today's activity : Basic Self Defence Course

The basic self defence course today was really fun ! :D and i thought that their theory of warm ups - the run around and hit ppl like crazy game was NICEE ! They should do it for PE lessons sometimes (: hehe. We did loads and learnt loads of stuff today :D such as learning how to distract your "enemy" to get a chance to flee away . This course was really benefitable cus it might help us in future when THINGS happen :D and i enjoyed it cus the instructors were nice and funny and the way they acted out how we should react is really professional ! Overall , it was really fun and quite enjoyable .

i'm looking forward to more of these activities ! :D

- Fiona



We had unit initiative today – Self Defense course.

We gathered at the Tower Hall and had a brief introduction of the course. I thought the main instructor was really scary, because he was so huge and all. But after a few series of the sword game (warm up), I found that he was really hilarious. I really liked the sword game, it was my favorite part of the whole activity. I found it really hilarious and amusing as I went around tapping everyone at the leg. ;D;D;D

The second part was learning about the non confrontational stance. It was really dry but we were having real fun when the instructor told us to pair up and try to keep your partner off balance. My partner was Yee Kay, and it was really interesting when she kept on letting me push her off balance!!

After that, we learnt more about distracting the “enemy”. It was really difficult to learn, since I was not trained to move that way XD but I soon got the hang of it. However, I felt that my reflexes were a bit slow, so when my opponent caught my hand, I waited a little while before reacting. If it was the real thing happening to me, I will definitely work faster in terms of reacting.

The course was overall interesting and really enjoyable. I think we could have learnt more if it was a longer activity (like 2 hours more). I learnt more about self defense and would like to try more of self defense in the future.

- Yun Jin




-Moves left leg back, strikes a defensive pose, takes a deep breathe and begins reflection-

Today, marks the very first day of our long awaited March holidays. We here, at the Anglican High Girl Guides Singapore, kicked started ours by attending a fruitful Self-Defense Course; held by professionals from the organization, Samurai Sports Singapore. We were instructed to gather at the iconic Tower Hall, where the course was to be held. To be honest, this had already gotten off on a bad foot for me. I for one, highly dislike the stench of stale sweat and overheated rubber of the assembly area that is oh-so-familiar to all of us here at AHS. Nonetheless, equipped with our 1.5 bottle of hydrating fluid, we ran head on to our given destination. Our instructor was not a stranger to us, as the Secondary 2 2008 batch had already undergone a Chanbara programme last year during our Physical Education periods which was also lead by him. What struck us the most was not his skill or the agility of his legs, but rather his sense of humour that was hardly reciprocated.

I began the course with a heavily expectant heart, hoping to be armed and equipped with skills similiar to those of Lara Croft, or even Kim Possible. However, our instructor, Dave was not joking when he said he would teach us the very basics of self defense. Indeed, the very basics he taught us. He started off with an engaging warm up, where each of us took our guard with a makeshift sword and 'war' broke out between patrols. All in all, it was an ultimate and unique cardio vescular workout that got our adrenaline rushing though our veins to get the day started. Needless to say, I was terribly letdown when he started by teaching us the proper stance when approached by a stranger. Basics. What, no kicks and chops with names too long even to enunciate accurately? My morale took a significant dip, and the day inched slowly along.

As we went through the dogmas of very basic self defense, I was seriously reluctant. In addition, there was hardly any excitement injected into the program. It consisted of some very basic thrusts and feet movement, just enough to suffice for time to flee to a secure area. No, it was obvious as the course progressed that Dave was not here to empower us with fight skills to inflict severe damage on the opponent. I kissed my dreams of delivering a knockout punch or a knuckle sandwich that resulted in a broken nose goodbye. I slothed along, picking up just enough skills to master in hopes that the instructors that were keeping watch at the side would spare me and not select me as a bad example to showcase to the company. From swift feet movement, to easy hand techniques that would come in handy in times of need, it slowly began to dawn on me that this course's main purpose is not to transform me into Wonder Woman, along with the sexy outfit and Magic Lasso; but experience that will save my skin in uncomfortable situations that are very real.

