Federation of Sport and Traditional of Estonia Estonia, Tallinn 13520, Järveotsa tee 3-40. Gsm: (372) 56465203 Fax: (372) 6561277 email: [email protected] President: Priit Kõrve

The III-rd Tallinn Open Wushu Championship Regulations

1. The tournament goals are promoting sport Wushu, improvement of Wushu skills, exchange of experience between the athletes of various countries, selection of the athletes into teams, promotion of a healthy way of life.

2. Organizers: Federation of Sport and Traditional Wushu of Estonia , Sportsclub Julged, Wushu Association of Baltic and Nordic Countries, Sportsclub Väiksed Vaprad, Sportsclub Yongsheng, Sportsclub Sensalong.

LUBI IK JU 3. Local organizer : Spordiklubi Julged D L R G O E th D P

4. Date: 05 May 2007. S

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E N G E T 5. Location: Tallinn, Estonia. F U U V H ÄE JA RA Forelli 12, 10621 Tallinn, Estonia „Kristiine Spordikompleks“, 10.00

6. Age categories:

• Girls up to 09 years (inclusive) Do not perform taijiquan • Boys up to 09 years (inclusive) • Girls from 10 to 12 years (inclusive) Do not perform taijiquan • Boys from 10 to 12 years (inclusive)

2 • Junior girls from 13 to 14 years (inclusive) • Juniors from 13 to 14 years (inclusive) • Women, from 15 and more years • Men, from 15 and more years

7. Competition program:

1. Barehand forms: , , Taijiquan. 2. Short weapons: , , 3. Long weapons: , Gun, . 4. Taiji weapons.

Taijiquan and Taiji weapons can be performed only by the athletes of the adult and junior age categories.

In the events above the athletes perform: International competition routines or self-composed routines conforming of the Rules for International Wushu Taolu Competition, edition of International Wushu Federation 1999 and 2004. Time of performance: not less than 1 min, or taijiquan: from 5 to 6 min (for adults and juniors only); for taiji weapons: from 3 to 4 min (for adults and juniors only). Allowed also 32-forms and gudin- taolus.

5. Traditional barehand forms: I group: xingyi, , . II group: tongbei, pigua, fanziquan, choziaoquan. Time of performance: III group: ditangquan, all imitational styles: not less than 1 min usuntokaoquan, houquan, yingzhaozhua, tanlanquan, zuiquan, baihequan. For the traditional taijiquan: IV group : shaolinquan, chaquan, huaquan, hunquan, from 5 to 6 min. paoquan, traditional nanquan and all other

styles those are not included in precedent groups.

6. Traditional weapons:

I group: single. II group: double. Time of performance: not less than 1 min. III group: flexible IV group: taiji weapons. Time of performance: from 3 to 4 min.

6. Fighting sets:

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I. Barehand vs. barehand II. Weapon vs. weapon Time of performance: not less than 50 sec. III. Other

7. Group events: 6 persons of any age category . Time of performance: from 3 to 4 min.

8. Only individual competition takes place under the Rules for International Wushu Taolu Competition, edition of International Wushu Federation, 1999, 2004. Chief referee: Martti Kaup,

9. Chief referee and chief secretary appoint the jury.

10. The Panel of Appeal: M. Kaup, L. Kuusmann, P. Kõrve, Niilo Kivirinta and Yongsheng Sheng. The appeal can be submitted not later than 30 min after the end of the appropriate event. The appeal fee 100 €, will be spent for the tournament needs.

11. The draw-lots are computer-based. Will be performed after submitting the final entry forms. All teams will receive the detailed list of events on the day of arrival.

12. Winners in individual competition: The winners are being determined in every age group by the highest score. If there will be more than 10 persons participating in the event, 6 persons will be awarded.

1 place: medal, diploma 2 place: medal, diploma 3 place: medal, diploma from 4 to 6 place: diploma.

If there will be only 1 or 2 persons registered for any event, this event will be joined to another event without the special agreement with the team’s officials.

13. Winners in individual all-round: The all-round score will be calculated for each age group as the sum of scores for 5 events : best of barehand forms, best of short weapons, best of long weapons, best of traditional barehand forms, best of traditional weapons.

Awarding: 1 place: medal, diploma, 2 place: medal, diploma 3 place: medal, diploma

14. Registration, entry form:

• The number of athletes in the team is not limited. • The preliminary entry form should be sent just after receiving these Regulations, but not later than April 02, 2007 • The final entry form must be sent not later than April 15, 2007. The following information is included into the entry form: athlete’s first and last name, exact date of birth, the stamp of medical permission, the sign of the coach, the sign of the team/organization director, the organization stamp, mail address, contact tel/fax number, email.

4 15. Participation conditions: • Participants pay for themselves all charges for journey, rooms and meals and bring their own equipment. • The day of arrival is May 04, 2007. • Accommodation: 15-30 € per person per day (depending on the hotel selected). • For arranging the local transfer from the airport or railroad terminal, the team must provide the arrival/departure information to the organizing committee not later than April 20, 2007: Exact arrival time, place and flight/train number Exact departure time, place and flight/train number

16. The registration fee 15 € first event, 10 € all successive events each.

Address of Organizing Committee :

Mail address: Järveotsa tee 3-40, Tallinn 13520, Estonia. Tel/fax: (372) 6561277 Mobile: +(372) 56 465 203 (Estonian and Russian speaking only), +(372) 58 150 045 (Estonian and English speaking only). Email: [email protected]

THE GIVEN REGULATIONS IS CONSIDERED AS THE OFFICIAL INVITATION TO THE TOURNAMENT.

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Preliminary / Final Application Form (underline valid) Team:

Address: Tel/fax: Email: ______Team leader: Coach ______Medical Long Barehand Short weapons Traditional barehand Traditional weapons permissi weapons on

Athlete’s first and last name № Exact birth date Gun event event Group Group With With Male/female Type of Type Fight. set ffight. setffight. Chanquan Chanquan Nanquan Taijiquan Jian Taiji weapons Qiang Nangun group1 group2 group3 group4 group1 group2 group3 group4 Nandao Nandao Dao 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Number of places to be reserved in the hotel ______

Date of application:______Team leader: /signature / Stamp President / secretary / signature /