Changing the paradigm of the arbitration

On February 9 took place the first seminar of arbitration in Buenos Aires, with an assistance of 37 instructors from Santa Fe, Brazil, Uruguay, representatives of Peru, Catamarca, Punta Alta and Buenos Aires.
The seminar there was dictated in this occasion by Eduardo Sanchez, the director of the Ham Do Organization; the one who in his character of organizational coach orientated the seminar based on the importance of the attitude that there must bear in mind those who officiate with judges, considering that not only to know the rules guarantee the development of the umpires.

It referred also in raising and consider like reflection; that the performance of those who compose a staff of umpires, judges and assistants judges who fill the points’ lists based in prioritizing the relation between the persons above the role that these fulfill. Since we have forgotten that those who are judges, competitors and staff are persons who accompany the sports movement. Invited to foment also the relational vinculum, to stop creating fragmentation between martial artists for defending political interests, for idealizing the styles, the origin and the technical differences.
We, the ones who practice martial arts, we have promised to contribute with the martial arts and that in our role of instructors and umpires we must make a better way for the competitors' future generations that dream of the victory and fair game.

Finished the seminar those who were present agreed in supporting for the future events course to the World’s Championship Argentina 2008, the possibility of opening a space that favors to those who take part in tournaments with an arbitration, that clearly without favoritism and that the fact that the person who chooses to be a judge takes the commitment to be from a professional attitude and with a strong enthusiasm for the vocation of directing the competition as space of enjoyment for those who love martial arts.

Information to highlight

Due to the important quantity of messages that we have received from different parts of the world making questions about the Championship of the World, I take advantage of this way of communication that we have created, with the purpose of leave in clear some important points and so this way can help as an answer for any worry.

With regard to the argentine competitor

.- The argentine competitors who want to compete in form and combat, in the championship of the world, must classify in any tournaments that we present on the fixture “Argentina Tour”.

.- The competitors and schools that want to participate in the categories of: form by team, self defense, musical form, form with weapon, musical form with weapon and Tai Chi Chuan, can do it without previous classification.

.- The competitor who classified in form, can not participate in combat and can’t change the category.

. - The category Light Contact is not a category that is realized in the Championship of the World.

.-The competitor that has won in Light Contact can choose participate in combat in the championship of the world.

.- If a competitor classified with a certain range of graduation and in the championship has other category because this has passed any exam, must participate with the last obtained graduation.

.- The elements of combat and official protections that the competitor must use on the championship, must be protections of polyurethane, Gran Marc type. Can’t be use elements of leather or cloth.

With regard to the classification tournaments

.- Any school that want to take part in the championship of the world, can participate in any of the tournaments that we announce on the blog and in the official web site of the championship.

.- The events that are detailed on the blog and in the web site are the only authorized tournaments to be promoted inside the circuit “Argentina Tour”.

With regard to the foreign delegations

.- Any school, group or organization can take part in the III Championship of the World “Argentina 2008”, without the requirement of classifying in the announced international tournaments.

.- The competitor that has the range of color belt can participate only with the assent and written authorization (previous registration) of the instructor that certifies that this competitor finds in condition of participate.

.- The classification tournaments realized in other nations, are promotional events with the objective that the participating schools can choose, to do a previous selection of competitors to arm the representative team.

.- The championship will develop in three days of competition in November, 14-15-16.

The schools, instructors and organizations that want to take part in the Championship of the World, please send us an e-mail to: hamdo_argentina@yahoo.com.ar.

With regard to the category “Challenge of Champions”

.- This category in only for black belts.
.- Takes part one competitor for country.
.- Is divided in combat and form.
.- In combat only participate men.
.- In form can take part women and men.

.- The requirement to participate is to send a sport curriculum in case that exists more than one competitor for country.

.- In case that exists more than one competitor for country, the organization will choose the best curriculum.

.- In the curriculum must be registered the sports profits, not the professional trajectory.

.- The competitor that wants to compete in this category must send the curriculum and a picture of
the face.

- The competitors of this category photo will be included in the web, this way there will know those who are the competitors.

.- If you want to participate in the category CHALLENGE OF CHAMPIONS, write us to: hamdo_argentina@yahoo.com.ar.

.- This category will be developed on Sunday before the Championship’s ceremony of closing.

We hope that this information can be helpful.
We send you a cordial greeting.

Eduardo Sanchez
Director of the Ham Do Organization.

