He dies without waking up
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IT WAS only his second taekwondo competition and 17-year-old Vincent Tan was fighting an opponent two belt levels above him.
Barely a minute into the sparring match last Sunday, his slighter-built opponent, who had a brown belt, gave Tan a kick in the neck which ruptured a main blood vessel to his brain.
Tan, who held a green belt, was seen fumbling with his head guard for a few seconds before tumbling onto the ground.
First aid was immediately given to him, but he never gained consciousness and died on Thursday afternoon in hospital.
The 17-year-old polytechnic student's death has now prompted the People's Association (PA) to suspend all taekwondo competitions while it reviews the procedures usually undertaken in such events.
'We are reviewing our processes to see if any improvements need to be made. In the meantime, we have suspended all taekwondo competitions pending the review,' said a PA spokesman.
The police are also investigating.
PA said the competition, held at the Kampong Kembangan Community Club, was organised by the Greenville Residents' Committee and Singapore Taekwondo Gymnasium (STG).
It had attracted over 180 participants and was scheduled to run from 9am to 9pm, but was later cancelled.
PA said the STG oversaw the technical aspects and publicity of the event, while Greenville booked the venue.
Read the full report in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times
--ST
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really a freak accident..
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yes.
by the way his opp was a red belt. not brown
the person that die is a green belt
this is a sad accidently
his opp will live with this guilty feeling in his heart for killing a person by accidently
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Of course he died without waking up.
You can't wake up when you're dead.... -
Brown belt only got about one year experience.
The red belt is more than 5 or even 10 years.
So, it was something like 1 yo versus 7 yo.
Sad news indeed.
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This is murder! i think his opponment should be charged for manslaughter.
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Originally posted by Babelfish:
This is murder! i think his opponment should be charged for manslaughter.
i don think somore like e coroner will give a verdict of misadventure instead..
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Originally posted by MyNameisNas:
Brown belt only got about one year experience.
The red belt is more than 5 or even 10 years.
So, it was something like 1 yo versus 7 yo.
Sad news indeed.
Brown n red is e same term some call it brown some call it red.... E one who died is green nt brown.
U can easily get to black belt within 2.5yr its more of an accident nt e experience.
Also depends on e coach n fighter fighting spirit some barely come nt long show v high aggressiveness can easily out fight a timid high lvl belter...
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teakwondo = Killing martial art?
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What a shame.
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This was just an accident.
Green->Greenblue->Blue->BlueRed->Red.
If you pass all your gradings, you can get to red too in one year.
and i heard someone said its like a 1y old vs a 7 yold. come on
I was a boom belt. and During gradings/compe. we have the spar against lower belt levels.
We have clear instructions from our trainers to just mainly defend ourselves no matter how aggresive they are. We are to only attack them a little. Except compe, where things might get a bit harder.
R.i.p.
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there is double promotion too... like i got one friend he from yellow belt jump to green belt.. without having to be green tip. ah i am only a green tip :( lol
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whoever wrote this headline ought to be shot
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Originally posted by FireIce:
whoever wrote this headline ought to be shot
ROFLMAOOOO... now i get it lmaooOoo
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If i remembered correctly somewhere in judo there is such a thing as a Red belt? Its like after the 9th dan of the black belt the masters actually have a Dougi with a Red Belt. Read it somewhere..Can't remember but is it also the same for taekwondo? So Red belt is just brown belt nyahahahaha~
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Originally posted by Uraniumfish:
teakwondo = Killing martial art?
tkd more like a show off martial arts w high injury rate... It all depend on e user intention all martial arts can b a killer...
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Originally posted by ASKL!:
This was just an accident.
Green->Greenblue->Blue->BlueRed->Red.
If you pass all your gradings, you can get to red too in one year.
and i heard someone said its like a 1y old vs a 7 yold. come on
I was a boom belt. and During gradings/compe. we have the spar against lower belt levels.
We have clear instructions from our trainers to just mainly defend ourselves no matter how aggresive they are. We are to only attack them a little. Except compe, where things might get a bit harder.
R.i.p.
White - white yellow - yellow - yellow green - green - green blue - blue - blue red - red - red black aka pom belt if underage - black dan 1 .... n so forth total is dan 7
Mine is auto convert to black coz jus nice at e age reach i think was 16...
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EH???HE FUMBLED WITH HIS HEAD GEAR???HE WAS WEARING ONE WHEN HE DIED???MEBBE THE MANUFACTURER WILL FACE CHARGES.ZZZZZZZZ......FIGHT FOR WHAT?????ZZZZZZ
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Originally posted by ItchyArmpit:
there is double promotion too... like i got one friend he from yellow belt jump to green belt.. without having to be green tip. ah i am only a green tip :( lol
Frm white - yellow tis range v easy get double promotion... If e pattern is execute well.
Jyjy ba~~ v fast de la get to black belt.
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his time is up
even if it's not a tkd accident, he might oso die due to some other causes like hit by a flying pi sai...... -
If i am not mistaken, the boy was in a coma for quite some time before he died. So technically, the topic was correct.
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Guess, due to nature of this sports, there's really no blaming of the other party that "kicked" him
But that guy who kick him will feel gulity forever!
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Due to the violent nature of such contact sports, I really questioned the judgement of the 29 year old instructor of the 15 year old because he/she should not have put that 15 year old in the arena if that student could not control his strength and power enough. As far as I know, it was supposed to be a friendly sparring match, not a death duel.
I don't know any of the parties involved but I thought a personal visit and apology by that instructor, that 15 year old and the parents of the boy should be done as soon as possible. Regardless of how investigations end up as, it should not be some sms to be over and done with just like that.
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Originally posted by Treadstone:
Due to the violent nature of such contact sports, I really questioned the judgement of the 29 year old instructor of the 15 year old because he/she should not have put that 15 year old in the arena if that student could not control his strength and power enough. As far as I know, it was supposed to be a friendly sparring match, not a death duel.
I don't know any of the parties involved but I thought a personal visit and apology by that instructor, that 15 year old and the parents of the boy should be done as soon as possible. Regardless of how investigations end up as, it should not be some sms to be over and done with just like that.
its a accident. as far as those involve in the sport. i believe they know they are not to kill their opp. just that sometimes u lose control which i believe it happen very commonly every where. -
Teen offers apology
THE teenager who dealt a fatal kick to his taekwondo opponent last week showed up at the wake on Sunday night to pay his respects.
Accompanied by his parents and sister, the 15-year-old approached the mother of the late Vincent Tan mother, sombre, to offer his apology.
Vincent, 17, died last Thursday, four days after the kick to his neck ruptured a key blood vessel to his brain.
The teen, dressed in black, kept his head bowed as Vincent's grieving mother burst into tears and screamed at him in Malay.
'Why did you hit so hard? You should have been more careful!' cried Madam Nur Julia, 51.
The stout lad took the brunt of this stoically, his head bowed, and nodding occasionally.
It was only when he was taken aside to a table that the dam broke. He turned to his taekwondo instructor and wept.
His mother, who stood beside him as he faced Madam Nur Julia also cried.
The teen's father, aged 55, said his son was traumatised by the incident and had not eaten or slept well for a week, and that he would bar him from taekwondo for the time being.
Vincent, a first-year polytechnic student, will be cremated on Monday.
--ST