Z Fencing Launches “The Best Inspire” Series
with Nam Hyun Hee, Silver Medalist, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
What It Takes To Be A Champion!
After witnessing Nam Hyun Hee’s gritty bouts enroute to her silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, we decided to invite Ms Nam to Z Fencing in Singapore to launch “The Best Inspire” initiative. As part of our comprehensive effort to train our young fencers towards international events like the Youth Olympic Games, “The Best Inspire” initiative provides young fencers with an inspiring initiative as they pursue their ambitions and to live like a champion!
During Ms Nam’s exclusive 5 day visit to Z Fencing, she worked with our team and fencers through press conferences, fencing clinics and motivational talks to families and members of the public.
Press Conference Fencing Clinics Motivational Talks
Press Conference (Thursday November 2008)
 | On Thursday morning, we welcomed various members of the press to an exclusive interview session with Ms Nam. During the conference, Z Fencing’s co-founder and director, Mr Wong Toon King, shared about our vision for “The Best Inspire” initiative. With the goal of helping our young fencers achieve greater heights, “The Best Inspire” initiative will bring our fencers overseas for competitions, training camps and to meet with champions from around the world – Ms Nam, who is Korea’s first Olympic Games medalist fencer is the first of many champions who our young fencers will meet.
A copy of our press release is available here. |
Z Fencing and Nam’s feature in Singapore’s TODAY Newspaper and Channel NewsAsia
Channel NewsAsia report
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Fencing Clinics (November 6 – 9 2008)
Ms Nam guiding our young fencers through her training techniques during the fencing clinic sessions.
Through the 5 days that Ms Nam was at Z Fencing, more than 100 of our fencers got to experience and see first-hand Ms Nam’s Olympic Games winning pace. During the workshop, Ms Nam talked about her training routine and also guided our fencers through various exercises to help gain speed and improve explosive power in their footwork.
At the end of the workshops, Ms Nam happily took photographs with our fencers and signed autographs for her adoring fans.
Ms Nam Hyun Hee posing with Z Fencers after her inspiring fencing clinic
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Motivational Talks (November 6 – 9 2008)
Ms Nam meeting with Z Fencers and their families during her motivational talks.
What It Takes To Be An Olympic Champion
More than 150 Z Fencers, their families and members of the public got to hear first-hand from Ms Nam about the commitment and sacrifices she had to make enroute to becoming an Olympic Games medalist. During the talk, we aired Ms Nam’s semi-finals and finals bouts.
As Korea’s first woman Olympic medalist, Ms Nam wowed the audience during her final bout with Valentina Vezzali of Italy, who was the defending Olympic Games champion for women’s foil.
What Nam lacked in height against the taller Vezzali, she gained in focus and determination. While Nam lost out in the finals by a solitary point, she had already won the hearts of the audience with her gritty performance.
She also reminded our young fencers that one must have the heart and perseverance to compete at the highest levels. Training up to 6 days a week and more than 5 hours each day during her regular training periods, Ms Nam talked about the various forms of motivation that keep her going through the difficult training.
We look forward to seeing Ms Nam achieve even greater heights through her journey to the London 2012 Olympic Games! Allez!
Ms Nam is the first of a series of Champions that Z Fencing will host as part of “The Best Inspire” initiative to help inspire our young fencers to live like Champions! Stay tuned for more!
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