LJUBLJANA OPEN 2012 Dear President, Instructor and Friend! We are honored to invite You on “LJUBLJANA OPEN 2012” Taekwon-do Championship for younger and older youth, juniors and seniors. The competition will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 26th May, 2012. We sincerely hope that you will be able to accept our invitation. We assure you that this championship will provide an important opportunity to all participations to exchange their experiences, techniques and new ideas. We will do our best to make your visit pleasant and memorable one.
GENERAL INFORMATIONS ORGANIZER: TAEKWON-DO KLUB ŠKORPIJON LJUBLJANA DATE AND PLACE OF COMPETITION: The Competition will be held on Saturday 26th May 2012 in sport hall "ŠPORTNI CENTER TRIGLAV", Vodovodna cesta 25, Ljubljana, Slovenia (here).
RULES: ITF rules (you can find them at: www.itftkd.org) ENTRY FEE: - 20 EUR per competitor - 30 EUR per team It has to be paid on the day of the tournament and before weighing. ENTRIES DEADLINE: Wednesday 23.5.2012 on e-mail: tkd.skorpijon@gmail.com
AGE CATEGORIES: The Championship is organized for both genders and four age categories:
YOUNGER YOUTH (up to 10): born after 26.5.2002
OLDER YOUTH (10 to 14): born after 26.5.1998 and before 26.5.2002
JUNIORS (14 to 18): born after 26.5.1994 and before 26.5.1998
SENIORS (18 and older): born before 26.5.1994
Age group is determined according to the date of birth. E.g. one who has celebrated his 10th birthday on the day of tournament will not be allowed to compete in younger youth category, etc. DISCIPLINES: The Championship is organized for following disciplines: Individual pattern (all categories) Individual sparring (all categories) Team sparring (only for juniors and seniors). INDIVIDUAL PATTERNS: YOUNGER YOUTH
Categories/ ages Yellow belt
8th,7th
Female
grade
Male
OLDER YOUTH Female
Male
JUNIORS Female
SENIORS
Male
Female
Male
Green belt 6th,5th grade
Blue belt 4th,3 rd grade
Black belt II DAN
-
-
-
-
Black belt III DAN and above
-
-
-
-
-
-
Red belt
2nd,1st grade
Black belt I DAN
Yellow belt 8,7 th grade
Chon Ji to Dan Gun
Green belt 6,5 th grade
Chon Ji to Won Hyo
Blue belt
4,3 th grade
Chon Ji to Joon Gun
Red belt 2,1 th grade
Chon Ji to Hwa Rang
Black belt I DAN
Chon Ji to Ge Baek
Black belt II DAN
Chon Ji to Ju Che
Black belt III DAN and above
Chon Ji to Choi Yong
Cup elimination system is applied for all categories. In qualifications: from the Jury designated pattern. In finals: first pattern is on competitors choice, second from the Jury designated pattern.
INDIVIDUAL SPARRING: Please take an official identification document with you (passport). It will be used for birth date checking. YOUNGER YOUTH
OLDER YOUTH
JUNIORS
SENIORS
Female - 25 kg
Male - 25 kg
Female - 30 kg
Male - 30 kg
Female - 40 kg
Male - 45 kg
Female - 45 kg
Male - 50 kg
- 30 kg
- 30 kg
- 35 kg
- 35 kg
- 46 kg
- 51 kg
- 51 kg
- 57 kg
- 35 kg
- 35 kg
- 40 kg
- 40 kg
- 52 kg
- 57 kg
- 57 kg
- 64 kg
- 40 kg
- 40 kg
- 45 kg
- 45 kg
- 58 kg
- 63 kg
- 63 kg
- 71 kg
- 45 kg
- 45 kg
- 50 kg
- 50 kg
- 64 kg
- 69 kg
- 69 kg
- 78 kg
- 50 kg + 50 kg
- 50 kg + 50 kg
- 55 kg + 55 kg
- 55 kg + 55 kg
- 70 kg + 70 kg
- 75 kg + 75 kg
- 75 kg + 75 kg
- 85 kg + 85 kg
YOUTH (all categories): Sparring time in qualifications and finals 2x 1, 5 min. JUNIORS, SENIORS: Sparring time in qualifications and finals 2x2 min. Cup elimination system is applied for all categories. Finals will follow after qualifications TEAM SPARRING: Team sparring competition is organized for male and female juniors and seniors. A team is consisted of 5 +1 competitor. WEIGHT CHECKING: For all competitors’ weight in will be performed on the day of the tournament in Športni center Triglav between 8.00 in 9.30 AM! There will be no weight tolerances during weighting. Any competitor overweighing division limit will be moved to higher category (and paying 10 EUR costs), or will be disqualified! DRAFT: Draft will be performed on May 25th 2012 at 6.00 PM. EQUIPMENT: All participants must wear official ITF dobok (not necessary from Sasung Company) and protecting equipment according to ITF rules! PROTEST: The officious protest must be written in 3 minutes after sparring or pattern and given to the Jury president after paying amount of 50 EUR to organizers official.
REFEREES: Head referee: Ismet Ičanović, V. DAN Umpires must be worn according to the official ITF rules: a suit (dark blue pants, dark blue coat, dark blue tie and white shirt) and white sport shoes with white socks. Club with 1-10 competitors must provide minimum one (1) referee; club with 11-20 competitors must provide minimum two (2) referees, etc. The club that attends to come without referee must inform the organizer and pay 50 EUR on the day of the tournament. Organizer will provide food and drinks for all referees at the day of the tournament. Every referee will get money reward for his good work in patterns and sparring. COACHES: Coaches have to take in to consideration instructions of organizers. They must wear training suits and indoor gymnastic shoes. REWARDS, PRIZES: For individual sparring and patterns, the organization committee prepared medals for 1st, 2nd and two 3rd places. The organization committee provided cups for the 1st place in team sparring. Special awards for the most successful clubs in overall standings (1st – 3rd place). SCHEDULE on Saturday May 26 2012: 8.00 - 9.30 9.30 - 10.00 10.00 10.15 13.00 - 14.00 14.00
WEIGHT IN REFEREE AND COACHES MEETING OPENING CEREMONY COMPETITION START, QALIFICATIONS BREAK COMPETITION
WARNING: Medical assistance during competition will be available only for competitors. It is the participant’s responsibility to have full insurance coverage for all eventualities. The tournament organizer will not take any responsibility in case of injury on the tournament.
Each competitor will compete on his own risk!
ACCOMMODATION: Here is our recommendation about accommodation: HOTEL BIT CENTER (hostel or hotel) LITIJSKA CESTA 57, 1000 LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA Tel: +386 (0)1 54-800-55 Fax: +386 (0)1 54−800-56 E-mail: hotel@bit-center.net Website: www.bit-center.net/index_eng.html HOTEL PARK LJUBLJANA (hostel or hotel) TABOR 9, 1000 LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA Tel: +386 1 300 2 500 Fax: +386 1 433 05 46 E-mail: info@hotelpark.si Website: www.hotelpark.si Book your room as soon as possible!
CONTACT INFORMATIONS: Ismet Ičanović V. DAN Info: +386 (0)31 417 520 E-mail: tkd.skorpijon@gmail.com Yours in Taekwon-do! Organizing Committee LJUBLJANA OPEN 2012 Ismet Ičanović, V DAN