Meetings

Online Board Meeting

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Tuesday, March 14th 2023

During an online meeting the board members ITF-Vlaanderen eV vzw discussed some of the topics and feedback of the instructors & members that came forward at the General Assembly (January 2023) and in the survey that was launched by the end of 2022: e.g. the mission/vision of the federation, the policy and goals (short as well as long term), the organization chart (board as well as committees), the launch of the new website ITF-Belgium, the state of play of some of the devices that were bought (e.g. the electronic system, the new special technics device, a new power breaking device and the upcoming events. There was also a small evaluation of the Belgian Championships of last weekend.

In the upcoming days and weeks the board members will work on some of these topics, and plan a new meeting shortly.

General Assembly ITF-Belgium and ITF-Vlaanderen vzw

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On Sunday January 29th, after 2 online sessions, the federation held its General Assembly 2023 in Lokeren. It was a constructive meeting with reports 2022, the plans for 2023 and lots of suggestions, ideas and discussions. Also the survey for instructors, held at the end of 2022, was analyzed and discussed.

TUIC Meeting

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Lede, Sunday January 15th – Report by Benito Martinez:

The Tournament, Umpire and IT-Committee held an extraordinary meeting on Sunday January 15, as a result of a decision taken in the last ordinary meeting.

The TUIC is working in the dynamics of motivation and promotion of umpiring in Belgium, as an important discipline in Taekwon-Do, which contributes to improving the quality of the competition and the classes in general, and the knowledge of Taekwon-Do rules in particular. How to have more and better trained umpires, how to get the support of the school owners and instructors in the promotion of umpiring inside the clubs, how to adapt the international competition rules to our national competitions, and make it more clear for all. Also how to work in a more professional way with higher standards and improving of the NUC’s with more practice, evaluation and categories for umpires, and many more important issues.

The TUIC is building a project to the middle and long term education, training and motivation of new umpires; we want this discipline to become more attractive to all, and to help reaching a higher level in the Belgian Taekwon-Do.

Meeting TUIC

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Report by Benito Martinez

The Tournament, Umpire and IT-Committee TUIC of ITF-Belgium held its last meeting of the year on Sunday December 4th. Presided by Master Eddy Van Damme and with the participation of Sabum Benito Martinez and Boosabums Sophie Ardnoy, Gabriel Garay and Julien Goulard as members.

The agenda: the evaluation of the Belgian Championships 2022 and analyzing the different feedbacks; proposals and changes for the next Championships 2023 in Ghent, in terms of professionalization and corresponding with international standards and satisfaction of the competitors. There were also discussions on inscription fees, special techniques, power breaking, sparring categories and prearranged sparring norms, among others.

We are aware of the difficulties on the implementation of the electronic system due to the international situation. NUC’s pedagogic method and the possibilities of using videos were discussed too. The TUIC keeps working to improve the quality and professionality of our competitions in the national level and its influence in the preparation of our competitors for the international level.

Some important points were set for the TUIC’s report for the Annual Meeting in January 2023.