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JJIF Ju Jitsu International Federation

World Games Sport and Member of GAISF/AGFIS, IWGA, FISPT

The General Secretary Mrs Rossitsa Stateva c/o BJJF (Bulgarian Ju Jitsu Federation) 17 Mila Rodina St., Sofia 1408 , Bulgaria Telephone: +359-2-958 2803 Mobile phone: +359-89-9913123 Email address: ju_jitsu@abv.bg Ref. No. ROS09020621 Sofia, February 06, 2009

JJIF TECHNICAL CONGRESS 31 January & 01 February 2009

Bucharest – Romania

Agenda 30-01-2009 JJIF Board Meeting and preliminary meetings depending on the delegates arrival time. 31-01-2009 T.C opening : 09.00 – 09.20 Joint session of: National Technical Representatives. National Coaches. Referees. Observers. Welcome to the National Delegations and a short introduction to the subjects of the agenda. Separate T.C for Referee Committee and Scientific and Research Committee 09.20 – 16.00 . Referee Committee: Participants: World (A and B) and Continental A referees, with voting rights. All others are observers. Agenda

1. Referee Committee tasks are listed in the new Statutes of JJIF Art.8-2. They are also listed in JJIF Referee Rules Art. I-4. Discussion of the list, amendments and approval of the final list.

2. JJIF Referee Rules. Proposals and discussion on the “JJIF Referee Rules Manual” Election of the “JJIF R.R.M Commission” consisted of two (2) experienced referees who will consider the proposals and decisions of this TC, receive more proposals from NF’s, rewrite the “JJIF Referee Rules Manual”, describing in detail each section of the manual, (Referee characteristics, role, ethics, certification levels, examinations criteria and examiners, licenses etc). This work will be presented to the “JJIF Constitution Commission” at the meeting

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programmed at the end of April 2009 during Paris Open in Paris. 3. JJIF Competition Rules.

Proposals and discussion on the “JJIF Competition Rules” Election of the “JJIF C.R Commission” consisted of four (4) members, two (2) experienced referees and two (2) qualified technical representatives or coaches who will consider the proposals and decisions of this TC, check, amend and rewrite the “JJIF Competition Rules”, describing in detail each separate section. This work will be presented to the “JJIF Constitution Commission” at the meeting programmed at the end of April 2009 during Paris Open in Paris.

4. JJIF Sport & Organization Rules. Proposals and discussion on the “JJIF Organization Code”, including Universal Scoreboards and software support. All positive or negative conclusions will be delivered to the nominated by Board of Directors “JJIF S.O.R Commission” to prepare the complete “JJIF Sport & Organization Rules” and present them to the “JJIF Constitution Commission” at the meeting programmed at the end of April 2009 during Paris Open in Paris.

5. List and ranking of the referees. 6. System of advance planning of the referee training – per countries, regions and

continents: system for their practical training and assessment. 7. JJIF Statutes (draft)..

Election of one (1) Technical Director as described in the new Statutes (draft).

Scientific and Research Committee: Participants: National Technical Representatives, with voting rights, (must be citizens of the Nation they represent). National Coaches, with the right to talk only. All others are observers. Agenda

1. Scientific and Research Committee tasks are listed in the new Statutes of JJIF Art.8-2. Discussion of the list, amendments and approval of the final list.

2. JJIF Competition Rules. Proposals and discussion on the “JJIF Competition Rules” Election of the “JJIF C.R Commission” consisted of four (4) members, two (2) experienced referees and two (2) qualified technical representatives or coaches who will consider the proposals and decisions of this TC, check, amend and rewrite the “JJIF Competition Rules”, describing in detail each separate section. This work will be presented to the “JJIF Constitution Commission” at the meeting programmed at the end of April 2009 during Paris Open in Paris.

3. JJIF Sport & Organization Rules. Proposals and discussion on the “JJIF Organization Code”, including Universal Scoreboards and software support. All positive or negative conclusions will be delivered to the nominated by Board of Directors “JJIF S.O.R Commission” to prepare the complete “JJIF Sport & Organization Rules” and present them to the “JJIF Constitution Commission” at the meeting programmed at the end of April 2009 during Paris Open in Paris.

