Grandmaster Eng-Sin Tan
Academy Master · early WTA history
Grandmaster Eng-Sin Tan trained WTA’s early seniors. They practised together, helped teach and prepared demonstrations.
The people you meet in WTA’s story
An academy is shaped by people who learn, teach and train together. Meet WTA’s teaching and programme contributors, and follow the sporting journeys of its students.
Teaching and programme work
Master Tan trained WTA’s early senior generation. Sara Yap taught as a WTA senior instructor and Poomsae coach. Wai Lun and Suraj contribute to class coordination and General training development.
Wai Lun
Instructor coordination and class operations
Wai Lun contributes to coordinating instructors and the day-to-day arrangements behind WTA’s classes.
Suraj
General training programme development
Suraj contributes to how General training is structured and how instructors are guided. His programme work includes communication and reviewing learning.
Sara Yap Khim Wen
Malaysian Poomsae athlete · WTA coaching history
Sara won SEA Games pair medals before taking individual gold in Kuala Lumpur in 2017 and Asian Games bronze in 2018. She also taught as a WTA senior instructor and Poomsae coach.
Different lives after shared practice
Jin Kun, Jun Ee, Hong Kai, Sara and Chin Ken Haw have followed different paths in competition, demonstration, work and further sport.
Who will welcome your child?
Ask who will lead the session you are arranging and how a beginner joins the group. Each profile describes the person’s contribution and history.