MFI Mermaid Course
LEVELS
A taste of mermaid life for absolute beginners. Familiarise yourself with the mermaid tail and learn the basic skills to be a real-life mermaid in the water. Make your mermaid dream come true and explore the underwater world.
1 Theory Session: Discover knowledge of our Ocean and make friends with sea creatures.
4 Pool Sessions: Learn how to Swim like a Mermaid and blow kisses & hearts underwater. Graduated Mermaid
Explorers will be able to do basic mermaid swim and basic land/ underwater poses!
6-16 years old (Guardians are required to accompany during activities)
Able to swim 25m freestyle or breaststroke.
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Let’s level up! Not just swimming like a mermaid underwater but transforming into a performing mermaid!
1 Theory Session: Being a true mermaid to care for our ocean and environment.
Let’s learn proper waste classification, understand the marine life cycle and explore different sea plants.
4 Pool Sessions: Learn advanced static postures, water entry skills, buoyancy control, facial and hair control. Graduated Mermaid Pioneers will be able to perform his/ her own underwater static routine!
6-16 years old (Guardians are required to accompany during activities)
MFI J1 Certificate Holder
Able to swim 25m freestyle or breastroke
Being a J3 graduate is to become a true Star, shining bright and stunning. You will further develop body control underwater for the precise mermaid movements underwater.
Embrace mermaid as your identity and prepare yourself for choreographing your own mermaid performance and perform a dual mermaid routine! Graduated Mermaid Stars will be considered as Professional Underwater Performers that are capable in choreographing routines.
1 Theory Session: Learn seafood guidelines and gear yourself up as an Ocean
Plastic Warrior and solve the ocean crisis
4 Pool Sessions: Become a Mermaid Star to perform high-level UW tricks and showcase both solo & group mermaid performances. Choreograph your own
Mermaid Performance!
6-16 years old (Guardians are required to accompany during activities)
MFI J2 Certificate Holder
Able to swim 25m freestyle or breaststroke
This course is a taste of mermaid life for absolute beginners. Familiarise yourself with basic mermaid knowledge, equipment and safety knowledge. Wear on your mermaid tail and learn the basic skills to be a real-life mermaid in the water.
(2 sessions – 1 Theory session and 1 Pool Session)
1 Theory Session: Prepare your mind for a whole new concept of mermaiding.
Learn about the history of mermaids and benefits of being a mermaid, and essential knowledge about equipment, safety, basic underwater tricks and tricks and all secrets of being a mermaid.
1 Pool Session: A session combining land and pool exercises. It covers fundamental theory, dry warm-up and stretching, basic mermaid swimming movements and static postures.
No Prerequisite
Age 12 or above (parent consent for under 18 years old)
Theory: Basic knowledge of the mermaiding movement
Pool: Learn basic mermaid swimming style, dynamic and static
Equipment included: Mask / Merfin / Kickboard/ Mertail
There is no exam in the M course. Upon completion of the session, students should be able to perform/ understand: Land Posing, Use of Merfin, Mermaid Forward Swim and Water Entrance
- M Certification
- Diverts Certification
Total transformation into a mermaid, learn the essential knowledge and underwater skills of a real-life mermaid. Upon graduation, you are equipped with basic underwater performance techniques and demonstrate a high level of performance ability with personal edge.
(1 day – 3 sessions (theory/studio/pool) and 1 day – 2 pool sessions)
1 Theory Session: Prepare your mind for a whole new concept of mermaiding. Learn about the history of mermaids and benefits of being a mermaid, and essential knowledge about equipment, safety, breath-hold, buoyancy control, water entrance skills, underwater postures & tricks and all secrets of being a mermaid.
1 Studio Session: Prepare your body on land before mermaiding underwater. Learn how to adjust and stretch your body, find your own mersona and demonstrate a better body language and expression, for better underwater performance.
3 Pool Sessions: It is time to take what you have learned to the water. Learn how to swim like a mermaid professionally and practise underwater safety and rescue skills. Other advanced exercises also include: buoyancy control, hair and facial control, body language and expression, such as static and dynamic skills, giving you the grace of a mermaid in the water.
Prerequisite: Unafraid of water, and being able to swim at least 25 m
Age 12 or above (parent consent for under 18 years old)
Theory: Basic breathing and physiology / buoyancy physics and control
Studio: Stretching / Mermaid Wave / Core Training / Dynamic and Static Postures
Pool: Mermaid Swimming / Buoyancy control / Dynamic and Static Skills
Equipment included: Mask / Merfin / Kickboard / Mer Tail/ MerLeggings
Upon successful completion of the pool session, students should be able to perform:
- Breath Holding & BuoyancyControl
- Water Entrance Techniques
- Mermaid SwimmingTechniques, Postures and Tricks
- Complete 2 Underwater Routines
- Static Routine: Angel Dive – Hair Control – Titanic – Needle – Swan -Hello – Angel Spin Up
- Dynamic Routine: Dolphin Dive – Forward Swim – Back Roll – Back Swim – Kiss – Hello –
Angel Spin Up - Mermaid Swim 25m (Forward & Backward)
- Water Surface Break 1 min
- Water Surface Rescue (15m towing distance – with mermaid fins)
- Written Exam (75% or above)
- Students are required to join additional pool sessions if they are unable to perform certain techniques to get the certificate.
- After being issued as M1, you can enter the M2 Master Mermaid Course.
- M1 Certification
- Diverts Certification
This course takes mermaiding to a higher standard. You will further develop body control and expression, refine further on your postures and embrace being a Mermaid, preparing yourself for professional mermaid shooting and performance.
As a certified M2, you will be considered as a Professional Underwater Performer that is capable in doing coherent and continuous performance routines, dual or group performance items, choreography skills in performances and planning for related underwater makeup and outfit.
1 Theory Session: Learn more about the historical background and evolution of performance mermaids, underwater outfits and makeup, details of arranging performances and productions. Learn advanced mermaid underwater tricks, performance and competition requirements and skills, and the concept of mermaid as a lifestyle and ocean ambassador.
1 Studio Session: Practicing advanced mermaid techniques on land, further strengthening and brushing up of your personal mersona in body expression.
Choreograph your own performance with music and incubate good chemistry with your partner/ team.
4 Pool Sessions: Learn more mermaid swimming styles, dynamic and static tricks, partnered/team performance, safety and rescue. You will demonstrate what you have learned in course and choreograph your own performance at the end.
12 years old or above (guardian consent required for students under age 18)
MFI M1 Certificate Holder
- M2 Certification
- Diverts Certification
