Book A Writer / Choke Clinch Crank Combat

[Note: This version of the programme can only be conducted at Flowartes gym. (344C King George’s Avenue, Singapore 208576)]

Invite your students to step into the world of Silvano Santos (Contramestre Tucum), a master practitioner featured in Choke Clinch Crank Combat who brings the rich cultural heritage of Capoeira from Bahia, Brazil, to Singapore's classrooms. Students will participate in dynamic warm-ups followed by instruction in fundamental Capoeira movements including ginga (footwork), cocorinha (defensive maneuvers), meia-lua-de-frente (kicks), and aú (cartwheels). Through partner work emphasizing movement patterns without physical contact, they'll understand the strategic and aesthetic dimensions of the art form. The session culminates in learning traditional Capoeira songs in Brazilian Portuguese and demonstrating newly acquired skills.

This workshop offers students a unique opportunity to engage with a martial art that is simultaneously a form of combat, dance, music, and cultural expression. With over 30 years of teaching experience across Brazil and Southeast Asia, Contramestre Tucum embodies the intersection of tradition and adaptation—themes central to understanding identity and cultural preservation in literature. Through Flowartes, he has inspired hundreds to embrace Capoeira's holistic approach to physical and mental well-being, making him an ideal guide for students exploring narratives of heritage, resilience, and community in Choke Clinch Crank Combat..

[This version of the programme can be conducted in schools.]

This workshop offers students a transformative perspective on resilience, adaptation, and what it means to overcome obstacles. Jed's story embodies the power of reframing challenges into opportunities. His multidisciplinary expertise in Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and wrestling demonstrates how individuals develop unique approaches to shared goals, resonating with literary explorations of identity, perseverance, and the human capacity for growth in Choke Clinch Crank Combat.

The session opens with an empathy-building activity where blindfolded students must locate and collect scattered balls using only their teammates' verbal guidance. This is followed by Muay Thai fundamentals including a warm-up game focused on partner awareness (tapping shoulders), solo drills and shadow boxing, partner work practicing basic punches and kicks, and clinching exercises that emphasize off-balancing techniques using controlled contact. Throughout, students will experience how martial arts training relies on multiple senses and adaptive strategies.

[This version of the programme can be conducted in schools]

This exclusive workshop connects your students directly with Syafiq "The Slasher" Samad, one of Singapore's most accomplished combat sports athletes featured in Choke Clinch Crank Combat. Your students will engage with a living embodiment of the discipline, grit, and determination explored in Choke, Clinch, Crank, Combat. Syafiq, Singapore's first IFMA Asian Muay Thai Championship gold medallist, brings over 40 professional fights' worth of experience and wisdom to share. From beginning his journey at age 15 to competing internationally in Pacific Xtreme Combat and Rebel FC, his story exemplifies the themes of perseverance and identity that resonate throughout Singaporean sports literature.

Through this workshop, students will be able to demonstrate fundamental boxing techniques including proper stance, footwork, and basic punches (jab, cross, hooks), and apply these skills in combination through shadow boxing and padwork exercises under instructor guidance. Students will also develop an understanding of how focused practice, body awareness, and following structured instruction contribute to skill development, reflecting the discipline and resilience themes explored in Choke Clinch Crank Combat.

[This version of the programme can only be conducted at Wrestling Federation of Singapore (3 Bedok North St 2, Singapore 469643)]

Connect your students with Gabriel Huang, Coach and Administrator with the Wrestling Federation of Singapore and a key figure featured in Choke Clinch Crank Combat. Gabriel's leadership transformed Singapore's wrestling programme, guiding Team Singapore to its best-ever SEA Games performance in 2023, including the nation's first wrestling Gold medal.

This workshop challenges common perceptions of combat sports by revealing wrestling as an art of strategy, balance, and controlled movement rather than brute force. Gabriel's expertise in athlete development and systems-building offers students insight into how discipline, preparation, and incremental progress create excellence—themes that resonate throughout sports narratives in literature. His commitment to sustainable growth and community development mirrors the journeys of characters who must balance individual ambition with collective responsibility.

The session begins with non-contact competitive drills, progressing through wrestling fundamentals with controlled physical contact. Students will master safe falling techniques, explore wrestling posture through mirror games and controlled push exercises, and participate in modified wrestling games (Fox Tails, Back Take, Shark & Escape). The workshop culminates in modified live wrestling with point-scoring systems that reward both control and partner safety. Throughout, emphasis is placed on the principle that wrestling is "about control, balance, and falling safely"—not aggression.