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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Marina manfaat sukan zaman remaja

    • Marina Chin

        • Marina Chin
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    NAMA Marina Chin tidak perlu diperkenalkan lagi dalam arena sukan ranah air. Meskipun lebih 30 tahun berlalu, lagenda yang mencipta gelaran ratu pecut dan lari berpagar dalam sukan olahraga ini meraih banyak rekod sukan yang mengagumkan.

    Pengetua Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil ini tidak pernah terduga bakal terlibat dalam dunia sukan sekali gus menyandang gelaran olahragawati Malaysia, namun, menyedari diri berkebolehan dalam bidang ini, beliau memutuskan untuk memanfaatkan zaman remajanya demi mengharumkan nama negara.

    Dalam masa sama, keghairahan mengejar cita-cita sebagai cikgu tidak pernah luntur dan dikejar, meskipun terlalu sibuk dengan jadual latihan sukan dan pertandingan.
    "Penglibatan dalam sukan telah membantu dalam pembangunan karakter saya. Sebelum menceburi bidang sukan, saya pemalu. Sukan mengajar saya pelbagai nilai murni yang tidak dapat dipelajari daripada buku sahaja.

    “Cita-cita dan tanggungjawab kepada negara berjalan seiring. Saya gembira kerana saya memperoleh kedua-duanya. Sebab itu, selepas mengambil alih sebagai pengetua saya terapkan nilai keseimbangan antara sukan dan akademik kepada pelajar-pelajar." kata bekas cikgu Pendidikan Jasmani dan Bahasa Inggeris ini.


    Cabaran tadbir sekolah sukan

    Sistem pembelajaran sekolah sukan sama seperti sekolah biasa yang menyenaraikan mata pelajaran wajib. Mereka diberikan fleksibiliti menerusi pembelajaran berdasarkan modul, di mana pelajar boleh membawa modul itu ke mana-mana mereka pergi termasuk ketika latihan atau temasya luar negara.

    Ternyata, pendekatan diambil Marina membolehkan 467 pelajarnya menyusun waktu belajar lebih sistematik.

    “Waktu belajar juga fleksibel. Pada malam Isnin, Selasa dan Rabu ada kelas malam dari jam 8.30 hingga 9.50 malam. Sabtu Ahad juga akan ada kelas gantian.

    Pelajar yang terlibat dengan kejohanan pula akan diberi kelonggaran mengambil peperiksaan sebelum atau selepas kejohanan. Tiada pengecualian. Malah, sekiranya kejohanan di luar negara, pihak sekolah akan aturkan guru untuk pergi ke tempat latihan mereka agar tidak ketinggalan dalam pelajaran,” katanya.


    Anugerah sukan dan akademik peringkat sekolah

    Ditanya bagaimana beliau mendorong para pelajarnya memperoleh keputusan cemerlang dalam kedua-dua bidang, Marina berkata, sekolah menyediakan anugerah bulanan dan tahunan.

    “Sekolah juga bekerjasama dengan Persatuan Ibu Bapa dan Guru (PIBG) mengadakan majlis Anugerah Gemilang yang diadakan setiap tahun.” katanya.

    Bagi pelajar yang mewakili Malaysia dan wakil negeri dalam Sukan Malaysia (SUKMA) juga diberikan ganjaran lain. Bagi Marina, ini adalah perubahan mengikut zaman.

    “Zaman saya dulu semuanya sendirian berhad. Nak pergi latihan pun kena duit sendiri. Inisiatif sendiri. Tapi semangat bersukan tu tinggi jadi kami tak pentingkan soal kewangan. Selagi boleh sara sendiri, saya sara diri sendiri. Ada masanya bapa turut membantu. Pada zaman sekarang tak boleh.

    " Saya ingin berterima kasih kepada jenama korporat seperti MILO kerana banyak memberi sumbangan kepada kanak-kanak Malaysia untuk berjaya dalam bidang sukan.Sokongan yang diberikan oleh MILO turut membantu membakar semangat pelajar kami untuk terus berjaya dalam sukan,” sambungnya.


    Zaman kanak-kanak paling indah

    Berkongsi cerita di zaman kanak-kanaknya, Marina dengan mesra berkata, beliau bercita-cita menjadi cikgu dan kerana itulah sejak kecil, beliau selalu menjadi cikgu kepada kawan-kawan sekampung di Sentul, Kuala Lumpur.