4. Competition Format and Rules. The purpose of this Competition Format is to manage fairly and smoothly all matters pertaining to the Ju-Jitsu competition at the World Games and at the GAISF Martial Arts Games, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the JJIF and the Competition Rules of the JJIF.

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5. Presentation of : “Ju-Jitsu Department for Development and Education of the Police, Army, Private Security Companies and the Public”.

6. International Belt Programm. 7. Dan Certificates – Procedure for issuing. 8. International Youth Rules. 9. List and ranking of the instructors. 10. Order for nomination and giving the instructors assignment for carrying out seminars

in other countries : reports and practical results 11. Ranking of the NF’s: Lists of the acting clubs in each country 12. JJIF Statutes (draft)..

Election of one (1) Technical Director as described in the new Statutes (draft).  

Presentation of Results (draft) of the Congress to the JJIF Board. 16.30 – 17.30 Board Meeting: Participants: JJIF Board of Directors. The two (2) new elected Technical Directors. NO observers. 01-02-2009 Joint T.C : 09.00 – 11.30 Participants: JJIF Board of Directors. The two (2) new elected Technical Directors. World (A and B) and Continental A referees. National Technical Representatives. National Coaches. All others are observers. Agenda Subjects analyzed in the Referee Committee and Scientific and Research Committee agendas, conclusions and final decisions. 31 January 2009 – 09:00 hrs. – Opening – Joint session of all participants The JJIF President, Panagiotis Theodoropoulos, thanked the hosts – the Romanian Martial Arts Federation, for their efforts and hospitality; he drew the attention of all those attending the Congress that actually they were the ones supposed to do the work to be done. He pointed out again that the two committees were expected to renovate, re-establish all rules and regulations, plus the Statutes; that they were supposed to work and make decisions on very serious items; but one very important point should not be forgotten –that in the very end it were the nations which would make the final amendments and decisions. The President explained the necessity to split all participants into two working groups:

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- one – discussing and summarizing all proposals, ideas, etc. referring to referee matters;

- and the other – scientific and research – comprising all national technical delegates and coaches;

He appealed that the participants should make sure of the identity of all delegates; he reminded again that in November 2009, at the JJIF extraordinary congress, two technical directors would have to be elected; thus an opportunity would be given to all to volunteer for these positions and be elected. The President stressed out that all tasks had been clearly described according to the new Statutes. He made a proposal that the two groups should start from the existing list of tasks. He underlined once again, that those NFs and representatives which and who had shown any interest in the TC as such, would be fully entitled to make the decisions; that was in fact in line with the principle of democracy and transparency – vital for the development of ju jitsu the world over. He suggested that a Chairman and a Secretary for the Minutes for the two groups should be chosen; he reminded again that not everybody present had actually the right to vote; that point should be carefully taken into consideration. The President wished success to all participants in the congress; he reiterated once again that he was sure that the JJIF Technical Congress 2009 would be a success.

LIST of Participants

No. Country Name of Participant 1. Austria Franz Strauβ, TC 2. Austria Christian Beisteiner, TC 3. Austria Michael Takacs, President NF 4. Belgium Hugo Van Os, President NF 5. Belgium Luc Mortelmans, JJIF Treasurer 6. Bulgaria Roussalin Roussalinov, Vice-President NF 7. Bulgaria Tomo Borissov, JJIF Vice-President 8. Bulgaria Rossitsa Stateva, JJIF Secretary General 9. Denmark Claus Tobiasen, TC 10. France Michel Doublon, TC 11. France Eugene Domagata, TC 12. Greece Anastasios Polikidis, President NF 13. Greece Michel Van Rijt, TC 14. Greece Michail Polikidis, RC 15. Greece Panagiotis Theodoropoulos, JJIF President

