Thank you all for your tremendous support!

You have made Active Red a leader in Women’s Kickboxing Fitness Training! Most of our classes at Active Studio are running close to maximum capacity!

Even the men are really supporting us – they have requested for an all male class, too.

You’re indeed helping us grow!

Of course, we could not have done it without our awesome team of dedicated trainers and lovely recepts!

To support our forecasted growth and to deliver a remarkable Active Red difference to our clients, invitations are now open to like-minded individuals who share our vision and values.

We seek inspiring individuals who have exceptional knowledge and experience in:

• Kickboxing/Boxing Training
• General Fitness Training
• Boot Camps
• Matwork Pilates
• Personal Training
• Suspension Gym Training
• Dance
• Group exercise
• Corporate Wellness Programmes

If you have a passion for fitness/Kickboxing and wish to embark on a career in this field, we’d love to hear from you, too.

Of course, Active Trainers would not be able to deliver awesome training programmes without the support of our lovely admins and recepts! So you if you have great organisational skills, enjoy meeting people or simply love people, join us as the face of Active Red! Support us in:

• Adminstrative matters
• Customer relationships
• Sales and Marketing

Part-time positions are available.

To be part of the Active Team, kindly send your resumes or contact:

Name: Jason Lim

Phone: 90921358

Email: jason@activered.sg

Website: www.activered.sg

To find out more about Active Red, read about us here.

You can also follow us on facebook at:

“Like” Active Red Facebook Page

“Join” Active Red Facebook Group

For more info on WAKO, read about WAKO here.

To be updated on WAKO Singapore activities, join WAKO Kickboxing Singapore at:

“Like” WAKO Kickboxing Singapore Facebook Page

Trust you all had a great star to you work week!

We’re sure most of you have enjoyed Active Kickboxing Fitness Classes!

Some of you might even be interested to become an Active Kickboxing Fitness Trainer.

But missed our certification seminar in March?

Well, due to the overwhelming response and requests for this internationally accredited Kickboxing Trainer Certification Seminar, Active Red will be running a 2nd round in July 2012.

For those of you want to find out more about this seminar, read what our pioner graduate, Daven Tan has to say about this seminar…

“Thank you very much for conducting the certification seminar! It’s really beneficial to me, be it as a fitness trainer or an exercise enthusiast. I am looking forward in applying what I have learned in my client’s fitness training.
 
As a fitness trainer, I have always been finding ways to improve my knowledge and skills, in order to add new elements to my clients’ fitness training, making their training more fun and more effective. I came across Active Red website and was excited to know that they are the Singapore representative of WAKO (World Association of Kickboxing Organizations) and is conducting Kickboxing Fitness Trainer course! I thought this was a good chance for me to learn and get accredited by WAKO. This course is unique as it not only teaches you kickboxing techniques, but also incorporating fitness concept, which is a perfect combination! Presenters Lester and Jason had conducted the course in a very practical and fun way which makes it easy for me to absorb the information. It’s really great to have attended this course and I can’t wait to apply it on my next client session!”

Introduction

With Kickboxing increasingly gaining popularity as an alternative or enhancement to existing fitness workouts, Active Red is proud to introduce its flagship ACTIVE KICKBOXING FITNESS TRAINING SYSTEM – an exclusive fitness workout that is both fun and result oriented!

Having removed the fight element, ACTIVE KICKBOXING FITNESS TRAINING is one of the most popular Kickboxing Fitness Training in Singapore today – over 6,000 clients have enjoyed Active Red’s flagship programme; and we are still growing!

About the Course

Due to overwhelming response, a 2nd open invitation is exteneded to anyone who has a passion for Kickboxing, Fitness and people!

Active Kickboxing professionals will hand over the art and science of Kickboxing Fitness Training, perfected from 5,000 hours of padwork foundation training and over 20 combined years of martial arts’ experience.

Through powerful, concise and systematic total body workout systems, these kickboxing skills will help you take your clients to a higher level of physical and mental conditioning.

Accreditation

Active Kickboxing Fitness Training System is accredited by THE WORLD ASSOCIATION OF KICKBOXING ORGANISATIONS (WAKO) – the sole governing body for the Kickboxing sport in the world.

Being an internationally accredited Active Kickboxing Fitness Trainer, the skills and knowledge acquired would be able to:

• For new professionals - get you started on a career in fitness.
• For existing professional - further enhance your existing training programmes and systems.

Clients will definitely feel secure and safe in the hands of an internationally-accredited Kickboxing Trainer.

Who is it for?