    “Masa kecil saya memang tomboi sedikit. Tubuh badan saya tinggi dan besar dari rakan sebaya dan budak lelaki. Waktu petang kami selalu main cikgu-cikgu dan saya akan jadi cikgu untuk ajar budak-budak lain. Lepas main cikgu-cikgu kami main lumba lari. Masa tu kawan-kawan perempuan tak lari sepantas saya jadi saya selalu bersaing dengan budak-budak lelaki. Kami berlari dari satu pokok ke satu pokok untuk lawan siapa menang,” katanya disusuli ketawa.

    Ternyata, kenangan zaman kanak-kanaknya begitu manis untuk dikenang. Begitu juga zaman remaja yang mana sebahagiannya dimanfaatkan dengan memenuhi jadual latihan. Semangat dan keinginan untuk mengharumkan nama negara itu menjadi matlamatnya yang paling utama.

    “Terus terang sebagai atlet Malaysia saya amat serius dengan sukan. Saya sanggup korban banyak perkara termasuk pergaulan dengan kawan-kawan. Saya tak ada teman lelaki. Dan saya tak ada masa nak layan orang yang kacau-kacau saya.

    “Selepas tamat tingkatan lima saya menyambung pengajian di Maktab Perguruan Seri Kota, Kuala Lumpur sebelum mengajar di Sekolah Menengah Perempuan Jalan Ampang pada 1976.

    “Ketika itu saya masih ingat, saya mengajar sesi petang jadi sebelah pagi saya akan naik dua bas dari Sentul ke Kampung Pandan untuk sesi latihan berlari. Saya mandi dan bersiap di sana kemudian naik dua bas lagi untuk ke sekolah di Ampang. Begitulah rutin harian saya sehingga bapa belikan kereta pada tahun kedua saya jadi cikgu.


    Berhenti jadi atlet?

    Ditanya adakah gelaran atlet telah memberikan pengaruh besar kepada pelajar-pelajarnya, Marina berkata, ia pernah berlaku

    “Saya mengajar Bahasa Inggeris dan Pendidikan Jasmani. Semasa saya menang pingat di Sukan Sea 1977, saya disambut dengan sebilangan pelajar perempuan  memotong rambut ala rambut saya. Saya betul-betul terharu dan tak sangka ada kelab peminat,” katanya

    Pemilik wajah cantik yang menjadi rebutan ramai jejaka ini dikhabarkan tidak lagi meneruskan karier selepas melanjutkan pelajaran ke Amerika Syarikat pada 1980, Marina bagaimanapun menafikan.

    “Saya masih training dan wakil universiti. Pada 1980 sepatutnya kita pergi ke OLIMPIK tapi Malaysia boikot sebab Rusia masuk Afganistan jadi tak balik Malaysia untuk sebarang kejohanan besar. Pada 1981 saya ke Jepun dan mewakili Malaysia dalam Asia Track & Field dan dapat pingat emas dalam 4 x 400 meter. Kerana alami kecederaan saya tak dapat masuk sukan SEA,” kata graduan Sarjana Muda Sains dan Sarjana Kesusasteraan bidang Pengurusan Sukan ini dari Ohio State University ini.

    Marina menyumbang khidmatnya di Kementerian Pendidikan, selain terlibat sebagai aktivis dalam usaha memartabatkan sukan Malaysia.

    Pesanan Marina kepada pelajar-pelajar agar sentiasa konsisten dan tidak perlu memilih antara sukan dan pelajaran.

    “Lakukan kedua-duanya dengan keyakinan dan pengorbanan tinggi. Saya yakin anda mampu mengembalikan kegemilangan Malaysia dalam sukan sepertimana suatu ketika dahulu,” katanya.

    INFO PENCAPAIAN

    - March 1972, Marina memperbaharui rekod kebangsaan acara 200 meter dengan catatan 26.6 saat, 0.2 saat mengatasi rekod lama pada Kejohanan Allcomers Persatuan Olahraga Amatur Selangor di Stadium Merdeka.

    - Pingat Perak lari berpagar 400 meter Kejohanan Olahraga Asia di Seoul, Korea Selatan.

    - September 1972 sekali lagi memperbaharui rekod kebangsaan, acara lari berpagar 100 meter dengan catatan 15.2 saat, serta acara 400 meter lari berpagar dengan catatan 64.9 saat di Kejohanan Olahraga Terbuka Singapura.

    - Meraih emas acara 100 meter lari berpagar dengan catatan 15.3 saat Kejohanan Olahraga Jemputan Filipina di Manila.

