Yip See Kit - Articles

Coach Yip has written various articles relating to Taichi and Sports Science. He has also previously conducted Taichi & Sports Science seminars. Coach Yip took up Taekwondo since young and attained his black belt before he started learning Taichi. He had participated and achieved many medals in various National Wushu Competitions. Coach Yip is currently NROC registered with the Singapore Sports Council under Wushu/Taichi with a NCAP III certificate. Coach Yip approaches Taichi in a very scientific research based and systematically training system. Besides giving personal and small group private coaching, he also specializes in Wushu/Taichi coaching for Kids in schools and has previously conducted various Mass Wushu Workout for Kids, ranging from primary to junior college level. To date, more than a thousand students had benefited from his Sports Scientific Wushu & Taichi coaching

• Progressive Muscle Relaxation
  01/03/2008 | Sports and Fitness
  Progressive muscle relaxation [PMR] is a relaxation technique of stress management developed by American physician Edmund Jacobson in 1934. This progressive muscle relaxation technique is focused on tensing and releasing tensions in the 16 different muscle groups. Jacobson reasoned that since muscular tension is usually followed as a by product of anxiety, one can lower and reduce anxiety by understanding and learning how to self relax those muscular tension. (McCallie et al., 2006) Read
  
• Taichi Fitness Components
  05/02/2008 | Sports and Fitness
  When we talk about fitness, it actually comprises of many components. In general, the fitness components can be classified into Health Related and Performance Related fitness components. Read
  
• Taichi Weight Bearing Exercise Improves Bone Density
  05/02/2008 | Sports and Fitness
  "If you want strong bones, you have to use them!" Everyone needs to have lifelong weight bearing exercise in order to build up and maintain healthy bones. Females should focus on building strong bones now especially while they are still young so as to reduce their risk of osteoporosis later in life Read
  
• Walking - the Taichi Way
  05/02/2008 | Sports and Fitness
  While walking is considered as a form of weight-bearing exercise, research has shown that walking program for up to one year have generally not been very effective in preventing bone loss, especially for the healthy individual. The main reason is that walking does not actually impart a very high loading force onto the bones; neither does it represent a unique loading stimulus. Nevertheless, this does not exclude the possibilities that long term habitual walking for many years helps to preserve l Read
  
• Basic Wushu Etiquette
  05/02/2008 | Martial Arts
  The basic wushu etiquette is derived from traditional China & Shaolin’s etiquette & upon further modification & standardized with new meaning to it. It has become a standardize etiquette used internationally. Read
  
• Being Healthy & Fit, are They the Same?
  05/02/2008 | Sports and Fitness
  In today society, people are looking more into improving their quality of life and many are getting more concerned with their body health conditioning and status. However, a lot of people still had the wrong interpretation for Health and Fitness definition and often regard healthy alone to comprise of one being physically fit. Read
  
• Why Don't I Lose Weight After Exercise?
  05/02/2008 | Sports and Fitness
  One of the main reasons people started to exercise is because they want to look good, feel good and to achieve a better quality of life through health and fitness. Very often than not, instead of losing weight from exercise, they ended up gaining even more weight than before. Why is this so? Read
  
• Is Bmi an Accurate Indicator of Body Fat?
  05/02/2008 | Sports and Fitness
  Body Mass Index, also known as BMI has always been considered as the standard for indicating how much body fat in the body. However, according to recent research, it might not be as accurate as originally thought. Read
  
• Rebounding your Way to Stronger Bones!
  05/02/2008 | Sports and Fitness
  We need to understand that our bone is not just a hard and lifeless structure. In fact, it is a very complicate living tissue. Our bones provide structural support for our muscles, protect our vital organs, and store the calcium essential for bone density and strength necessary for our daily activities and survival. Read
  
• Most Effective Butt Exercise - Lunges Technique
  05/02/2008 | Sports and Fitness
  According to the research done by American Council on Exercise (ACE), one of the most effective exercises in working the Butt or the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and the hamstring is the lunges. The Lunge is also a very effective exercise for the legs as well. It involves functional stability, balance and overall body coordination and proper posture alignment, which is very useful for muscle development and conditioning. Read