UNIÓN PANAMERICANA DE JUDO		UNIÃO PANAMERICANA DE JUDÔ
PANAMERICAN JUDO UNION		UNION PANAMERICAINE DE JUDO

BASES FOR THE EVENT

DATE: from 17th to 21st July 2003
PLACE: La Paz, Bolivia

REGISTRATION
The participating countries shall confirm their attendance to any of the following addresses:

Bolivian Judo Federation (BJF)
       Address: Calle Ricardo Mujía Nº 887, Z. Sopocachi – Ap.Postal 12865 La Paz - Bolivia.
       Phone & Fax Number: 591 - 2 - 2411108
       E-mail: eclaure@ceibo.entelnet.bo
       Att: Edgar Claure M. - President BJF

· The numeric registration form shall be received before June 30th 2003

· The nominal registration form shall be received before July 7th 2003

PARTICIPATION (Individual Competence, divided by weigh)

a. Each country will be able to participate with: One athlete per Weigh Category
b. Each competitor shall prove his/her identity, sex, age, and nationality through his/her passport or any other official ID from the country of origin, except the Bolivian competitors who will only need to present their National ID’s.

WEIGHT CATEGORIES:

Infantile 11 and 12 years old (born in 1991 and 1992)

Male	28, 31, 34, 38, 42, 48, 53, +53
Female	28, 31, 34, 38, 42, 48, 53, +53

Infantile 13 and 14 years old (born in 1989 and 1990)

Male	36, 40, 44, 48, 53, 58, 64, +64
Female	36, 40, 44, 48, 53, 58, 64, +64

SYSTEM OF COMPETENCE

ROUND ROBIN (up to 5 competitors)
DIRECT ELIMINATION WITH DOUBLE CROSSED REPECHAGE (6 or more competitors)

MATCH TIME:

For all the categories, male and female, the time of competence will be of three minutes.

AWARDS:

To the athletes:

All categories shall be awarded with Medals and Diplomas.

To the Participating Countries:

· Team Trophies shall be granted (1°, 2° and 3° places for male and female).

· “The Great PJU Champion” Trophy shall be conceded to the country that has accumulated more gold medals.

To the delegations’ members:

Diplomas of participation shall be given to each member of the participating delegations on the behalf of the Organizing Committee

WEIGH IN AND COMPETENCE:

The athletes will be weighed according to the following chart:

Friday 18 (Panamerican Championship)

Hrs. 07:00 - 08:00 Unofficial weigh in
Hrs. 08:00 - 09:00 Official weigh in
All the infantile categories (11 and 12 years old) Male and Female

Saturday 19 (Panamerican Championship)

Hrs. 07:00 - 08:00 Unofficial weigh in
Hrs. 08:00 - 09:00 Official weigh in
All the infantile categories (13 and 14 years old) Male and Female

Note Well: Before the weigh in, the athletes shall present their respective Passport and their Accreditation to the event in order to verify the identity of the competitor. All the athletes must be affiliated to the Panamerican judo Union, and in case of being black belts, they must be recognized by the PJU (Resolutions 01-2002 and 02-2002 decided in the 2002 Panamerican Congress conducted in the city of Santo Domingo)

Sunday 30 (South American Championship)

Hrs. 07:00 - 08:00 Unofficial weigh in
Hrs. 08:00 - 09:00 Official weigh in
All the infantile categories (11, 12, 13 and 14 years old) Male and Female

LODGING AND FOOD

a) Fifty American dollars (USD 50) daily per person. It includes lodging, meals and internal transportation between the airport, hotel, competition venue, training venues and others.

OPENING CEREMONY:
At the delegations’ arrival, the Organizing Committee shall offer all the information requested regarding the General Program and Opening ceremony.

FLAGS AND NATIONAL HYMNS:

Each federation shall present their Flag (1.20 x 1.80 Meters) and a cassette or Cd with their National Song (short version) at the moment of arrival and accreditation.

RULES:
THE PANAMERICAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN JUDO CHAMPIONSHIP- CATEGORY: MALE AND FEMALE, will be carried out in accordance with the current Rules of the International Judo Federation (IJF), adopted by the Panamerican Judo Union, in the following way:

1. Athletes belonging to 11 and 12 year old categories will not be able to fight in categories for 13 and 14 year olds, and vice versa.

2. In all the Infantile Categories, techniques of handling or disarticulations (KANSETSU WAZA) and strangle (SHIME WAZA) will not be allowed. Those athletes who intentionally apply any kind of Kansetsu Waza will be penalized with DIRECT HANSOKUMAKE.

EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISSTANCE :

The Organizing committee shall provide an emergency medical assistance to all the participants officially registered by their respective National Federation.

In the event of requiring any unusual medical attention such as: injury and / or sickness that require hospitalization, treatments, surgery, or special medicine, the cost of these shall be under the National Federation he/she represents. Therefore, all National Federations participating will exempt the PJU , the Bolivian Judo Confederation and the Organizing Committee for any misfortune that could occur during the competence development.

UNFORSEEN

Everything that is not foreseen herein shall be discussed by the Executive Committee of the PJU and the Bolivian Judo Federation.

SPECIAL ATTENTION: CONTROL AND REGISTRATION OF COACHES

In order to carry out a control of behavior of coaches within the area of competence, the PJU shall enable a Record for this purpose. For that reason, the Organizing Committee shall give the coaches of each country an Official PJU Vest , which must be wore in order to entry to the Area of Competence

FINAL AND COMPULSORY STIPULATIONS

All the participants officially registered by their National Federations shall carry into effect the resolutions taken in the 2002 Panamerican Congress conducted in the city of Santo Domingo, concerning the annual affiliation for the year 2003, which shall be paid at the moment of doing the definite registration in the city of La Paz, according to the following:

ATHLETES USD. 20.-
OFFICIALS (delegates, referees, physicians, coaches, etc.) USD 30.-
DAN GRADE RECOGNITION: USD 60.- (PJU AND IJF diplomas and cards).
If you already have the IJF Diploma, you only need to get the PJU Diploma, which costs USD. 20.- ( PJU Diploma and Card).

The all payments will be carried out cash, traveler's checks and credit cards, won't be accepted

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