Dear Master Jue,
I would very much like the ITF referee course for myself and sons we have
taken the International Instructor course a couple of times. So, I know for
sure I would attend and my sons, possibly we would have more that would attend.
Is there a rank requirement? One factor will depend on location cost etc. for
students to come. I will be looking for information on this to come. Do you
have any particular days/weekends planned?
Carol Van Zile

-----Original Message-----
>From: Jues Taekwon-Do - School e-mail <juestkd@...>
>Sent: Sep 19, 2006 4:13 AM
>To: ITF-INOS@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [ITF-INOS] Referee
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>The world championship was great. Saw some exceptional competitors and the
hard work
>everyone put in. One of the things I think we need to improve is the Umpiring.
We only had
>a small handful of referees 3 or 5 and a couple of them we not ITF certified
from the US. The
>world Championship needs referees to make it successful and it needs quality
refereeing.
>Not to say that the refereeing was bad but I would say there could have been
more
>improvements. Our problem in the US is we haven't had an ITF referee course
and we don't
>have many certified ITF Umpires.
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>Our success in World and international Championships will come from quality
umpiring and
>our presence. I spoke with Master Néstor Galarraga and President Choi. They
would like the
>US to host a course. I think we should have the course before we have the
Nationals so that
>many of the referees could get some experience before heading to England. That
means
>hosting a course some time between November - February.
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>What I am asking if everyone could reply on how many black belts would attend
from your
>area we could have a better idea as to where to host the seminar. I would be
happy to host
>the course unless someone else would like to take on the responsibilities. The
ITF has a
>minimum of 50 black belts to attend the course. Its also 3 days. Let me know.
Thanks.
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>Gordon Jue, USA-7-1009
>US-ITF Vice President
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