Judo Union of Asia 2015JUA Ordinary Congress, Kuwait Minutes Date: 11th May 2015 Time: 11:00 Venue: Hotel Jumeirah Kuwait Mr. Obaid Al-Anzi, President - JUA; welcomed Mr. Marius VIZER, President - IJF, Mr. Jean-Luc Rouge, General Secretary - IJF, Mr. Naser Al Tammemi, General Treasurer - IJF, Mr. Sergey Soloveychik, President, European Judo Union and Vice President – IJF, All JUA EC Members and Representatives of JUA Member Countries in JUA Ordinary Congress at Kuwait. Before starting the meeting Mr. Obaid Al-Anzi informed that, we lost Mr. Hani Halaby, Ex-President of Palestine Judo Federation who passed away last year and the victims of recent Earthquake calamity in our Asian region of Nepal, we may observe one minute silent to pay tribute to late Mr. Hani Halaby, and victims of Earthquake. Mr. ObiadAl-Anzi, President, informed that it is our great pleasure that President, General Secretary and General Treasurer of IJF spared their valued time to attend the JUA Ordinary Congress. Further Mr. ObaidAl- Anzi opened the JUA Ordinary Congress,with his Welcome speech as given below: First of all, on behalf of yourself the delegates of Judo Union of Asia, I would like thank Mr. Marius Vizer, the IJF President to be our Honorary guest here at this Congress together with his Secretary General, Mr. Jean Luc Rouge, Mr. Sergey Soloveychik, President, EJU and IJF friends. It is truely a matter of pleasure to every one of us to have the presence of Mr. Marius Vizerwho has put a lot of efforts to make Judo as a sport marveled all over the world. It is also no secret that Mr. Marius gets great happiness in making our Judo sport taking leaps and bounds, and to further the cause of achievement in every possible manner. Thank you Mr. Marius Vizer and we believe you will accomplish all the dreams you have for Judo. I thank every one of you for coming to Kuwait for this Congress and the Championships and it is good to see you assembled here. After the welcome speech, Mr. Obaid Al-Anzi requested Mr. Mukesh Kumar, General Secretary, JUA ; to proceed the meeting as per the Agenda points. Mr. Mukesh Kumar, General Secretary, JUA, welcomed Mr. Marius Vizer, Mr. Jean-Luc Rouge, Mr. Sergey Soloveychik, Mr. Nasser Al-Tammemi, other IJF Guests, JUA EC Members and Representatives of Member Countries. He also appreciated the presence of IJF Officials for attending the JUA Ordinary Congress and their support for the JUA activities. Mr. Mukesh Kumar then requested all the members to go through the documents placed in front of the table. He started the meeting proceedings with Roll Call. 2015JUA CONGRESS - Minutes 11-5-2015, KUWAIT. 1 Agenda 1 – Roll Call Mr. Mukesh Kumar informed that presently JUA is having 39 Member Countries and Out of that representatives from 34 member countries are present here. 5 Countries namely Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Laos and Singapore are absent. However, Singapore Judo Federation hadinformed that due to some unavoidable circumstance, they will not be sending any representatives. Further Mr. Mukesh Kumar said that as per the JUA Statutes 8.14, the Quorumis complete for holding the JUA Ordinary Congress. Agenda 2 – Opening Address by the President, JUA Mr. MukeshKumar, informed that the Opening address of Mr. Obaid Al-Anzi, President has already been given, so we may proceed to the next agenda point. Agenda 3 – Approval of the Agenda Mr. Mukesh Kumar, informed that the Agenda of the JUA Ordinary Congresshas already been circulated to all the member countries, and it was also approved by the JUA EC in it’s meeting held on 5th February 2015 at Kuwait. Once again I request all the members to see that Agenda, and inform if any points are left. Decision: Approved the Agenda for the JUA Ordinary Congress – 2015. Agenda 4 –Approval of the Minutes of 2013 JUA Congress held in Bangkok, Thailand Mr. Mukesh Kumar, informed that the Minutes of the JUA Congress held on 17th April 2013 at Bangkok, Thailand is also enclosed with agenda documents. He also informed that the Draft Minutes were sent to all the JUA Member Countries as well as JUA EC Members and it was amended as per the suggestions received from the members. All are requested to see the minutes again and inform if any more changes / amendments in the minutes. Decision: All the members approved the minutes of JUA Congress 2013 held in Bangkok, Thailand. Agenda 5 –: Election of a Steward and 4 Scrutinizers : Mr. Obaid Al-Anzi, informed that as per the JUA Statutes : 8 . 19. 1: we may elect 1 Steward and 4 Scrutineers, however there is no more than one candidate for contesting as President, General Secretary and General Treasurer,we may elect the Steward and Scrutinizers The following members were nominated as Steward and Scrutinizers: 1] Br. Gen. Sk. Abu Bakr( retd )– Bangladesh : Steward 2] Mr. Eng. Baker Khalil Abbadi– Jordan : Scrutinizer 3] Mr. Mohammad Ali Rastegar–Iran : Scrutinizer Mr. Mukesh Kumar requested them to sit in the front raw to observe the proceedings of JUA election. 