Living in the moment with Karate
Published: 14 Jan 2018
When Associate Professor Too Heng-Phon of Department of Biochemistry in NUS slipped and fell at the NUS business school more than a decade ago, he decided to make a change and learnt karate. He joined the Ken Yu Kai Association in Singapore to learn the Shitoryu style of karate, one of the four major styles of karate in the world.
“I thought, that’s not me. It’s always one of those things – you think you’re still in condition, but then suddenly you realise, no you’re not. So that’s something of a tipping point,” recalled Assoc Prof Too, who practised qingwu (a type of Chinese martial arts) as a teenager.
After a decade of training, Assoc Prof Too is now a second dan black belt in karate, and spends three days each week to practice and teach the martial art to adults and children as an accompaniment to his teaching and research work. He is also the current vice-president of the Ken Yu Kai Association in Singapore.
Assoc Prof Too believed karate has changed him for the better. “Karate taught me discipline, in work, in life, and in play.”
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