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16. Germany Heinz Lamade, JJIF Vice-President 17. Germany Herbert Frese, President NF 18. Germany Joachim Thumfart, TC 19. Italy Dario Quenza, President NF, JJEU Treasurer 20. Italy Rafaelle Fucini, RC 21. Italy Valeriano Cesegreude, TC 22. Montenegro Nikola Asanin, President NF 23. Montenegro Rajko Jankovic, TC 24. The Netherlands Bert Van Haren, TC 25. The Netherlands Roel Van Ravens, TC 26. Poland Stefan Badenski, President NF 27. Poland Tomasz Zakolski, RC 28. Romania Robert Manole, TC 29. Romania Dana Murgescu, RC 30. Romania Constantin Vacarenco, RC 31. Slovenia Karl Kelc, TC 32. Switzerland Ueli Zurcher, RC 33. Sweden Paul Hoglund

01 February 2009 – 09:00 hrs. – Joint session – Attending: All participants The session was opened by JJIF President. He pointed out that the two committees had completed the discussions of the points from the Agenda. He said that all delegates should be informed about the decisions made and about the proposals, thus concluding the joint congress. He requested the two representatives of the two commissions to speak up. Joachim Thumfart(Elected Technical Director of the Science and Research Committee) – thanked Bert van Haren for his paper work; he said that the scientific and research group had tried to outline the main idea and structure; the working fields – sports for all, education, MA and sport; he stressed out the necessity of the joint efforts of all – technical people and referees targeted towards the development of ju-jitsu. He underlined that serious work should be done in order to find out the best possible way for including all these ideas and proposals in the Draft Statutes – competition rules, referee Lists, Joint Competition meetings of coaches and referees; one type of scoreboards to be used by all nations. He particularly stressed out the following points:

- If there are only two competitors from a nation they should be split in the starting lists;

- If there are more competitors allowed there will be a draw. Flags to judge the Duo System The committees have different opinion as to:

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• What is easier – for the referees – for the audience? • Responsibility of the referees for the decisions • Which decision is clearer? • Faster • Will there be problems with a lot of ties

All liked the idea of a new tatami without warning area No Duo/ Self-defence Team Competition Winning a fight in fighting games: 1st Points 2ed Amount of Ippon 3rd Covering more parts with Ippon No beginning of osae komi if the leg is still under control Osae Komi in side position is possible – we have to show/ figure out the positions with a good control Injury time in Duo games shall be the same like in fighting (2 min) If there is a tie in fighting games the extra round should be 2 min Injury time will stay fix at 2 min. (the doctor and the mat referee shall decide special cases) The Kimono measurements shall be fixed – the coach committee will be asked for their opinion. Duo System: The size of the baton must be fixed Duo win by Fusen gachi shall be counted like 12:0 Points in the list. Attacks can be left and right handed Referee sign for unnecessary talk shall be changed If KO by choke happened the fighter should be expelled from the tournament here are different opinions and the medical committee must be consulted Ueli Zurcher – informed that the referee group had discussed all proposals made by the NFs; he briefed the participants about each concrete proposal and referee group’s conclusion;

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The President stressed out the following : - the development of the sport is the task of the technical people; The

referees are in charge of making sure that everything goes correctly; - All decisions made by the technical people must be given very due

consideration; - All ideas should be finalized and summarized before the GA in

November; everything should be clarified much in advance; as pure technical issues would not be possible to be discussed at the congress;

- Clear explanations must be given as to why one system is preferred to another; the athletes, the audience, must be satisfied; special attention should be placed not to destroy the sport;

- If the explanation of the technical people satisfies the athletes, then the referees would be supposed to accept that and agree with it;

