Oceania referees visit Hobbiton, hub filming location of Lord of the Rings movies – Aug 06

The Oceania referees visit Hobbiton, the hub location town where the famous Lord of the Rings movie series were filmed in New Zealand. The International Referees include Vicky Shin (Vic), Raffaele DiRenzo (WA, Morely), Kim Seng (WA, Mandurah), Masoud Emamy (USA), Nick Jakovidis (Vic) and Dennis Ting (Malaysia).

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Oceania referees rest-up in Rotorua – August 2006

Referees having a rest-up in Rotorua after the Oceania Championships held in Auckland, New Zealand. The background is the “green lake” in the hot springs of Rotorua. The International Referees include from left Nick Jakovidis (Victoria), Masoud Emamy (USA), Dennis Ting (Malaysia), Kim Seng (WA, Mandurah) and Raffaele DiRenzo (WA, Morley).

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Oceania Taekwondo Championships, Auckland, New Zealand – August 2006

ATA-WA Head Instructors., Kim Seng and Raffaele DiRenzo at the 2006 Oceania Taekwondo Championships held in Auckland, New Zealand. Kim Seng (seated 1st left, Referee Director for the championships) and Raffaele (seated 1st right) are pictured with the other International Referees and officials of the Oceania Taekwondo Union.

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Managing fights with the new amended taekwondo competition rules

The new WTF reform competition rules are being implemented this year (2006).  In this issue, I will suggest some ways for players to manage their fights within the limits of what the referees and the rules will allow. 

The most significant change will be re-introducing the 4 corner judges system.  To get a valid score point, a player will now have to convince at least 3 of the judges that their technique is legitimate, accurate and powerful enough.  Therefore a player needs to have at least 75% majority decision to get a point whereas it was 67% in the 3 corner judge system.

The complete pdf article can be viewed through this link here.

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Intensive testing – a new reform to training and educating the WTF referee

Last issue, I discussed the referee performance evaluations and scoring profile initiatives as enablers to assist with referee and judging development and improvements.  This issue, I would like to discuss referees’ continuous requirements to update themselves to the competition rules and amendments.

WTF taekwondo competition rules appear to be changing or being amended just about once every 2 years.  This has been true for the last 8 years. 

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