This course is designed specifically for Personal Trainers and Fitness Instructors who are highly motivated and constantly looking for new and exciting ways to keep their training sessions varied, interesting, motivated and result oriented. This course will enable you to add variety to your personal training session. This course is also an excellent stepping stone for individuals seeking a career in the fun and exciting health & fitness industry.

Space is limited – only 10 slots available.

Course Outline

• Equipment types and usage
• Professionalism in Personal Training Sessions
• Kickboxing Techniques
• Kickboxing Footwork
• 5 Major Padwork Systems
• Proven Kickboxing Drills and Combination
• Technique Correction
• Duty of Care
• …. and much more

Venue

Active Studio @ Atlas Chiropractic,

545 Orchard Road,

#05-11,

Far East Shopping Centre,

Singapore 238882.

(Next to Hilton Hotel)

Date:

1st July 2012 (Sunday)

Time:

9.00 am – 7.00 pm

Course Presenters

Jason Lim

Director and Senior Kickboxing/Fitness Trainer, Active Red

Singapore Representative for World Association of Kickboxing Organisations (WAKO)

Lester Oei

Senior Kickboxing Trainer, Active Red

Terry Tan

Senior Kickboxing/Fitness Trainer, Active Red

Course Fee

This course consists:

• 1-day Trainer Certification Seminar
• International WAKO Accreditation
• Course Manual
• Active Kickboxing Fitness T-shirt…. and much more

 All for only $700!

Valuable information

With strong support from clients and friends, Active Red has experience positive growth and expansion in 2011. In 2012, Active Red is optimistic about experiencing further growth, hence employment opportunities and course subsidies are abound. Contact us to find out more.

Register/Contact

Take your career the next level. Get certified today! To register for this seminar or for more information, please contact Jason @ 90921358 or email at jason@activered.sg.

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Thank you all for your termendous support!

You have made Active Red a leader in Kickboxing Fitness Training – over 6,000 clients have experienced Active Kickboxing Fitness! You’re indeed helping us grow!

Some of you lovely ladies have been asking us about Active Kickboxing Boot Camp!

Some of you wanted to know when we are going to bring it back!

We’ve got great news for you!

For all your ladies who want to take your Kickboxing Training to the next level, hear this….

After a year’s absence, come May 2012, our Women Only Active Kickboxing Boot Camp will be back!

To kick off our Active Kickboxing Boot Camp, we are pleased to annouce that we will be running a special 2-hour introductory workshop over 2 Wednesdays. All these to be held at Active Studio – conveniently located in the heart of Orchard. Of course, ONLY THE WOMEN GET IT!

These introductory workshops will be held on:

Dates:

9 May 2012

16 May 2012

Time:

7pm – 9pm

Cost:

$45 per session

To sign up for this class, register here.

Alternatively, feel free to contact us at:

Name: Jason Lim

Phone: 90921358

Email: jason@activered.sg

Website: www.activered.sg

Hurry! Book your slots today!   Only 12 slots available.

* Note : We need to have a minimum of 8 pax before classes can be run. So grab your friends and come in for some intense kick-ass Active Kickboxing workouts with us!

Click here to find more information about our Active Kickboxing Boot Camp!

To choose an Active Kickboxing Programme, you can read about our different Kickboxing Programmes here.

To find out more about Active Red, read about us here.

Book your complimentary trial/intro class at Active Schedules.

Remember to follow us on facebook at:

“Like” Active Red Facebook Page

“Join” Active Red Facebook Group

For more info on WAKO, read about WAKO here.

To be updated on WAKO Singapore activities, join WAKO Kickboxing Singapore at:

“Like” WAKO Kickboxing Singapore Facebook Page

Good news!

You’ve heard about it. You’ve patiently waited for it!

Thank you for your patience and support!

It’s here! Our all male class will be starting on:

Date: 6 May 2012

Day: Sunday

Time:  10am

Number of sessions: 12

Cost: $264

To sign up for this class, register here.

Hurry! 12 slots available!

See you in class!

* Note : We need to have a minimum of 8 pax before classes can be run. So grab your friends and come in for some hardcore kick ass Active Kickboxing workouts with our Senior Kickboxing Trainer, Lester!

For those of you who prefer to join our Active Kickboxing Programmes at Active Studio, kindly contact:

Name: Jason Lim

Phone: 90921358

Email: jason@activered.sg

Website: www.activered.sg

To choose an Active Kickboxing Programme, read about our different Kickboxing Programmes here.

To find out more about Active Red, read about us here.

Book your complimentary trial/intro class at Active Schedules.

Remember to follow us on facebook at:

“Like” Active Red Facebook Page

“Join” Active Red Facebook Group

For more info on WAKO, read about WAKO here.