Visit the web site www.argentinaworldopen.com.ar

Presentation Web Site

OFICIAL WEB OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP "ARGENTINA 2008"

El Encuentro...The encounter...

presentacion pagina web / presentation page Web

www.argentinaworldopen.com.ar

Eduardo Sanchez

Director
Info: hamdo_argentina@yahoo.com.ar

Fixture - Argentina Tour

The circuit of competition “Argentina Tour” is designed to enable competitors that will take part in the III World’s Championship “Argentina 2008”, through the system of classification.
In the III World’s Championship, the argentine competitors who want to take part in form and combat, only will be able to take part those who only have classified in the selective of the period 2006/2007/2008

Is not requirement to classify for the world’s championship those that want to take part in form by team, musical form, musical form with weapon, tai chi chuan and self defense.

All the competitors major than 40 years and masters from 4th Dan in ahead, can participate without previous classification.

The tournaments that compose the international fixture are promotional events so the schools can measure and select competitors that want to take part in the III World’s Championship.

Levels of classification championships:
Level 1 Star: classify competitors up to the 3rd position.
Level 2 Stars: classify competitors up to the 4th position
Level 3 Stars: classify competitors up to the 5th position.
In all events, the competitor will have to receive his certificate of classification and the obtained position.
The schools that want to incorporate its event in the fixture of classification tournaments have to communicate by email to hamdo_argentina@yahoo.com.ar. The organization reserves the admission’s right.

To take in count:
1- We recommend to the schools that before participating or travel, make contact with the organizers, for any circumstance that could arise to last moment.
2- The organization of the circuit “Argentina Tour”, does not take responsibility of the circumstances that could arise, that are foreign to the organization.
3- We invite to visit the section periodically, for new events of your interest.

Fixture 2008

January
10 – Buenos Aires (3 estrellas)
FX-66 Martial Arts Championship
Org: Eduardo Sanchez
E-mail: hamdo_argentina@yahoo.com.ar
Telef.: 011-4624-0753
www.hamdo-fx66.blogspot.com

March
23 – Tierra del Fuego – Ushuaia (1 estrella)
Org: Walter Gimenez
E-mail: dariowalter_gimenz@hotmail.com
Telef.: 02901-15512211

April
06- San Juan – Capital (1 estrella)
Sudamericano de Wushu Kung Fu
Org: Luís Ramírez
E-mail: shaolinquanarg@yahoo.com.ar
www.shaolinquanarg.8k.com


12 y 13 – Córdoba – La Falda (3 estrellas)
Reto de las Montañas
Org: Hugo Heller
E-mail: huhell@hotmail.com
Telef.: 03548-15639116

13 – Santa Fe – Gdor Galvez (1 estrella)
Torneo sudamericano
Org: Dario Gutierrez
E-mail: dgkungfu@hotmail.com

May
11 – La Rioja – Chilecito (1 estrella)
Copa Chilecito
Org: Fernando Montaño
E-mail: fernandotae@hotmail.com
Telef.: 03825-15555785

11 – Buenos Aires – San Martín (1 estrella)
Org: Diego Pérez
E-mail: djperez@hotmail.com
Telef.: 01-4722-1867

11 – Buenos Aires – La Pampa (1 estrella)
Org: Mario Bonilla
E-mail: mariojavierbonilla@yahoo.com.ar
Telef.: 02302-15489663 / 424396
http://es.geocities.com.kyudokan/

18 – Córdoba – Capital (3 estrellas)
Org: Fabián Loyola
E-mail: fabian_loyola@yahoo.com.ar

“Maestros” Magazine

Eduardo Sanchez has been cover of the Maestros magazine on December 2007

Champions’ World Challenge

For the Martial Arts World’s Championship “Argentina 2008”, was designed a special category where only will take part one competitor for each country. This competition divides in forms and combat.
For this first presentation, in combat category will only take part men - black belt and in the category of forms can take part women and men – black belts. One competitor cannot take part in both categories and in its curriculum must have at least two titles of champion of his country.
In next notes, it will be extended in major detail this champions' world challenge.

We expect more than 25 countries!!

On September 16, the Republic Argentina’s International Open Championship, organized by the Ham Do Organization, closed and gave start to the second stage of the Argentina Tour Competition’s Circuit, where it counts with other 58 classification tournaments for the rest of the year and the next 2008.
We are proud for the development of international activities that come producing around the III Martial Arts World’s Championship “Argentina 2008”, which is going to be realized in Buenos Aires from November 14 to 16, 2008.

Also we feel very pleased and contained by many international directives that offer us their contributions in order that the World’s Championship be a strong World celebration, where we expect the participation of more than 70 delegations of 25 countries and more than 200 schools from Argentina.

International classificatory tournaments in Guatemala, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, Honduras, Peru and Brazil, show us the strong Latino American support to this new proposal that we present to the World.

Soon we will be giving the invitations to the schools of the confirmed countries. In the mid time, we continue informing what is happening day by day through this blog.