    - Memperbaharui rekod kebangsaan dengan catatan 28.4 saat dalam acara lari berpagar 200 meter pada Kejohanan Olahraga Terbuka Malaysia di Alor Star, Kedah pada Ogos 1976.

    - Dinobatkan selaku Olahragawati Kebangsaan dan Selangor untuk dua tahun berturut-turut, 1976 dan 1977.

    - Sukan Sea 1977, Marina meraih emas berganda acara 100 dan 200 meter, dan hampir menyamai pencapaian sifunya, M Rajamani dengan meraih emas ketiga jika tidak gara-gara kerana kesilapan pengadilan.

    - Pada 1979 pula, gandingan Marina bersama Saik Oik Cum, V.Angamah dan Zaiton Othman menghadiahkan Malaysia pingat Perak acara 4x400 meter pada Kejohanan Antarabangsa Trek & Padang Asia Tokyo.

    - Emas acara lari berpagar 100 meter, dan 4x400 meter pada Kejohanan Sukan Sea ke-10 Jakarta.



Saturday, March 9, 2013

Weight loss plan for Elaine


Elaine Teo fought in the 57kg category during the Beijing Olympics last month. She will be competing in the 51kg category at the Vietnam Open next month. —Reuters


KUALA LUMPUR: Taekwondo exponent Elaine Teo has to lose weight to compete in the 51kg category competition at the Vietnam Open in Ho Chi Minh City from Oct 24-26.

Elaine was on a weight gain programme for the Olympics last month because she was mistakenly penned in for the 57kg competition instead of the below 49kg category in a qualifying event in Ho Chi Minh City last November.


But she beat the odds to qualify for the Beijing Games with a bronze medal-winning effort.

The 27-year-old Elaine, who reached the quarter-final stage at the Olympics, said that she only resumed training four days ago after the outing in Beijing.

“I am 53kg now and have to control my food intake to lose weight to compete in a lighter category. I should have no problem losing two kilogrammes in the next six weeks,” she said.

“For the Vietnam Open, I stand a better chance of winning a medal in the 51kg category. I won the silver medal in that division last year.”

Elaine, a gold medallist in the 51kg category at the 2007 Korat SEA Games, added that she felt much more confident now than before after having competed against heavier exponents in the Beijing Olympics.

“However, I have to work on my reach and also need to be more aggressive in my attacks. My mission in Vietnam is to win the gold,” said Elaine, who will be in the company of strong exponents from South Korea and China.

Elaine will also compete in the Asian University Games, which will be held in Kuala Lumpur in December. She was a bronze medallist at the last Games in Vietnam in 2006

Read more: http://martialarts.com.my/community/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1137#ixzz2N0hYJcpl

What is Taekwondo

Taekwondo is one of the most systematic and scientific Korean traditional martial arts, that teaches more than physical fighting skills. It is a discipline that shows ways of enhancing our spirit and life through training our body and mind. Today, it has become a global sport that has gained an international reputation, and stands among the official games in the Olympics.
 
Let's take a closer look at the meaning of the word "Tae" "Kwon" "Do." It is composed of three parts as shown in the English spelling, though it is one word in Korean. "Tae" means "foot," "leg," or "to step on"; "Kwon" means "fist," or "fight"; and "Do" means the "way" or "discipline." If we put these three parts together, we can see two important concepts behind "Tae Kwon Do".
 
First, Taekwondo is the right way of using Tae and Kwon 'fists and feet,' or all the parts of the body that are represented by fists and feet. Second, it is a way to control or calm down fights and keep the peace. This concept comes from the meaning of Tae Kwon 'to put fists under control' [or 'to step on fists']. Thus Taekwondo means "the right way of using all parts of the body to stop fights and help to build a better and more peaceful world."
 
Taekwondo has been developing with the 5000-year long history of Korea, being called by several different names in the course. In Korea, Taekwondo began as a defense martial art called "Subak" or "Taekkyon," and developed as a way of training body and mind in the ancient kingdom of Koguryo, under the name of "Sunbae." In the Shilla period, it had become the backbone of Hwarangdo that aimed at producing leaders of the country.
 
Taekwondo today is similar to the martial arts in other Oriental countries and shares some features with them, because in the course of its evolution it has gained many different styles that existed in the martial arts of the countries surrounding Korea, like Japan and China.
 
But Taekwondo is very different from many such oriental martial arts. First, physically it is very dynamic with active movements that include a mirage of foot skills. Second, the principle physical movements are in simpatico with that of the mind and life as a whole. Third, it possesses dynamic poses from another perspective.
 