To be updated on WAKO Singapore activities, join WAKO Kickboxing Singapore at:

“Like” WAKO Kickboxing Singapore Facebook Page

We did get to do our annual Easter egg hunt

Just my kiddies and the big daughter bestie and her sister.

This year though the children decided it would be fun if they hid the eggs

and we the adults went searching.

And you know what …. it was fun downright hilarious.

It didn’t hurt that we the parents felt the need to act like the most dramatic daughter.

Other things that we did:

The older ones actually got to see the movie The Lorax. I didn’t go but they came back gushing and bouncing off the wall saying how awesome it was.

We all went to our first water polo game at the Carifta games over the Easter weekend. My young cousin is on the Under 15 Trini team so we went to see him in action. ( pics are not that great) It was a great event though for all the kiddies to enjoy it wasn’t too long  so it was enjoyable.

School is back in session for a week now and though there were a lot of noises of wanting the holidays to go on forever. They have gotten back into the routine easily even remembering the golden rule of  ‘No Television’ during the week!

Do you do that? I remember my mother enforcing this rule… I thought she was so mean LOL I was shocked to see me putting the rule into effect.  It does allow for more time for reading, chatting and uncontrollable fits of laughter. So it is all good.

What a busy weekend this one can be.

This Sunday is Earth Day and Hope Zoo is kicking off the weekend with the Earth Day Expo from 9am- 4pm

Entrance FREE into the Zoo. ( Even though the entrance fee is normally very reasonable who can resist freeness)

The newly revamped Zoo is a definite must see. We gushed about it when we went in December.

And Creative Kids Learning Academy is having their Pickney Palooza. It promises to be lots of fun.

If you are into art The National Gallery of Jamaica  is having special opening hours this Sunday  and next  Sunday to allow all those who haven’t seen the the Barrington Watson exhibition ‘Retrospective’ to do so. There would even be free tours and special Kid-friendly activities between the hours of  12noon- 2pm

Click on the flyer for more detailed information.

Pretty busy weekend indeed.

Have a great one and be sure to keep it KidFriendly

Be sure to LiKE  Kid Friendly Jamaica on Facebook to continue the conversation.

  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kid-Friendly-Jamaica

I have a new job! Yesterday I was offered my first full-time salary job. I have worked various jobs since I was 16, but this is the first time I have gotten a job like this.

Currently I have been a Sport and Olympic Development Intern with USA Water Polo, the national governing board of the sport of water polo in the country. I have been here since the end of February and doing a wide variety of odd jobs. I initially received this internship for my graduate school classes at California State University Long Beach in Sports Management. Internship hours is one of the requirements of the program.

Recently, an employee left to pursue other career opportunities. I was approached about taking on a full time position. I am very excited for this new opportunity! I have been a bit distracted recently because I have been waiting on the process for this. My new title will be the Event Services Specialist at USA Water Polo.

My life is going to be much simpler. I will only have one job and grad school. This will be a great change for me. I also get an opportunity to help an organization in a sport I loved playing throughout high school. I can’t wait to see where this will take me and it is a great experience to see my hard work paying off.

I am blessed to have this new opportunity!

photo by Ricardo Makyn – Jamaica Gleaner

In Jamaica, if you’re not a baller, a runner or a cricketer, dog nyam yuh supper. We’ve lauded our CARIFTA track and field team which won 77 medals including 34 gold. That is great, and we are all grateful to the hard working athletes and their coaches who keep the flag flying high (all three colours of it!)

 (CARIFTA swimmers – Gillian Haughton photo)

Our CARIFTA swimmers, who came home from the Bahamas with 32 medals – ten gold, sixteen silver and six bronze, have received much less attention. I’m told the team was met at an airport by a TVJ cameraman. Full stop. The children frequently complain of the limited attention they get from the public.

They did, however, get more attention than the chess team, (CARIFTA chess champion Sheneal Gardner – photo – Jamaica Gleaner) which gave us two CARIFTA champions , and an overall third place, or the water polo team, which is in re-building stage, and where our under-15 boys placed second of four teams to win a silver, our under-19 girls came away with the silver against Trinidad and Tobago, and our under-19 boys, were bested by Trinidad and Tobago and Curacao to take bronze.  (CARIFTA water polo teams – Malden Miller photo)

Fact is, in Jamaica, track and field, (men’s) football, (men’s) cricket and to a lesser extent, netball, are the big sports (the reaction to women’s sports is another story -our netballers were excelling for years with little attention, the Reggae Boyz made ONE World Cup, where they failed to advance, and became superstars). But the reality is that there are many other sports which Jamaicans are playing, and playing well, albeit not at the stratospheric level of track and field.

