The 3rd Snow Sqay Championship
The International Council of Sqay held 3rd Snow Sqay Championship in Kashmir, India from Feb.10-14.
Korean Martial Arts Federation organized National Martial Arts Championship. Competitions of Taekwon-Do, Paduk(go), Korean Chess, Wushu, and Karate were held from Oct 14-Nov 19 with participation of more than 640 athletes and officials from all provinces of the country.
Discussion on ITF Umpire and Tournament Regulations was held in Pyongyang, the capital city of DPR Korea from Nov 5-8. Present there were Prof. GM. Ri Yong Son, President of ITF, GM. Mario Bogdanov, Vice President of ITF, GM. Michael Prewett, President of EITF, GM. Rajendran Balan, Deputy Chair of ITF Umpire Commission and other personages concerned. The participants were unanimous to share the opinions on amending ITF tournament regulations including fixing up of age categories of the ITF Taekwon-Do World Championship, concluding the winner of the match, accepting protest, and on ITF umpire regulations including defining the roles of jury president, chief referees and corner referees in order to enhance their positions and roles. On Nov 9, they visited the grave of Gen. Choi Hong Hi, the first President of the ITF, to pay him deep regards, and then, looked around Taekwon-Do Holy Center.
Mr. Viacheslav Timofeev, President of World Karate Confederation founded by Fritz Wendland, visited Bengaluru, India from Oct 22-31 to look into the preparatory work for the World Karate Championship to be held in 2026. During his visit, he was invited to India National Karate Championship held in Bengaluru, India. In the Championship, seminar on competition regulations was held with the participation of 70 referees from many states of India.