Taekwondo can be characterized by unity: the unity of body, mind, and life, and the unity of the pose ["poomsae"] and confrontation, and cracking down. When you do Taekwondo, you should make your mind peaceful and synchronize your mind with your movements, and extend this harmony to your life and society. This is how in Taekwondo the principle of physical movements, the principle of mind training, and the principle of life become one and the same. On the other hand, the right poomsae lead to the right confrontation, which will eventually produce great destructive power.
 
How come we reach such a unity in Taekwondo? Taekwondo is a way of life, much like having a job, raising a family, fighting for a cause, or any one of numerous raison d'etre. What makes Taekwondo different from these is that it is an activity for survival in extremely antagonistic situations. One must always overcome the enemy that is trying to cause harm. But simply winning a fight is not enough to guarantee one's safety, because the enemy may recuperate and attack again. Moreover, there may be many other enemies than the one that was just defeated. One cannot ever feel safe unless one gains permanent peace. To attain this permanent or lasting peace, one needs unity. This is what Taekwondo aim for. Otherwise Taekwondo would be no different from any other street-fighting skills.
 
Taekwondo pursues harmonious growth and improvements of life through its unique activities. This is why one could say Taekwondo is a way of life. To ultimately enable ourselves to lead more valuable lives, we would do well by finding the guiding principles deeply hidden in Taekwondo.

Competition rules of taekwondo

Gyorugi (sparring) has become a modern game sport earlier than any other part of Taekwondo. Nowadays, the number of Poomsae and Gyukpa (breaking) competitions is increasing. Gyorugi is the part of Taekwondo that became a sport game first.
The latest amendment to the Competition Rules was made at the 17th General Assembly held in Madrid-Spain, on April 12, 2005.
There are individual and team competitions. Individual competition is conducted by two contestants, Chung (blue) and Hong (red), on 10m x 10m contest area. Contestants are allowed to perform kicking and punching techniques on the trunk and kicking techniques on the face. All vulnerable parts of the body are covered with protectors.
One match consists of three rounds of two minutes each for men and three rounds of two minutes each for women and juniors both with one-minute rest between rounds.
Four referees - one Center Referee and three Corner Judges - are assigned for one match. Referee manages the matches and give penalties - two warning penalties or one Gam-jeom penalty makes deduction of one point - to the contestant who violates the rules. Judges score the games by pressing judge’s electronic scoring instrument - one point to a valid attack to the trunk, two points to that to the face and additional one point in case of knock down.
 
 1.
World Junior Taekwondo Championships (Aged 14 through 17): 10 weight classes for men and women respectively
Weight category
ManWomen
Fin- 45kg- 42kg
Fly45kg - 48kg42kg - 44kg
Bantam48kg - 51kg4kg - 46kg
Feather51kg - 55kg46kg - 49kg
Light 55kg - 59kg49kg - 52kg
Welter59kg - 63kg52kg - 55kg
Light Middle63kg - 68kg55kg - 59kg
Middle68kg - 73kg59kg - 63kg
Light Heavy73kg - 78kg63kg - 68kg
Heavy +78kg +68kg
 2.
World Taekwondo Championships/ Women’s World Taekwondo Championships/
World Cup Taekwondo (aged 15 or higher): 8 weight classes for men and women respectively
Weight category
ManWomen
Fin- 54kg- 47kg
Fly54kg - 58kg47kg-51kg
Bantam58kg - 62kg51kg - 55kg
Feather62kg - 67kg55kg - 59kg
Light 67kg - 72kg59kg - 63kg
Welter72kg - 78kg63kg - 67kg
Middle78kg - 84kg67kg - 72kg
Heavy+84kg+72kg
 3.
Olympic Games Taekwondo (beginning at Sydney 2000): respective four weight classes for men and women
ManWomen
- 58kg (under 58kg)-49kg (under 49kg)
- 68kg (under 68kg)- 57kg (under 57kg)
- 80kg (under 80kg)- 67kg (under 67kg)
+ 80kg (over 80kg)+ 67kg (over 67kg)
 
Contestants should wear protective equipment before entering into the competition area.
Protective equipment used in Taekwondo competition includes head protector, trunk protector, forearm and shin guards, and groin guard.

Old Guy Get Kicked By Taekwondo Champion Safwan Khalil

Friday, February 8, 2013

kursus blog

Date:9 Mac 2013
Time:10am-12pm
Venue:Computer Lab,Pre U Block