We have youngsters competing  in synchronized swimming, volleyball, tennis, badminton, gymnastics, and the list goes on.

The athletes in many of these sports have to be really determined to compete, especially at the regional and international levels. Family members usually have to underwrite the entire cost of competition including travelling and uniforms. It gets really expensive, really quickly, and many give up.

So why bother? Why not stick with the big four? Actually, there are many reasons why we need to broaden our horizons, and think beyond the popular sports.

Young people should be given the opportunity to explore all their talents, and their potential. A so-so runner may be a dynamite swimmer. A mediocre footballer may be a promising tennis player.

There is potential for scholarships in many of these areas, not just track and field.

We need to see the potential for development in sports generally and expanding the sports we support will allow more young people to excel.

Then, there are the undeniable physical and health benefits. We need to encourage as many young people as possible (and older people, in fact!) to become physically active, whether they are going to become sports stars or not.  Researchers have indicated that 3-6% of pre-school children in the Caribbean are obese, with the figure in Jamaica being 6%.

The scientists reported that overweight and obesity is prevalent in the 10-19 age group with females showing a higher rate than males (18.9% compared to 16%).

Given that obesity and overweight are known risk factors for chronic disease, and inactivity nearly doubles the risk of cardiac disease, anything that will encourage physical activity must be welcome. Exposure to a wide range of sporting activities will allow more children a chance to find an activity with which they are comfortable and which they enjoy.

Other benefits of sports have been well documented, improving social skills, fostering team spirit, teaching kids how to win and lose. Again, the more sports we are able to offer, the more children will be able to benefit.

Veronica Campbell-Brown, Berlin 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Not all children can be Usain Bolt or Veronica Campbell-Brown. But that shouldn’t be our only measure of success.

Disclosure: I am not a sportswoman, and never was. Despite my complete lack of coordination, I comfort myself with the thought that I just wasn’t exposed to a wide variety of sports! 

Oxy: a lot, Cal Tech: not a lot

Tigers vs. Athenas

   I was going to write a separate post about this, but I think that now is the perfect opportunity to rant about why schools with completely different mascots for their men’s and women’s sports team should slapped. CMS men’s teams are called the Stags. It makes little sense to call their women’s teams the stags, but why not just use a doe as the mascot for the women’s teams? Too timid maybe? Reminds everyone too much of Bambi’s mom? Alright fine, but how do you come up with the Athenas? I don’t know about anyone else, but when I think about Claremont I sure don’t think about Greek goddesses. I’m not saying that Athena isn’t a cool mascot, because she is, but how do you go from stag to that? It kinda makes the stag seem weak in comparison. Why didn’t they change the men’s mascots to the Zueses or something like that. At least Cal Lutheran keeps a medieval theme with the kingsmen and the regals (why they couldn’t just both be the knights I don’t know). Seems like the women could just be the kingswomen, though. Then again, at least CMS picked a women’s mascot that is somewhat imposing. They didn’t just phone it in it in like Louisiana Tech University with the men’s teams being the bulldogs and the women’s teams being the lady techsters. Just like Cal Lu last week, the Athenas will be punished with a loss in this week’s mascot matchups.

Tigers 14, Athenas 6

Thank you all for your tremendous support!

You have made Active Red a leader in Women’s Kickboxing Fitness Training! Most of our classes at Active Studio are running close to maximum capacity!

Its an Absolutely Awesome April, due to overwhelming response and to ensure all you LADIES get to enjoy our flagship Active Kickboxing Fitness Training, we are pleased to annouce that we will be opening another new beginners class up in central Singapore. Of course, ONLY THE WOMEN GET IT!

Yes, right in the heart of Bishan! Just a close 5 minutes walk from MRT and Bus Interchange!

The details are:

Venue: Bishan Community Club

Date: 3o-Apr-12 to 02-Jul-12

Time:  07:30 PM - 09:00 PM

To register for this class, log on to ONE PA. Go to ‘Search” and type in Active Kickboxing! It will bring you to the registration page!

Hurry! 12 slots available!

See you in class!

For those of you who prefer to join our Active Kickboxing Programmes at Active Studio, kindly contact:

Name: Jason Lim

Phone: 90921358

Email: jason@activered.sg

Website: www.activered.sg

To choose an Active Kickboxing Programme, read about our different Kickboxing Programmes here.

To find out more about Active Red, read about us here.

Book your complimentary trial/intro class at Active Schedules.

Remember to follow us on facebook at:

“Like” Active Red Facebook Page

“Join” Active Red Facebook Group

For more info on WAKO, read about WAKO here.