- The final reports of both committees will be put to the vote at the GA. - The medical Committee should be activated. He informed the delegates about the proposal from Holland – about their nomination of a doctor and the scoreboard programmer. This proposal was unanimously accepted. Thus it was decided that Dr. Arnold Brons, the Netherlands, would be heading the JJIF Medical Committee; and Nico van Dijk – also from the Netherlands, and who has been actively involved in JJIF other events, would be dealing with the scoreboard programmes. About the protest of the Dutch federation for the decision – as to whether Holland or Switzerland should be included in the list for the WG, the conclusion was that next time if there should be similar cases, the criteria for the decision should be made much more clear. These criteria should be based on the presentation of ju jitsu the world over. The President pointed out that so far only a few countries had the opportunity to go to the World Games. He said that it was necessary to increase this number, to give some positions to the other continents too; he stressed out the necessity of working out a new system for the selection; The delegates from Montenegro informed the delegates about the preparation and organization of the European Championship. They pointed out that this TC was of very great importance; that all NFs should join their efforts in order to go ahead. The JJIF President underlined the following issues: - the rules should be amended; explanations should be given(Referee

Manual) as to the way they could be applied; an Organization Code should be worked out;

- Every NF should be familiar with the requirements for the organization of a JJIF event; the Protocol should be familiar – the organizers should know

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what is presupposed to be provided and done for the referees, coaches, officials, the ceremonies).

It was pointed out once again that all these documents, after being carefully prepared and worked out, would be presented in the end of April in Paris for discussions; then all further changes, re-working, etc. had to be finalized by the GA in November. The President informed also about the decision for working out new Financial rules which should give clear guidelines for the budget. He notified all those present about the request from GAISF not to participate in the Asian Games; He said that it was of great importance to follow this official position; He notified also that there was a proposal from several countries from Asia to convene a congress and establish a real ju jitsu Asian Union. He said that the Board supported this proposal and was looking forward to fixing the exact date and place for that event. The President appealed to the Dutch federation, to the German and French federations to help the countries in Latin America and Africa. He stressed out the necessity of establishing a solid base there; he informed about the business plans presented from Latin America and Africa for the development of ju jitsu. The plan given from Africa could not be adequately approved, as the requested funding was not possible to be provided. The President thanked all participants for their contribution. He said that all delegates present at the congress had tried to develop, not to destroy; but that development should be done in a democratic way. Verified by: Written by: Panagiotis Theodoropoulos, Rossitsa Stateva, JJIF President JJIF Secretary General

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Minutes JJIF Technical Congress - Referee Committee Meeting– 31 January 2009 Present: Christian Beisteiner (AUT) Tomasz Zakolski (POL) Michel Doublon (FRA) Cory Vacarenco (ROM) Rafaella Fucini (ITA) Michael Pulikidis (GRE) Ralf Pfeifer (GER) Karl Kelc (SLO) Roel Van Ravens (NED) Ueli Zürcher (SUI) Proposals

Decision

Italian Proposals 1. In the Competition Rules must be insert the Competition Form until

16 competitors, 32 competitors and when use the form “all against all”. This form must be used during all official Competition by JJEU and JJIF. Very important is that is not possible that one fight will be 2 times in the some competition.

The Competition will be followed strictly. One official Form shall be created and published.

2. When is possible from the Nations to present more competitors in the some Category (E.Cup, ECCC) they must be divided in pool A and pool B and don’t fight together in their 1st game.

If possible yes.

3. In a lot of fight we see the competitors that don’t fight in one o two part of the Fighting System. So we see 5/6 Shido for a competitor that some times wins the fight. We propose that the 3rd shido must be a CHUI.

No. Rule shall not be changed. All the penalties should be reported.

4. We propose that that Kick to the head , with good balance etc, is Ippon 3 point.

No. Rule shall not be changed.

5. Some couples execute in the some series three action that are very similar. In the rules there is not present a penalty for this so we propose in Section 22 Criteria of Judging to insert 7. “Variety”, so the referees can give more point to the couple that make more different actions.

9:1 in favour

6. Create a catalogue with point deductions in Duo-System (In combination with the Swiss Proposal)

See 24.)

Dutch Proposals 7. Changing the Contest area into two zones (with different colours) Voting 5:5

Remove the 5second Rule 8:2 in favour Osae-komi should not be stopped anymore if more than half of the

two bodies are outside. As long as one part of the two bodies are inside Osae-komi should go on.

