National Inter-School Wushu Championships (Day 2)

Day 2 of the National Interschools Championships saw some very intense competition amongst the skilled athletes from all the various schools. In the C-Div Broadsword,
Bernie Ang (1F) and Ryan Goh (2F) did their best but were unable to place in the top 4.

Here we see Bernie and Ryan in action:




In the C-Div Sword, Tan Xiang Ting managed to clinch his second Gold medal for VS.


Elder brother, Tan Xiang Tian also completed the double-whammy by securing his second Gold in the B-Div Nan Quan routine.(As there were 2 events going on consecutively, I was only able to get footage of Xiang Tian's routine from afar)


Our final medal came from Fung Jin Jie 'Jingo', JJ had a tough fight for 2nd and 3rd placing as he was tied in score with his fellow opponent.
(JJ was penalised 0.1 for an extra movement thus giving him an identical score with another athlete)
In the case of a tie, the competitor whose mean value of the 2 invaild scores comes closer to the average of the valid scores shall be placed higher. After much waiting and the final calculations, JJ achieved 3rd.
It was a hard fought event, with all the athletes pushing the limits of their personal performances, so it is important to savour every bit of success as it is hard won.

National Inter-School Wushu Championships (Day 1)

Wed 2nd April was the beginning of the National Inter-school Wushu Championships.
In the first event, C-Boys 5-Duan Chang Quan, VS scored first blood with Tan Xiang Ting from 2G winning us the Gold medal for the event.


Our new Sec 1 member, Bernie Ang gave a great performance and only missed getting into the top 4 by 0.01. Keep it up Bernie!


In the second event, C-Boys 5-Duan Nan Quan, VS made it a two-in-a-row when Ryan Goh from 2F came out of nowhere to astonish the crowd with his outstanding performance.
Ryan has been training very, very had these few months to brush up on his routine and the work has paid off with our dark horse emerging champion.


Darren Tan from 1E also did VS proud. Even though he is only in Sec 1, he is competition in the more technical event for Nan Quan 1st International routine.
Despite this challenge, he managed to achieve a 4th placing to secure a Bronze (4th) for VS.


In the B-Div, Tan Xiang Tian from 4I gave VS our hat-trick when he clinched the Gold medal in the B-Div Nan Dao routine.


Well done, boys!
Let's keep up the good work and continue working hard.
Know that success does not come easy and that with success we must continue to stay humble and train even harder

Nil Sine Labore

Preparation for Interschool Wushu 2008

John, here are your training clips for Taiji

VS Chinese New Year Celebrations 2008

We're off for 4 days of holiday for the Chinese New Year,
Victorians in the hostel celebrated the New Year with a steam-boat dinner on Mon 5th Feb.

The VS Wushu Team performed during the dinner and here we can see the following boys in action:
Tan Xiang Ting: Free-style Chang Quan
Fung Jin Jie: Competition Cudgel
Wayne Kang, Sean Ho and Tan Xiang Tian: 3-Man Sparring



For our own celebrations at VS, the Wushu Team performed Lion dancing, you can catch pictures of the event here (courtesy of Mr Su Ronghua)

We were also honoured by the presence of Madam Ge Chunyan, a founding member of the Beijing Wushu Team that toured internationally with Jet Li. She is the parent of one of our Sec 1 boys- Liu Haoran. Madam Ge gave us a great demonstration of Bagua Double-Deer Hooks

(Liu Haoran, your mother is cool, sia!)