To be updated on WAKO Singapore activities, join WAKO Kickboxing Singapore at:

“Like” WAKO Kickboxing Singapore Facebook Page

Awards were presented to the most valuable goalies, players of the game and the overall MVP at the recent National Capital Secondary School Athletic Association annual girls’ water polo all-star game.

But if there was an award for the hardest worker in the water or on the deck at the Carleton University pool, it would have to go to the official scorekeeper, Pierre Tremblay.

The all-star game produced almost twice as many goals as the highest scoring NCSSAA regular season game as the White Team outscored the Blue Team 18-13. On two occasions in the regular season, the total goal output reached 16 and one of the games was a shutout.

Keeping track of the all-star game scoring must have reached blister-producing proportions for Tremblay, who is the father of Samuel Genest coach Macy and Genest player Demi.

“The game went very well,” said NCSSAA all-star game co-ordinator Alison Hunter. “I feel that the level of play from high school teams is growing year over year.”

When it came to single games with a combined goal total in the double digits, it only happened 12 times in the 28-game NCSSAA regular season and another three times in seven playoff matches.

In the all-star game, two John McCrae players sparked the White team, which was coached by Doug Watters of the NCSSAA champion Glebe Gryphons. Ceilidh Parsons scored nine goals and was named her team’s player of the game, while Emily Guigue counted three goals.

The White Team scoring was completed by Lia Richardson of Glebe and Johanna Pinto Lee of Immaculata, two each, and Charlene Rhead and Isobel Blakeney, both of Glebe, scored one apiece.

Emma Cooke of Colonel By paced the Blue Team with five goals and was selected her team’s player of the game. Demi Tremblay of Genest, the NCSSAA finalist, was her team’s only other multiple-goal scorer with four, which helped to earn her MVP honours for the game.

Scoring one goal each for the Blue Team were Dominique Martel-Lamothe and Sarah Pétrin-Perron, both of Genest, Bronte Patterson of Colonel By and Tessa Johnson-Lafelice of Nepean.

The most valuable goalies were Kaity Allerton of Immaculata and Channel Fournier of Genest.

Mirin Fader just wrote a great article about Nanea Fujiyama, and I am going to use her great efforts to get views on this blog by posting a link. It’s lazy writing, but it helps everybody out.

                                                        (Rosaly Bastos – Swim, Play, Live) (Foto: Reprodução/Water Polo Canada)

John didn’t quite understand the rules of water polo.

David Price/Manny Fernandez

No one likes being sweaty, that’s why athletes are provided with towels during their games. But Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price must really love being dry because he recently had to leave a spring training game due to causing himself to have neck spasms after he toweled off over-zealously. Maybe using a stronger anti-perspirant is the way to go. But just slightly edging Dave in ineptitude at grooming, former NHL goalie Manny Fernandez sustained a back/shoulder injury while blowing drying his         hair. Looking at the results I have to say it might have been worth it.

Lionel Metzi

At first it was tough to exclude Sammy Sosa from this list for throwing out his back while sneezing, but then I found out about Lionel Metzi giving a definitive answer to the question:
How does one get hurt playing scrabble? In addition to the pieces being a choking hazard for small children, reaching for a fallen tile  can lead to a thrown out back.

Bill Gramatica/Kevin Johnson

Sometimes celebrations can get a little out of hand. After hitting a game winning shot poor Kevin was wrapped up in an excessively strong bear-hug by the Round Mound of Rebound himself Charles Barkley which dislocated Johnson’s shoulder. Unfortunately Gramatica doesn’t have quite as impressive a tale. Bill put the Arizona Cardinals up 3-0 in the first quarter of a game against the New York Giants. So elated at his mediocre accomplishment Gramatica began leaping for joy, and when he came down he tore his ACL. Pride cometh before the fall.

Glenallen Hill

Most people have nightmares, and a lot of people are scared of spiders. So it would make sense that quite a few people would have nightmares about spiders. But, most professional athletes do not have nightmares about spiders so severe that they sleep-walk into a glass coffee table cutting their feetso severely that they have to be put on the 15 day disabled list.

Hunter Pence

At least when Glenallen put his foot through a glass coffee table he was sleep walking. Hunter Pence does not have the luxury of such an excuse when explaining his accident ”It’s pretty silly to have this kind of freak accident happen. I didn’t think I would go through a glass door. Normally, it wouldn’t shatter like that. Somehow, it shattered and I was stuck in the middle of a bunch of broken glass.” Apparently Pence did not notice that a friend closed a sliding glass door behind them after they stepped outside. Good thing he makes millions of dollars playing baseball because his other career options might be limited.

John Smoltz