2015JUA CONGRESS - Minutes 11-5-2015, KUWAIT. 2 Agenda 6 –: Reports of the Executive Committee members: 6-1 Report of the President, JUA Mr. Obaid Al-Anzi, President, JUA submitted the below report, with power point presentation. I am pleased to present the activities of the Judo Union of Asia period since last JUA Congress in Bangkok, Thailand in the year 2013. The events since then :- In the year 2013 We had continued with the Asian Senior Judo Championships on 19th and 20th April, followed by Team Championships on 21st April. We had Asian Youth Games with Judo event included from 17th to 19th Aug. Thereafter, Saudi Arabia organized Referee Seminar and Continental Examinations in November. During our Asian Youth and Junior Judo Championships in Haikou, Hainan, China we had Organization Seminar and Examination on 9th and 10th Dec. Together with this we had9th to 13th Referee Seminar and Continental Examination. During these activities, on 11thWe had Asian Youth Judo Championships followed by 12th and 13th December with Asian Junior Judo Championships. Here shows of the last Judo Union of Asia Congress in progress, that is on 17th April, 2013. This are the activities of the Bangkok Asian Judo Championship 2013 in Individual Category. Participation was 29 National Federations with 220 Athletes. Medals Table for Bangkok Asian Judo Championships 2013 shows Japan stood first followed by Korea South as second Mongolia as third. We can note with the medal standings that there are many countries are getting coming into the medal and place standings. My strategy is that more and more countries to take part in the Championships events and come to recognition. It is not only the well known countries to rise up in levels but other as well to come up and be a part of Judo fame. I would add that even India, Pakistan and Thailand have now come to the medals and standings with more interest. Also I want more and more countries take part, which we notice see here in Kuwait as many as 33 countries are taking part in completion. Here are the showings of the Bangkok Asian Team Championships where 19 Teams participated. That means more countries took part as teams to compete effectively and get active. Here the activity of the action during the Nanjing Asian Youth Games which was held in August 2013. Medals Standings for the Nanjing Asian Youth Games shows South Korea stood first, North Korea stood second and 2015JUA CONGRESS - Minutes 11-5-2015, KUWAIT. 3 Uzbekistan at third, the list has 8 medal Standings, however had 10 countries getting medals although it was only 6 categories, showing wider appeal. Haikou Hainan, China Youth and Junior Judo Championships were conducted with participation 21 countries having 99 male and 64 female competitors. This shows medal standings for Youth Asian Judo Championships, Haikou, where China stood first with 5 golds, followed by Korea with 3 golds and Kazakhstan with 2 golds. The medal table has 17 standings. Here is the medal standings for Junior Asian Judo Championships Haikou, where Japan stood first with 10 golds, followed by Korea with 2 golds and 2 silver and Mongolia following with 2 golds and one silver. The medal table has 19 standings. The medal standing show increasing appeal into the standings and distinctions. There conducted 9 Judo events in Asia under the IJF with 7 being in IJF World Ranking in them. They were Asian Open Continental in Chinese Taipei in September, Grand-prix Almaty in September, Grand-prix Tashkent in October, Kata world Championships at Kyoto Japan in October. Followed with Grand-prix at Qingdao in October November, Grand-prix at Abu Dhabi and Veterans Championships at the same place following the Grand-prix. We ended the year 2013 with Grand Slam at Tokyo, Japan during November and December and completing the year with Grand-prix at Jeju Korea in December 2013. These events much interest in holding World Ranking events inside our Asian continent. Now coming to the last year 2014: Judo Union of Asia conducted successfully, JUA EC meeting in Kuwait on 30th and 31st Jan, 2014. Referee Seminar and Continental Examination followed at Nepal on 9th to 13th April, Asian Kata Seminar and Examinations were held Bangkok, Thailand on 19th till 21st June, followed with Kata Championships on 22nd June, at the same place. Next big event was Asian Games Judo Event at Incheon, Korea on 20th until 23rd in September being a successful all through. We had Asian Cadet and Junior Judo Championships at Hongkong, China, that started with 9th to 10th December being Organization and Sports Seminar and Examination went together with Referee Seminars and Continental Examinations on dates of 9th until 12th December.