10:0 in favour

8. When one or both of the contestant(s) come(s) with one foot into the Safety Area the mat referee must announce matte.

No. This rule would force a lot of unnecessary interruptions of the fight.

9. At present you see mostly in part 3 that only the mat referee announces the points. But that is against the rules, see Section 12 Points, the first line: Scores must be marked by the majority of the referees, therefore at least two referees.

No. The work should be as easy as possible.

10. If the score is equal in points and in number of Ippons, there will be an extra round of 3 minutes until the match is settled etc. Proposal: reduce the 3 minutes of the additional round to 1½ minute.

10:0 in favour for a reduction to 2 minutes.

11. Proposal to add to Kiken-gachi, that if the official doctor decides that There should be an official

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the contestant may not continue, that by injuring of a joint or a ligament, the contestant will be expelled from the rest of the tournament as well.

doctor who knows the fighting system to decide if a fighter is able to continue this fight or the tournament.

12. If a couple can’t finish the technique by confusion, they are not allowed to do the attack once again.

yes

13. Two Proposals to keep the Duo-System going on: a) the mat referee will announce immediately after one

attack the following attack b) the mat referee, by using electronic scoreboards, will only

announce the scores once.

yes

14. Change the recovery time for the Duo-System into a maximum of 2 minutes instead of a maximum of 5 minutes.

8 : 2 in favour 2 minutes per team

15. Osae-komi can only be announced if: The controlled person is lying mostly on his back or on his stomach. Proposal: to add on his side as well. Or mention only: is lying.

yes

French Proposals 16. Possibility to work right handed and / or left handed in Duo System yes 17. In case of hikiwake the winner should be the fighter who has ippon

in the most different parts. If there is still equality, the total number of Ippons shell count.

10 : 0 in favour

Flamish Proposals 18. In the duo-system we think it would be better to work with flags to

decide the winner instead of the points system which takes too long and often is not correct.

No

19. In fighting system when you can make your adversary tap by strangulation or locks in the second part of the fight you should also be rewarded with 3 points like it is in part 3.

No It makes it very difficult for the table-referee to see the difference in short time.

Austrian Proposals 20. Cancel the point “an Osae-komi can only announced, if the legs of

Tori are free”. No. Legs must be free.

21. Add points like in Fighting system. For example (14/0) Reason: It’s not on every Tournament possible to have Pool-lists, in case of too few contestants a.s.o..

12 : 0 for the winning couple.

Swiss Proposals 22. Create more exact rules about the size of the gi. The existing ones

are to spongy. Perhaps a tool for the control shell be created (like in Judo “Sokuteiki”)

yes

23. The sticks get shorter and shorter, some couples use „sticks“ of about 30cm! I propose to fix the minimal length of the stick to 50cm.

Yes Proposal: 50 – 70cm

24. Different Tasks for Member of the Jury: 2 Members of the Jury are responsible for the evaluation of the attack, 2 Members are responsible for the defence and take down to the floor, the last member evaluates the control on the floor. With this distribution the Jury can evaluate more exact. Every referee starts with a basic score 10, faults will be punished by deduction. All the score will be counted. A catalogue with point deductions shell be created.

yes

25. If one of the fighters is jumping while applying an atemi, there an Ippon or a waza-ari should be given if he does it with good control and balance. (eg. Tobi mae-geri, Tobi yoko-geri, Uraken-uchi with jumping, ...)

yes

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26. Perhaps some signs of the referees should be changed, because some of those we now have are not very polite in some cultures: Unnecessary calls, remarks

yes

27. If a fighter looses a fight because of a KO as a result of a hit or strangulation, he should be suspended for a certain time. This should be controlled with a central database. The fighter only can start after a medical check and an attest.

Difficult to be checked by JJIF à Responsibility of the nations.

