THIRD WORLD MARTIAL ARTS ENCOUNTER- 14, 15 , 16 November - ARGENTINA

Ham Do Worldwide organization welcomes you to the Third World Martial Arts Championship “ARGENTINA 2008”. The championship will be celebrated in three important days; from November 14 to November 16, in Buenos Aires, in the World Cup Stadium of the German Society of Gymnastics, located in Marquez avenue and 9 de Julio street, party of San Martin, Buenos Aires

Twenty three countries are already confirmed and more than 2500 will participate, they also will take part of the international celebration of the Twenty fifth Anniversary of the Ham Do foundation.

CHILE – GUATEMALA – VENEZUELA – HONDURAS – BOLIVIA – TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – UKRAINE – COLOMBIA – CANADA – SPAIN – ECUADOR – PERÚ – URUGUAY – BRAZIL – COSTA RICA – ITALY – MEXICO – PARAGUAY – PANAMÁ – UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – PUERTO RICO – INDIA – DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

There will be 340 divisions, competing in: INDIVIDUAL FORM– TEAM FORM – FORM WITH WEAPON –MUSICAL FORMS– MUSICAL FORMS WITH WEAPON – FIVE POINTS FIGHT – SELF DEFENSE – NATIONS’ FIGHT IN TEAM

If you wish to participate, individually or with your school, ask for information and we will send you a folder by e-mail, to hamdo_argentina@yahoo.com.ar or hamdo2012@hotmail.com

You can watch the news in Spanish in the following page: www.rumboargentina2008.blogspot.com or in English

www.worldhampionship-news.blogspot.com

website official: www.argentinaworldopen.com.ar

The Third World Championship will have journalistic coverage by TV, and the following magazines: ‘Rincón de las artes marciales’, ‘magazine’, ‘Ham Do’ magazine, ‘Latinoamérica Marcial’ magazine, ‘YudoKarate’ magazine, and ‘Total Trainer’ magazine.

On November 10, 11, 12 and 13 delegations of Argentina and abroad will be arriving.

On November 13 it will be the performance of the press conference.

On November 14 the competition starts at 9 a.m., then, the opening of the World Championship will take place at 5 pm, with giant screens, luminance, special effects and demonstrations of international teams.

Delegations will be presented, their directives, and special mentions will be given. It will be fascinating and unique.

On November 15 there will be competitions of children and young. In forms and combat.

On November 16 only adults will compete, national teams combat and the WORLD CHALLENGE OF CHAMPIONS. Once the championship is finished, the farewell ceremony will be performed, with an emotive celebration. IT WILL BE EXCITING!!!

In this championship we will perform the special category WORLD CHALLENGE OF CHAMPIONS – Where only two competitors per country can participate; one in kata and one in combat. If you wish to participate, request information. You can enroll until September 15 to: hamdo_argentina@yahoo.com.ar

We all know what it means to an amateur sportsman to participate in a World Championship with competitors of different countries and cultures. That’s why WE HOPE YOU COME to this celebration of martial arts.

New Poster "Argentina 2008"

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.

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.
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