After breakfast, we began touring ShiChaHai Sports School.
It is a impressive, modern facility with well provisioned space and equipment for the training of elite athletes.
Here we see the Sanda Tem (Full-Contact Fighters) Training
They are one of professional teams maintained and housed here at ShiChaHai. These are basically members of the Beijing Sanda Team
Another professional team housed on the campus is the Boxing Team. Those were the guys we saw doing their early morning laps. Here we see their training arena:
There is also a well-equipped modern gym that is open to public on weekends.
Next we saw one of the wushu training groups in the basement of the stadium. Their training areas are really well thought out and are structured to all for viewing by public as well as provisioned with lots of space.
This is one of the training areas we will have the priviledge to train in during the days to come.
But what really showed us the toughness and resiliency of the students here was witnessing the children's gymnastics class.
Their discipline and hard-work without complaint at that age is really something we need to emulate
Just look at the end of the clip and you can see the young boys holding themselves in handstand position on their own.
Hope this will inspire our boys to perservere and train hard in the week to come.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
VS Wushu Team: Beijing Training Trip- Rooming Arrangements!
Hi Parents, I know many of you are worried about the rooming arrangements for your sons, so here are pics of them in their rooms.
They are staying 2 to a room but some of them are spending time with their friends in these pictures so you see more than 2 in each room.
Here we see John, Darren, Yuda and Wei Chung in their most favourite place:
Our 2 well-behaved boys, Kang Jie and Nicholas- Can you figure out who's leg is that stick out?.....
Our two sleepy heads, Howard and Saw still looking forward to sleep:
Our team Captain Ryan with Lloyd, Jingwei and Samuel:
Here's a view of my room and some activities we can see from the window.
Our floor directly overlooks the track and we can see some of the professional teams starting their morning workout (I believe it's the men's boxing team doing their laps)
They are staying 2 to a room but some of them are spending time with their friends in these pictures so you see more than 2 in each room.
Here we see John, Darren, Yuda and Wei Chung in their most favourite place:
Our 2 well-behaved boys, Kang Jie and Nicholas- Can you figure out who's leg is that stick out?.....
Our two sleepy heads, Howard and Saw still looking forward to sleep:
Our team Captain Ryan with Lloyd, Jingwei and Samuel:
Here's a view of my room and some activities we can see from the window.
Our floor directly overlooks the track and we can see some of the professional teams starting their morning workout (I believe it's the men's boxing team doing their laps)
VS Wushu Team: Beijing Training Trip (Day 2)
Bright and early, the VS Wushu team woke up for breakfast despite having only completing their check-in at 1am yesterday.
We began by having our buffet breakfast, Chinese style in our hotel.
We can see the boys eagerly digging in to their breakfast here:
After that, we began with our reflection session with the boys.
During this entire trip the boys will be maintaining a learning log so that they can reflect upon their trip and make this a meaningful learning experience.
Today, we began by laying some groud rules for behaviour and expectations as well as some sharing on our first impressions and sights in Beijing.
We began by having our buffet breakfast, Chinese style in our hotel.
We can see the boys eagerly digging in to their breakfast here:
After that, we began with our reflection session with the boys.
During this entire trip the boys will be maintaining a learning log so that they can reflect upon their trip and make this a meaningful learning experience.
Today, we began by laying some groud rules for behaviour and expectations as well as some sharing on our first impressions and sights in Beijing.
VS Wushu Team: Beijing Training Trip (Day 1)
Today the VS Wushu Team left for Beijing on the start of our intensive training in Beijing.
Although there were some last minute hiccups at the airport, with the help and assistance of our ever supportive parents, we managed to retrieved passports that were mixed up, clear customs with our load of wushu weapons- I even got fed McDonalds by a caring parents while waiting for the tedious process of customs to clear.
And just when we thought everything was ok, we discovered a pair of scissors in one of the boys hand carry luggage. Somemore Hello Kitty scissors
I think the customs officer also blur- not sure whether to laugh or scold us.
*faint*
But thereafter we boarded the plane without incident and we arrived at Beijing safely after a 5.5 hour flight. We were lucky to have a tail-wind behind us and touched down in their new airport. Temperature was a low of Zero degrees but I got the boys to put on their jackets already.
We can see them eagerly moving off to the bus here!
Tired but excited we move off towards our accomodations
Tommorrow we wake up bright and early and will update all with pictures of our hotel at International Plaza and the sports school facilities.
Good night!
Although there were some last minute hiccups at the airport, with the help and assistance of our ever supportive parents, we managed to retrieved passports that were mixed up, clear customs with our load of wushu weapons- I even got fed McDonalds by a caring parents while waiting for the tedious process of customs to clear.
And just when we thought everything was ok, we discovered a pair of scissors in one of the boys hand carry luggage. Somemore Hello Kitty scissors
I think the customs officer also blur- not sure whether to laugh or scold us.
*faint*
But thereafter we boarded the plane without incident and we arrived at Beijing safely after a 5.5 hour flight. We were lucky to have a tail-wind behind us and touched down in their new airport. Temperature was a low of Zero degrees but I got the boys to put on their jackets already.
We can see them eagerly moving off to the bus here!
Tired but excited we move off towards our accomodations
Tommorrow we wake up bright and early and will update all with pictures of our hotel at International Plaza and the sports school facilities.
Good night!
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