Finally, we were given the opportunity to practice our new found talents with realistic sandbags and punch gloves that we could exercise our techniques on. Moreover, we were also furnished with vocal commands such as 'Back off!' or 'Go away!' that would not only draw attention to the horrendous situation I was caught in and perhaps garner some help of the public but would also provide some shock to the offender; resulting in time gained to make our escapade. The situation that our instructors gave us was a very realistic one; You are walking home from school one day. Perhaps you woke up on the wrong side of bed today, and you decide to take another route. You deem the walk through the quiet park connector as a peaceful one. But all of a sudden, you feel queasy as the middle-aged man approaches you rapidly. With not a soul in sight, what's a 15 year old girl like yourself to do? This is when our new found skills come in excellent usage.

The black punch board materialized into a middle aged 'cheekopek' in his early 50ties, decked out in a translucent white singlet, faded dirt brown bermudas and blue striped slippers; his balding head glistens with sweat and his thighs consists of jiggling rolls of cellulite, and approaches you. I ran towards the punch bag and threw myself towards it, executing with grace and swiftness(hopefully) the triangle tactic that I was taught, albeit too enthusiastic. As I made my way back to the end of the queue, I thought to myself: Hey, so what if this course doesn't make me eligible to join the Totally Spies? At least I'll know what to do when encountered with a sexual pervert with a mentally unsound mind. After all, I highly doubt I'll ever meet hordes of soldiers hot on my heels that require black belt karate to defeat, in pursuit of a Kingdom of the Lost Skull, or what nots.

Ying Yan

Pamela here. I would like to applaud and thank yingyan for the effort and the lovely post she wrote for ahsgg.bs.com. In addition, I would like to thank Charlene and Maggie for the same reasons. I hope that everyone would learn from them, be prompt in the submission of the post and put in effort in your reflections just like they have done. Thank you and i appreciate everyone who contributed to this blog in some ways or another. For more pictures of the activity we carried out please click here!
cheers,
logistics!

today's activity : Basic Self Defence Course

The basic self defence course today was really fun ! :D and i thought that their theory of warm ups - the run around and hit ppl like crazy game was NICEE ! They should do it for PE lessons sometimes (: hehe. We did loads and learnt loads of stuff today :D such as learning how to distract your "enemy" to get a chance to flee away . This course was really benefitable cus it might help us in future when THINGS happen :D and i enjoyed it cus the instructors were nice and funny and the way they acted out how we should react is really professional ! Overall , it was really fun and quite enjoyable .

i'm looking forward to more of these activities ! :D

- Fiona



We had unit initiative today – Self Defense course.

We gathered at the Tower Hall and had a brief introduction of the course. I thought the main instructor was really scary, because he was so huge and all. But after a few series of the sword game (warm up), I found that he was really hilarious. I really liked the sword game, it was my favorite part of the whole activity. I found it really hilarious and amusing as I went around tapping everyone at the leg. ;D;D;D

The second part was learning about the non confrontational stance. It was really dry but we were having real fun when the instructor told us to pair up and try to keep your partner off balance. My partner was Yee Kay, and it was really interesting when she kept on letting me push her off balance!!

After that, we learnt more about distracting the “enemy”. It was really difficult to learn, since I was not trained to move that way XD but I soon got the hang of it. However, I felt that my reflexes were a bit slow, so when my opponent caught my hand, I waited a little while before reacting. If it was the real thing happening to me, I will definitely work faster in terms of reacting.

The course was overall interesting and really enjoyable. I think we could have learnt more if it was a longer activity (like 2 hours more). I learnt more about self defense and would like to try more of self defense in the future.

