. The Sheng Siong Show – Season Finale (20 February 2016) 20 February 2016 marks the season finale of the Sheng Siong Show. Over the past weeks, the Martial House Stars have been part of the lucky draw segment under the guidance of the coaches, Jessen Tan & Seow Wei Kai. They were: a. Leo Yi Long b. Desmond Ong c. Tok Ee Chern d. Tristan Yeo IMG_0942 Martial House would like to thank the organisers for having us to be part of the show! Not forgetting the parents who have been accompanying these kids for their rehearsals and performances, a big thank you for your time, effort and dedication! Hope that this experience was a memorable one for all! 5. Wushu Performance @ Thomson Plaza (21 February 2016) IMG_0955 Once again, the Martial House Stars were back to display some of their impressive moves for the shopper at Thomson Plaza! The performers were: a. Emily Sin b. Yap Zhen Yan c. Leo Yi Long d. Travier Wong e. Caston Lim This performance also marked the end of the CNY 2016 series. If you would like to engage Martial House for performances, kindly send your queries via email to [email protected].