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NUS Nam Wah Pai Training Camp was held on 6th-8th December 2008. It was a good chance for NUS students to learn more about Nam Wah Pai. All participants were able to choose one of the four new skills to learn, namely Nanchaku, Nine-section whip, Sword or Praying Mantis Kata. The other exciting part of the camp is nevertheless, the friendly sparring match between NUS Nam Wah Pai and members from Nam Wah Pai Headquarter. In this free sparring match, six NUS students fought one-on-one with six headquarters students. It was a good opportunity for NUS students to measure and improve their fighting skills. Aside of all the fighting stuffs, we also have movie screening, games, T-shirt design competition, Christmas present exchange as well as dinner feast on the last day in the camp. Despite the tiring intense training schedule, NUS Nam Wah Pai Camp was a great and memorable moment to mark the end of year 2008.

From 4th to 7th December 2008, the Sports & Fitness Expo (SFE) was held.  This is the largest sporting exposition supported by the SingaporeSports Council. Displaying more than 40 brands of sports equipment and healthcare products, SFE 2008 provided a good opportunity for all people to broaden their knowledge in the area of sports and body’s health.
On opening ceremony of the event, NUS Nam Wah Pai had the opportunity to perform on stage. We demonstrated some defensive and offensive skills using qigong (Qi energy). By using various parts of our body, we are able to break sticks, chopsticks, tiles and bricks. One NWP NUS fresh graduate who has just promoted to black belt can even manage to bend the spear pole with his throat while being hit with sticks. Lead by the experts, the show went well and neither accident nor injury occurred.

In Nam Wah Pai (NWP), there is no �not for me� or �I can�t do this�. The anniversary is to promote this spirit.

Participants vary in age, sex and ethnic. They bring you from surprise to surprise. After watching Polytechnics students breaking hard sticks and an aged woman pushing 6 men over, I can�t help thinking �It�ll be me next time�. The Taiji and Qigong elements make NWP suitable for everyone.

Be aware that pain is unavoidable in NWP as your body is trained to be more flexible and robust. Jianli�s performance where he stretches on two chairs and endures attacks from the back and two sides of his body is amazing; but outsiders may not know how much he trained to reach such level of flexibility and endurance. In each session, we try to challenge our limits with the help of training mates. I have to say that there is quite some pain and sweat, but always, fun and relaxation follow.

Yes, trainings are always fun when there are easygoing friends around you. The same goes for the performance in our anniversary where three girls who played as �Charles�s Angels� were attacked by �bad people�. Indeed they made an entertaining scene with skillful moves (from our cute girls as well as handsome �bad people�). Such a performance made by your training mates can lighten anyone�s day.

Friendship and brotherhood may also be the reason for Nam Wah Pai to bring the New Zealand team to Singapore. Their performance was fun and not less powerful. There, we celebrate the first 7-dan black belt master from Western countries, which marks the climax of Nam Wah Pai anniversary. Congratulation!

Coming back from the anniversary, I keep telling my friends about the amazing scenes I saw. One brick put on another, but the attack from the top only broke the bottom brick. One line of people standing together, but each one fell into a different direction when the first person was pushed. Eventually, what really remains in my heart is: �Who knows if I can do this some day�.

Ever wished to become a witness of the greatest martial art performance in NUS? Fret no more. After the success of last year event, NUS Naw Wah Pai Club once again presents the Nam Wah Pai Sparring Team Contest.

Nam Wah Pai? What is it? Have seen Kungfu, rite? We are technically similar to that. Nam Wah Pai is a kind of Chinese martial art group which focuses more on the practical components rather than for display purpose.

Interesting isn�t it? Wait no more. You could watch it with your very own eyes. Come and witness an intense free sparring contest with martial arts demonstrations between a mixed team from the NUS Nam Wah Pai Martial Arts Club with their counterparts from the Nam Wah Pai Headquarter.
Not only your curiosity will be paid off, you also get a chance to witness the born of great martial arts performers. Their battle will be a great performance that pulls out your adrenaline and your curiosity about our martial arts.

Even more, you also get a rare chance to watch the one and only brick breaking contest in Singapore � How many bricks can they break with their bare hands in one minute?

Wait no more. Witness the turning point of martial arts history, once in a lifetime chance, totally FREE of charge.

Venue: NUS SRC-MPSH 2 Date/Time : Saturday, 29 March 2008 1.30 � 4 pm Price : FREE

We ended the year off with a 3 day, 2 night training camp held at Costa Sands East Coast Resort. The purpose of training camp was 1) to bond and establish team spirit within our club and 2) to train.

Even though it was rainy during the time we were there, we did what we could and everything came out pretty well. Overall, about 20 people came for training camp.

We had various games and activities planned, which included favorites such as "Paper Plane Attack", "Entangle", balloon-popping games, and a sand castle competition. We woke up early the second day in hopes of catching a beautiful sunrise, but disappointingly the sunrise wasn't visible from our location and the sky was also cloudy. However, the day went on and we went for a morning jog, went through some stance training, and ended the day with a BBQ.

The final morning consisted of a short jog, a walk on the reflexology stones, and a nice breakfast consisting of snacks and the leftover food from the BBQ. :) Thank you to everyone who came and made the camp a success! Hope that everyone enjoyed the training camp!

Please visit the gallery for pictures from the camp.

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Nam Wah Pai, the NUS NWP branch along with NWP HQ organized a Demo on 19 Sept '04. We invited overseas Nam Wah Pai branches from New Zealand and Malaysia to participate in the demo. The event was free for NUS staff and students and open to the public.

Our club prepared a group performance of the Double Short Staff pattern, a self-defense sketch, as well as individual performances from some of our senior members. Some especially amazing items to watch were the qigong demonstrations, which included breaking coconuts, bricks, sticks, and tiles and using qi to reflect a person's force to send them flying backwards.

Please visit the gallery for pictures from the demo.