Taking advantage of these lines, I do not want to say goodbye without before being grateful again with the organizers of the classificatory tournaments, to all who compete in out events, to all who write, to the media, the companies, to my instructors, to all the competitors and to all that visit this way of communication.

Thank you!! And i hope to see you soon!

Eduardo Sanchez
Director of the World’s Championship “Argentina 2008”
Director of Ham-Do Worldwide

Championship’s Details

Specialties: Form with weapon – Individual Form – Form by Team (3) – Musical Form with Weapon – Musical Form without Weapon – Bearing Combat – Self Defense – Nation’s Combat – World Challenge(Form – Combat) – Form Grand Champion.
Participation: Infantile – Juveniles – Adults – Man and Woman – Color Belts and Black Belts –
Masters.
Quantity of categories: 320 categories

Prizes: 1st to 4th place.

Journalistic Coverage: Magazines, radio and television

Confirmed Countries: Spain – Brazil – Republic Dominican – Paraguay – United States – Colombia – Canada – Uruguay – Puerto Rico – Panama – Peru – Chile – Mexico – Venezuela – Ecuador – Honduras – Costa Rica – India and Italy.

International Registration

Schools, teams and individual competitors who want to take part in the World’s Championship will be able to send the personal information to the following e-mail Hamdo_argentina@yahoo.com.ar

This way was lived the Republic Argentina’s National Open Championship.

With the view to the accomplishment of the next Martial Arts World Championship “Argentina 2008”, it realized the XVI edition of the Republic Argentina’s Open carried out by the Ham Do Organization.
Visit http://www.hamdo-aira-english.blogspot.com/ and enjoy the images galleries

Interview with the magazine “Magazine”: Open talk with Eduardo Sanchez

M.-Sánchez, we are only one year and a half of the championship, and for what it is possible to estimate in the circuit, it is that the interior of Buenos Aires has a strong positioning in the calendar of events. Is it like that?
It is possible to estimate and say that yes. But it is not exactly that has major positioning, but that from the initial idea, we face this way because the provinces need major time to organize the teams of competition and the economic factors with the stay in Buenos Aires. The schools of Buenos Aires can be organizing with much less time because the championship is here.
M. - If you had to compare the championship of 2005 with this next championship of 2008, which of the two has major force?
They are two championships in different contexts and epochs. It is like everything; in 2005 there was great intrigue on what was proposing and more elaboration and work. The people know that I fulfilled with what I promised. Now for the championship of the world of 2008, the people know the format, know when to classify, and especially we have a previous precedent.The fact that 14 countries have participated in an open world championship, already it is historical. The 2005 was the first one. What made it like that was the synergy generated by the innovation. Also the influence that, for the first time, was promote an event with three years of anticipation through selective.
M. - Do you perceive that the people wait for the next championship?
Enough. There are classificatory distributed in 15 provinces, we count with the triple of events that for 2005, that says very much. People already know the format and is speculating with the classification. From January, the time is shorter and the movement will be stronger in the country.
M. – You have classification tournaments in other countries. Is it like that?
Even it seems to be incredible it is like that. We count with classification tournaments in Uruguay, Brazil, Honduras, Venezuela, and now Peru and Guatemala added. In addition, we are managing to add Chile, Paraguay, Puerto and Mexico.
M. - To what you attribute it?
Of the Championship Argentina 2005, was informed almost the whole America and Europe.
For this event, we face the diffusion method by Internet route with another strategy and include a blog www.rumboargentina2008.blogspot.com where we report to the world of what happens day after day. A promoter of championships asked for a classificatory tournament in his country and that way was build the international fixture. Let's say that is was “casual”.

M. - What quantity of countries confirmed and how many you expect that take part?
To the moment, we have 35 teams of 16 countries and wait for a whole of 25.
M. - is a very strong prediction. Do you see that this participation could be viable?
I believe that yes. In addition I do not have doubts that the III World’s Championship “Argentina 2008 " is going to be giant.
The projection to generate an “Argentina 2008 “, is bigger than the 2005. In addition today I have international contacts that before I did not have, these already have references of the works that I carry out in Argentina. The international classificatory also are a sample of what is in preparation. Honestly, I do not know a circuit in the world that diagram this way. This also does that the championship estimates differently.
M. - Had you thought that this would happen?
Never.
M. – What do you think today?
From my interpretation, I believe that I broke with the paradigm in which the world championships only do in North America and in Europe. Argentina 2005 was the first offer in Latin America. I broke with the organizational schemes; in addition, takes part the one who classifies. The world championship is open but the people must win a place to take part. It makes it attractive, interesting and challenging. Only winners take part, therefore also contributes that in the championship we wait a high performance of the competitors.