Grading Interview Questions and Answer
For those who are going for grading from Jan 2010 onwards to obtain your Poom, Black Belt or higher grade, there will be an interview by the examiners after the sparring/unarmed combat.
The interview will be graded by the examiners as well. Therefore, do not take it lightly. You must know it well and able to answer upon being questioned by the examiner.
Examiners will randomly pick a few questions to be answered during interview.
Examiners expect more detailed examples and elaboration for more senior candidates.
Examiners are looking for HONESTY, POLITENESS and whatever 'CORRECT' things that was practiced in class.
During the interview, stand with both legs and put your hands behind your back. Answer the examiner's question and end with a 'Sir' or 'Mdm'.
For questions 7 to 15, the answers are open ended. Other answers may be accepted as long as it sounds reasonable. The answers provided serves as a guide only and do not serve as the model answer.
For the interview segment, the commander shall instruct the candidates to queue up in a straight line about 1.5 meters away from the examiner’s table. They shall stand in order of their numbers – that is, the number one candidate first followed by the rest.
When the examiner is ready, he shall signal the first candidate to approach him. The candidate called will bow, walk towards the examiner and stand at ease about 0.2 meters away from the table.
The candidate shall answer the questions clearly and concisely. On completion of the interview, he shall take a step back, bow and move off.
Candidates should conduct themselves well at all times as their demeanor will be taken into consideration when the examiner assesses them.
1) What is the full name of your club and instructor?
Answer:
• Radin Mas TKD, Alice Ong Mdm
2) Are your club and instructor recognized by the Singapore Taekwondo Federation?
Answer:
• Yes
3)What are the differences between clubs that are recognized by the Singapore Taekwondo Federation and clubs which are not recognized?
Answer:
• STF is recognized by the Singapore Sports Council.
• Able to represent Singapore in the international taekwondo events.
• Able to participate in international taekwondo tournaments, seminars and courses organized or sanctioned by the World Taekwondo Federation, Asian Taekwondo Union or ASEAN Taekwondo Federation.
• Able to participate in national tournaments, tournaments for universities, polytechnics, ITE, JC, secondary schools and primary schools.
• Able to participate in national referee and coach seminars, organized by the STF.
• Able to benefit from the numerous bilateral agreements the STF has with various companies.
4) What is the Singapore Taekwondo Federation website address?
Answer:
• http://www.stf.sg
5) Who is the current President of the Singapore Taekwondo Federation?
Answer:
• Mr Milan Kwee
6) For each training session, what must you do after bowing to your instructor? Why?
Answer:
• Start of Class
- Recite the pledge, to remind us of all the values that taekwondo teaches and to demonstrate the values.
• End of Class
- Help keep training equipments, be grateful that we have enough training equipment to use and to take care of the training equipments.
7) Provide two / three / four examples each of what you can do to show humility, honesty and helpfulness.
Answer:
• Humility (Being Humble)
- I remain humble towards the juniors when they face difficulty with TKD moves.
- I remain humble when I win in any competition.
- I will bow to my seniors.
• Honesty
- I admit to the things I do not know instead of saying I know.
- I do not lie.
• Helpfulness
- I should help the juniors when they meet with difficulties.
- I help my instructors to organize the junior and keep them in order.
- I help to take and keep the training equipments before and after all training.
8) How do you demonstrate respect for any one / two / three of the following: elders, parents, coaches / instructors, seniors and one another?
Answer:
• Elders
- I greet them whenever I see them.
- I will help them to do things that they may face difficulty in doing.
- I will not talk back to them.
• Parents
- I greet my parents every morning.
- I will listen to what they say and not talk back to them.
- I will not start my meals first before my parents. (Unless I am told to go ahead without them)
- I will greet my parents whenever I return home.
- I will notify my parents whenever I am leaving my house.
- I will keep my parents updated of my whereabouts.
- I will listen to my parents’ advice and will not talk back to them if there is any disagreement. I will try my best to tell them my views and discuss over our points.
• Coaches / Instructors
- I will bow to my instructors to greet them.
- I will thank my instructors when they correct my mistakes.
• Seniors
- I will discuss matters with them and listen to their advice with an open mind.
- I will share my things graciously with them.
- I will share whatever knowledge I have with them.
• One another
- I will be patience with my peers whenever they are slow or facing difficulty.
- I will not look down on peers who are slower than me.
9) Why are your parents special to you?
Answer:
• They gave birth to me.
• My parents did all they can to provide me with the needs to grow up.
• They also encouraged me to join taekwondo, and support me in terms of money (course fees, grading fees) and moral support.
10) What have you done to show respect to your parents?
Answer:
• I greet my parents every morning.
• I will not start my meals first before my parents. (Unless I am told to go ahead without them)
• I will notify my parents whenever I am leaving my house.
• I will greet my parents whenever I return home.
• I will keep my parents updated of my whereabouts.
• I will listen to my parents’ advice and will not talk back to them if there is any disagreement. I will try my best to tell them my views and discuss over our points.
11) Can you achieve success in your life and why?
Answer:
• Yes.
• Because I have good parents and good leaders to guide me during my growing/learning process. They guide me in my growing path and demonstrate good virtues in my life.
12) In what ways can you serve your community?
Answer:
• Whenever there is public demonstration or performance, I will do my best to put up a good show for the public to enjoy.
• I participate in community involvement program to clean up the neighborhood.
13) Have you demonstrated good character? If so, how?
Answer:
• Yes.
• By setting good examples.
• Example: Lending helping hands, don’t provoke parents, respect them and be polite.
14) Do you need to show respect to your gymnasium or training place? Why and how?
Answer:
• Yes.
• By bowing to the training place before entering. It is to show gratefulness that we are able to have such a well-equipped training place.
• By not being noisy in the training place. Because the training place provides me a proper environment to learn the art of Taekwondo and also a place where I can develop good characters.
• I will also help to keep the place neat and clean and take care of the training equipments. People may accidentally trip over the training equipments and injure themselves if the training place is messy.
15) What have you learned from your participation in Taekwondo?
Answer:
• Taekwondo Techniques
- Poomsae / Pattern
- Sparring
- Self-Defense
• Taekwondo Values
- Being Humble.
→ Don't be too proud. Taekwondo Pattern teaches us to be humble as all the patterns start with blocks.
- Honest.
→ Not to tell lies.
- Helpfulness.
→ Help one another when help is needed.
- Respect.
→ Respect my elders, parents, coaches and seniors and one another
- Discipline.
→ To behave and obey instructions by instructors
- Teamwork.
→ Help each other during lesson time to correct each other's mistakes, and practice the grading requirements together
- Care & Concern.
→ To guide the younger ones when they don’t understand and not able to follow instructions
posted by admin on 3/31/2010 12:52:00 pm,