Coach Committee Proposals 28. Additional team championship in the Duo. No, 10 : 0

Finally Henrik Sandberg was elected unanimously as Technical Director Minutes written by: Ueli Zürcher Bucharest, February 1st 2009

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JJIF TECHNICAL CONGRESS 31 JANUARY 2009 - Minutes from the Scientific and Research (Development) Committee Meeting The meeting started 10.00 am There are 12 countries with voting rights Austria – Belgium - Bulgaria – Denmark - France – Germany – Greece – Italy - Montenegro – Netherlands – Poland - Romania A general discussion about the mission and aim of the committee was in the beginning of the meeting. For this congress the new structure of JJIF shall be the base of the work. The general assembly in November 2009 has to decide about the final structure. Comments about structure/ statues:

Germany: We are talking about new statues but they are not valid.. Paul: the name of the committee is not correct. That is not a negative comment. Only the name is misleading. Cause we don’t have the sources to be scientific. Suggestion the commission is a Sport Development Committee.

Claus (Denmark) it is important that the referee group and coaches cooperate. Michel: Sport development technical people make the rules and make competition. Referees will control the rules

Mario if there are proposals for new lines than this committee got to have the power to change the rules. Joachim: which committee is working on what subject. The different committees have to work together if necessary. This committee is the basic of the federation.

Paul: sport director is the day to day person to handle the sport. That is totally different than the person who is working on development. Michel: for me it is still not clear who is under who and what is each position. Paul; the leadership construction is not clear. Just copy the construction of a big federation.

Joachim: we must suggest to the board. How it will work. Do we have a good idea to solve the problem? The fields we are working in.

Martial

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Art

Competition Self Defence

There are always links in between. All the committees are involved mainly in the competition. There are also federation who don’t care about competition and they grow bigger.

Suggestion for new structure in the field of sport and technical development by Eugen Domagata: Eugene : two problems we need a director technical sport There under a director assistant for competition, referees, camps etc. There under a director assistant for activities education, programs, development.. The head of the referees is also director. So in this system we have four directors.

Sports and Technical Director Competition Sports Martial Art/ Sports for all

Assistant Director Sport and Competition

Assistant Director Referee

Assistant Director Martial Art

Development of rules Competition Systems Be in communication with coaches/ competitors JJIF Training camps Organisation of championships Anti doping (together with medical committee)

Education of referees Council the process of rule development Organisation of championships Protest and complaint management in competitions

JJIF Camps and Seminars for Martial Art and Self Defence Ju-Jitsu Self Defence System Instructor Data Base Instructor certification and education Belt Program and Belt Grading JJ for Police and Security Sports for all Education

This structure was supported by all delegates General comments

Eugene Domagata explains that the Sports and Technical Director should be about 40 – 50 Years old and the position shouldn’t be kept by one person much more than about 12 years to keep up development and flexibility. Mario explained the structure again. This idea is accepted by all countries. Joachim; we have to look after the suggestion in the statutes, what is the

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construction of the committee. Paul; first you have to be sure that you want this structure. The start of this point is: what is this federation main object. Competition, self defence and martial arts. Eugene; number one: martial arts. Two competition. Three self defence. Joachim; how do we go on now. It is clear that this triangle is important. On national level the competition is important. But world wide self defence and martial arts is important Claus; do we have to fill in the names for this structure. Luc; the proposal of this structure is an excellent idea.

To use the time the delegates decided to go on with the Agenda until the board members have time to join the meeting AGENDA Proposal Italy. a- To avoid that two competitors meet each other twice.

Mario; in the double knock out system, there is always a possibility that two persons meet each other. That is a change of one out of forty. Dana; Don’t change the system. Because the problem will only appear before the 3rd place.

Unanimously vote to keep the system b- In open championships. If a country has more fighters. There must be a system that they will not meet each other in the first match. Solution if there are two fighters, it is possible to split them, but if there are more than it is random. c- Kick to the head with good balance in good control three points.

-the idea is ok. But there is change of injuries. There will be confusion for the table and maybe for the referee. More complicated for referees.

Voting part 1 three points Italy and Denmark Yes. Rest of the countries No Duo system Italy; if a duo make more variation in the action the jury referee need to give extra point.

