Taekwondo Grading

We reached Geylang community Centre bright and early for Jayden’s TKD Grading.

83rd STKDG Grading

We attended Jayden TKD grading today. And is glad to see that he passed the grading and would be moving on to the next stage.

Staring into space as he waited for his turn.

He need to demonstrate competency during the grading in front of a panel of judges by doing a variety of techniques (Stunts).

After his stunt, he is required to have a sparring with an opponent which is the same belt level as him. 

And of course this is me and Javier. He was super bored and up to his mischief the whole time we were there. :(

Taekwondo Grading

Its been such a long time since I last update my blog. One can get real lazy as time goes by… ;P I have got so many backdated post that I need to update here.

Times seem to zoom by, Jayden has already learnt Taekwondo for 1 year plus and currently a blue belt after this grading…. and still enjoying it greatly.

Swimming Lesson (Learning Flip)

Currently, he is learning different type of flip. It is not an easy one…  I could see that he was about to tear when he started learning this, but I am glad to see that he preserve and did not give up.

 

Swim lesson 18

Due to the rainy weather for the past one month and our Aussie Trip, Jayden has missed quite a number of lessons, thus he was very reluctant to come to his swim lesson today. He even whine and cry when we reached the swimming complex and took us a full 20 minutes to coax cum threaten him to go for his swim lesson. Hmmm…. real tiring!

Today besides practicing their backstroke and breaststroke, they learnt free style using the board after which the next 20 minutes was left for the deep pool.

Swim Lesson 16

Jayden is already into his 4th month of swimming lesson. A new thing namely foam buoy is introduced to them today with the purpose of developing upper body strength and proper alignment in the water during swimming. The buoy is held between the legs to neutralize the kicking motion and increase upper body strength.

It certainly adds a degree of difficulty for the kids when they swam today.

Swimming Lesson 15

They started off with practicing their backstroke. Jayden is getting pretty good in this and kept telling me that the coach praise him and comments that his backstroke is good! ;O

Swimming Lesson 14

Boy was in a super good mood today and couldn’t wait to jump into the water when we arrived at the pool. Normally if time permit, he would play and warm up while waiting for his coach to arrive. The last couple of lesson, he has been learning survival backstroke, he has more or less grasp the technique. So today they are moving on to learning competitive backstroke.

Swimming Lesson 13

Finally Jayden is back to his bubbly self before going for his swimming lesson today. He was so proud of himself that he told me “Mummy, I’m a good boy today, I never cry.” :D

For the past few lessons, they would spend 2nd half hr of their swimming lesson in the deep pool swimming with guidance from the instructor and also learning to tread water.

Swimming Lesson 12

It’s fast! Jayden has already learn swimming for 3 month as of today. All was going well for him until he fell sick during Lesson 10, and from lesson 11 onwards, coaxing him to go for his swim lesson is a torture for all of us. :( He would give us all sort of excuses to free him from going for his lesson… he would cry la… throw tantrum la…. . And of course, we coax, threaten abit and drag him abit to make him go. We doesn’t want him to stop now as we know he enjoys the swimming lesson alot and most of all, he is progressing well now.

And of course, our guess weren’t wrong, twice after the lesson he told us ‘he is only joking, and of course he wanted to continue with the swim lesson!” :P

For my other boy wasn’t very keen to have a dip for these few weeks, thus we will explore my camera while we waited for Jayden to finish his lesson.

Promoted!

He is a proud little green belt now, eagerly trying to show his new belt to me after his lesson.

Taekwondo Grading

We woke up bright and early for Jayden’s Taekwondo Grading. But prior to the grading, we met up with Jayden Taekwondo’s buddy to have our breakfast at Queensway Ridout Tea Garden MacDonald.  The 1st time I was here, we did not get a chance to explore the surrounding due to the heavy downpour. Thus this time round, after exploring , we discover that there is gem hidden in this place, which is none other than the pond which is  filled with turtles and fish. 

Swimming Lesson 8

Since the the previous lesson, Jayden has started to learn backstroke. He can swim a short distance using backstroke now, though he still need to practice more in his leg kicking and strengthen his ability to float in the water for a longer time.

The kids lying down to practice their backstroke’s leg kicking.

Jayden Swimming Lesson 7

He has gotten the green light from his instructor in his breaststroke swimming. He is now moving on to learning backstroke and he is enjoying it every bit.

Jayden Swimming Lesson 6

They look forward to the swimming lesson on every Sunday. And of course one is there to learn and one is there to play. Jayden is progressing well into his swimming lesson and enjoyed it very much. The good point about this coach which I mentioned earlier is he is serious in his coaching and at the same time he would make the lesson fun for the kids. He would make sure every kids is able to learn the skills taught for that lesson, even though that means he had to stay back after the lesson to give some of the kids extra coaching.

Taekwondo Lesson

Jayden has been attending Taekwondo lesson for close to 10 months. So far he is still enjoying it, and this is my intention since I started him on this, I hope this will be a enjoyable sports for him.
 

Jayden’s 3rd swimming lesson

This video was taken after Jayden’s swimming lesson today. It’s a really big improvement from the 1st lesson where he is so fearful of the water. He can swim a short distance without assistance now, although his stroke is still not quite right yet.

Jayden’s Breakthrough….

I am so happy to see that Jayden have overcome his fear of water! :D Initially I was rather impatient with him and seeing that he refused to try submerging in the water when we asked him to today.. I got mad!!!! *( But after cooling down I slowly guided Jayden with patient and lots of encouragement… He DID it!!!!

Jayden 1st Swimming Lesson

Jayden started his swimming lesson today. I am not sure whether he would love it or hate it after the 1st lesson. But he seems pretty nervous during most part of the lesson. He wasn’t very willing to put his head in the water to breathe and blow bubble, but at least he tried when the instructor asked him to… well it wasn’t as bad as what I had predicted.My little boy was also excited although he is just here to play and splash water.

BackFlip by Javier

Javier doing a backflip or is it headflip?? :D Nevertheless its quite a enjoyment seeing him flipping again and again.