- Yun Jin




-Moves left leg back, strikes a defensive pose, takes a deep breathe and begins reflection-

Today, marks the very first day of our long awaited March holidays. We here, at the Anglican High Girl Guides Singapore, kicked started ours by attending a fruitful Self-Defense Course; held by professionals from the organization, Samurai Sports Singapore. We were instructed to gather at the iconic Tower Hall, where the course was to be held. To be honest, this had already gotten off on a bad foot for me. I for one, highly dislike the stench of stale sweat and overheated rubber of the assembly area that is oh-so-familiar to all of us here at AHS. Nonetheless, equipped with our 1.5 bottle of hydrating fluid, we ran head on to our given destination. Our instructor was not a stranger to us, as the Secondary 2 2008 batch had already undergone a Chanbara programme last year during our Physical Education periods which was also lead by him. What struck us the most was not his skill or the agility of his legs, but rather his sense of humour that was hardly reciprocated.

I began the course with a heavily expectant heart, hoping to be armed and equipped with skills similiar to those of Lara Croft, or even Kim Possible. However, our instructor, Dave was not joking when he said he would teach us the very basics of self defense. Indeed, the very basics he taught us. He started off with an engaging warm up, where each of us took our guard with a makeshift sword and 'war' broke out between patrols. All in all, it was an ultimate and unique cardio vescular workout that got our adrenaline rushing though our veins to get the day started. Needless to say, I was terribly letdown when he started by teaching us the proper stance when approached by a stranger. Basics. What, no kicks and chops with names too long even to enunciate accurately? My morale took a significant dip, and the day inched slowly along.

As we went through the dogmas of very basic self defense, I was seriously reluctant. In addition, there was hardly any excitement injected into the program. It consisted of some very basic thrusts and feet movement, just enough to suffice for time to flee to a secure area. No, it was obvious as the course progressed that Dave was not here to empower us with fight skills to inflict severe damage on the opponent. I kissed my dreams of delivering a knockout punch or a knuckle sandwich that resulted in a broken nose goodbye. I slothed along, picking up just enough skills to master in hopes that the instructors that were keeping watch at the side would spare me and not select me as a bad example to showcase to the company. From swift feet movement, to easy hand techniques that would come in handy in times of need, it slowly began to dawn on me that this course's main purpose is not to transform me into Wonder Woman, along with the sexy outfit and Magic Lasso; but experience that will save my skin in uncomfortable situations that are very real.

Finally, we were given the opportunity to practice our new found talents with realistic sandbags and punch gloves that we could exercise our techniques on. Moreover, we were also furnished with vocal commands such as 'Back off!' or 'Go away!' that would not only draw attention to the horrendous situation I was caught in and perhaps garner some help of the public but would also provide some shock to the offender; resulting in time gained to make our escapade. The situation that our instructors gave us was a very realistic one; You are walking home from school one day. Perhaps you woke up on the wrong side of bed today, and you decide to take another route. You deem the walk through the quiet park connector as a peaceful one. But all of a sudden, you feel queasy as the middle-aged man approaches you rapidly. With not a soul in sight, what's a 15 year old girl like yourself to do? This is when our new found skills come in excellent usage.

The black punch board materialized into a middle aged 'cheekopek' in his early 50ties, decked out in a translucent white singlet, faded dirt brown bermudas and blue striped slippers; his balding head glistens with sweat and his thighs consists of jiggling rolls of cellulite, and approaches you. I ran towards the punch bag and threw myself towards it, executing with grace and swiftness(hopefully) the triangle tactic that I was taught, albeit too enthusiastic. As I made my way back to the end of the queue, I thought to myself: Hey, so what if this course doesn't make me eligible to join the Totally Spies? At least I'll know what to do when encountered with a sexual pervert with a mentally unsound mind. After all, I highly doubt I'll ever meet hordes of soldiers hot on my heels that require black belt karate to defeat, in pursuit of a Kingdom of the Lost Skull, or what nots.

Ying Yan

Pamela here. I would like to applaud and thank yingyan for the effort and the lovely post she wrote for ahsgg.bs.com. In addition, I would like to thank Charlene and Maggie for the same reasons. I hope that everyone would learn from them, be prompt in the submission of the post and put in effort in your reflections just like they have done. Thank you and i appreciate everyone who contributed to this blog in some ways or another. For more pictures of the activity we carried out please click here!
cheers,
logistics!

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