Joachim; Sees a lot of problems for the referees. There is a general problem. In the whole judgement guidelines are necessary. How are the guidelines to be judged? Michel; if you see the same technique over and over again, they need to

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take points down. Dana; It is already in the rules. But it still is to compare the couples. We also have to stick to the 40 percent for the first part otherwise the technique will not be possible at all. Montenegro; duo system is a serious problem. Duo system is a demonstration of martial arts. Duo system must be more clear. Clear punch clear technique. Mario; education of the referees is very important. Education starts by your self. In the education of the judging of the duo system there must be a lot of time on working and showing the good balance and so on. There must be a professional teacher to show and to learn the duo techniques. Proposal; there must be more training for the referees. Dario; I agree but if it is not in the rule that couples have too show variety than referees will not judge to it. Mario; you have to compare the couples. Dana; maybe it is possible that coaches help us and tell us what criteria is more important.

Vote : Yes we add variety to the judging criteria Belgium Use red and blue flags instead of numbers in the duo.

Eugene totally agree . Italy sees problems with the flags. Claus ; now you have to decide. Dana; they do decide they decide with the point. She is in favour to keep the system as it is. Italy red is a powerful colour and get more points Michel sees a problem because you see one team first and than you see the other team than it is difficult to decide. In general ; flags will save time Michel; you can also save time with counting the points Claus ; to change to flags is such a big decision. Can we vote later.

Yes; for flags. Austria – Belgium – France – Germany – Greece – Montenegro - Netherlands No; against flags. Italy - Romania Blanco Denmark - Poland France proposal. Tatami fighting area 8x8 m safety area 2 meters. In total 10x10

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Dana; if you take out the green than you have to change a lot of rules. But the idea is ok. Eugene the rules for in en out will be more simple

All countries present are in favour for the two colours of the tatami. The exact rules about in and out are to be checked and the French idea about it will be the guide line. France proposal When we have a hikiwake in fighting system the one with the most ippons wins And if that is equal. The one with the most parts is winner. Unanimously vote for this suggestion! Coach committee Proposal start team championships during aspirants and junior World Championships in Greece.

And simply start with the duo techniques so that it is easy to judge and each team needs only two or three minutes playing time. So that we have a start with the team competition. Different kind of team competitions are discussed

Montenegro- Rumenia – Netherlands – Belgium are in favour for the idea 8 countries don’t want a competition like Duo System with 5 Fighters. Conclusion: more countries prefer there own demonstration. Some don’t want team competition at all and some find team competition too expensive. Montenegro; Proposal: Team competition must be split up in man, women and duo.

Because some countries have no complete team in all categories. Joachim; there is no budget for it in the most countries. Michel: we tried in Bologna, but the team was not complete because of injuries.

Coach committee: Bert explains a plan to adopt a country and gave an example of bringing the costs back to the JJIF. Joachim; Ideas for helping countries like the “Suriname plan” need to have a good plan.

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JJIF president The idea of adopting countries is ok but bring ideas together for example South Africa combining with another country in Africa. Joachim: Proposals for adopting countries, depends of individual cases.

As the board members joined the meeting the committee explained the discussion about structure for the future work! Eugene explain again the structure he prefer. -On top director technique and sport split up in two categories category 1 sport competition – camps –development sportive category 2 assistant director – development – martial arts – self defence – education – animation

JJIF president; Try to make the competition better. Don’t add more competition. So the idea for team competition need to be, but we don’t need extra competition. The referees write their opinion the technical people as well and than together they come to solution.

Eugene : JJIF commission technique sport Sport director 1 + 3 assistants + one each continent (Europe – Asia – America – Africa)

Education is difficult and so one or two directors of education must spread out over the world to help other continents.

JJIF president Panagiotis explains some of his general opinions about the work in the committees.

We lose time in waiting for somebody to decide. For the World Games the doctor Arnold Brons is the leader of the doctors. We must have a format what is Ju Jitsu. Explaining about how many referees what kind of tatamis. Before 10 February 2009 we must have a format like that. Dan certification. Must be given by technical people. We need to know more about the national people. Not only knowing the top. How many people are training how many Dan certifications, how many competitions. We must have a list of instructors. Finally a list of acting clubs its very important to know that a certain region is very strong and some regions are not strong. So we don’t have to

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loose time. JJIF President : We make a vote for the technical director who will take place in the board. Vote for Sports and Technical Director Candidates are Mario den Edel Netherlands 3 Votes Eugene Domagata

France 3 Votes

Joachim Thumfart

Germany 6 Votes

Mario is wishing Joachim good luck. He has done this work for many years, since 1980. And built it up from 6 countries up to what it is now. Joachim is thanking Mario for the fantastic work he has done all the years and points out his performed services for JJIF

Joachim; We need to come to elect/ select of assistant directors.

Panagiotis as well thanks Mario for the work and would like to give Mario the chance to finish the projects he already started – especially the World Games and the Junior World Championship. The whole structure will be decided in November so this committee will work until November like this Joachim supports this idea and suggests that for this time Eugene should work in martial arts Mario should work in the sport competition and given the chance to finish the projects he had started. Mario: I can not do it till November and than wait till another is elected.

Eugene is assistant director for martial arts and promises his support until November 2009 Mario is assistant director competition sport and will be in charge for the Competitions in 2009 Michel van Rijt will help Mario. Eugene; Development sport. Brazilian Ju Jitsu/ Ne waza Ju-Jitsu

We can take over this field because the JJIF is world wide recognised, and so the JJIF is the leading organisation concerning Ju Jitsu ne waza.

The second development is to add Ju Jitsu “show”

Belgium: This we have to do quickly because in Judo there are already 20 countries who are doing this.

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This is a good system because the T.V. like to show this. Super interesting for development.

PAUL; for every new form you have to inform GAISF And it is not so easy to take over the Brazilian Ju Jitsu.

Ranking for tournaments. Is there a big interest for a ranking of tournaments? The countries like to have a ranking system for the athletes. Tomo; Gives information about training the police and security forces and is very open about that. Proposal of fixed measurements for the kimono

Joachim; kimono’s Do we accept sponsoring? Eugene: on the left chest and on the shoulder the country. On the back the country names and the name of the fighter. There must be room left for a sponsor on the shoulder. The rules about sponsoring on the kimono, for the World Games are fixed.

All countries are for fixed measurements for the kimono. The exact size must be adapted to Ju-Jitsu and shall not be taken over from Karate or Judo. The sponsoring rules shall be fixed as well. BELT PROGRAM

Mario shows the belt program. There are parts from different countries in it. He showed a complete prepared program from 6th kyu till 1th dan.

Claus: Nose bleeding. Is that injury time? Why? I’m not injured.

If you can not stop the bleeding because of contact the other person get hansokumake. Some times a fighter bleed very quickly . Michel; how many times will that happen. Dana; but you are not in good condition for fighting plus the hygienic problem.

The same problem you have with lost contact lenses. We will discuss it with the referee team.

Dana; we can not put extra lines in the rules. Nose bleeding is a case to

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case problem.

Claus; we must have guideline, for coaches to get in contact with the referees.

We need to discuss that with the referees and come to a conclusion. WORLD GAMES Qualification

Mixed teams from Holland and Switzerland ended eagle in points as concerning the ranking on the World champion list. Both teams are from Europe and than it is a fair method to check the results in the European ranking as well. At this moment the board made a decision by throwing a coin, and the draw was in favour of Switzerland. The Dutch federation send a letter to the board of the JJIF and its technical director in which they disagree with the tossing. Because there are more and better ways to compare especially if two countries come from the same continent. In this case Europe which is a strong continent.

Conclusion of Joachim: If there is a chance to change Rossitsa will find out. If it is possible to put one of the mixed teams in afterwards, if a country don’t come or don’t want to come to the World Games. Minutes written by: Bert van Haren and Joachim Thumfart