2nd WORLD TRADITIONAL WUSHU CHAMPIONSHIPS REGULATIONS

1.      DATE AND PLACE
The 2nd World Traditional Wushu Championships will be held from October 14 to 19, 2006 in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China.

2.      HOST ORGANIZATIONS
International Wushu Federation
Chinese Wushu Association
3.      ORGANIZERS
Sports Administration of Henan Province
People’s Municipal Government of Zhengzhou City
4.      PARTICIPANTS
a.      Member federations of the International Wushu Federation (IWUF)
b.      Those wushu groups which have been recognized by the member associations of IWUF.
c.      Those wushu groups located in the countries or regions not affiliated to IWUF.

5.      COMPETITION EVENTS
a.      Bare-handed routine
b.      Apparatus
Bare-handed routines and apparatus of the same kind are put into the same group. All the bare-handed routines and apparatus, whose participants are below 5 persons, are put into the other kinds of routines.
c. Dual Event
d. Group Event

6.      PARTICIPATION METHODS
1) Each participating team may enter at most one (1) group event. There is no limitation for the age groups. Male and female participants can  be mixed. There will be no competition if the number of participants is less than 6 in one group.
2) Each participating athlete may enter at most 2 individual events (bare-handed routine, or apparatus. There shall be no repetition entry or competition for the same kind of bare-hand routine), besides, he/she may enter for dual events and group events.
3) Each team may enter only for one (1) dual event. Each group is limited to 3 persons. Male and female athletes can be mixed. There is no limitation for the age groups.
4) The individual events are divided by age groups
  Group A: below age 13 (including 13)
  Group B: age 14-28
Group C: age 29-44
Group D: age 45-55
Group E: age 56-66
Group F: above age 67 (including 67)
Those groups whose athletes are less than 5 persons shall be included into the previous groups.
5) Those countries or regions whose participating athletes exceed 20 may enter for one (1) team judge. (Requirement: Those judges who have worked as judges at national or regional wushu competitions at least three times are qualified for team judges at the Championships.)

7.      RELEVANT REQUIREMENTS
1) The competition will adopt the “Rules for International Taolu Competition” endorsed by IWUF in 1999.
2) Time limit
a. Bare-handed and apparatus routines shall be from 50 seconds to 1 minute and 30 seconds.
b. Taijiquan shall be 4-6 minutes; Taiji apparatus routine shall be from 1 minute and 30 seconds to 4 minutes.
c. Dual Events shall be from 50 seconds to 1 minute and 30 seconds.
d. Group event shall be 3-4 minutes. Music can be accompanied to the routine. (CD or tapes shall be brought by the participating teams.)
3) The participating athletes shall go through “Life Insurance” on their own.
4) To ensure the competition order, under special circumstances, Federation may apply to the Competition Department in writing for alternatives but there will be a charge of US$20 per event per person.

8.      PLACING AND AWARDS
The top three places of each age group of male and female will be awarded.

9.      ENTRY AND REGISTRATION
Entry: The duly completed Entry Forms (2 copies in A4 format) must reach
the IWUF Secretariat and the Organizing Committee by mail or fax no later
than September 20, 2006.
The participating teams are required to register on October 14, 2004.

10. CONTACT INFORMATION
The Addresses are as follows:
1)              International Wushu Federation Secretariat
No. 3, Anding Road
Chaoyang District
Beijing 100101, P.R. China
Tel: 86-10-64912153  
Fax: 86-10-64912151
          E-mail: [email]iwuf@iwuf.org[/email]

2)              Organizing Committee of 2nd World Tratitional Wushu Championships
230, Shangcheng Road, Zhengzhou City,
Henan 450000, P.R. China
Tel: 86-371- 66216379  66222217  66265334
Fax: 86-371- 66216379  66222217  66265334
          E-mail: [email]zzwushu@sohu.com[/email]
                 [email]zzwushu@sina.com[/email]

3) Non-IWUF member federation teams from countries or regions affiliated to IWUF are required to hand over the certificates recognized by their IWUF member federations while registration.
4) Port of entry and transportation itinerary
  a. The Organizing Committee will provide reception at the Port of Zhengzhou City.
     b. Zhengzhou City can be reached via Hongkong, Macao by flight or train.
     c. There are non-stop flight and train to Zhengzhou City from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
     Please inform the Organizing Committee the date of your arrival, and
flight or train details, so that the transportation will be arranged.The
information of train or flight schedule is available at:[url]www.zztyj.com[/url]

11. FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
1) Each participating team shall be responsible for their spending.
2) Each team member is charged US$45 per day （double room in three star hotel）, US$60 (single room in three star hotel), US$50 per day （double room in four star hotel）or US$70 (single room in four star hotel), including board, lodging, local transportation, competition, activity, banquets, opening and closing ceremonies.
3)Teams of the IWUF member associations are waived of the application fee.
4)Teams from non-IWUF member associations shall submit US$10 entry fee per person.
5) Team judge shall be responsible for their spending. (The cost is the same as that of the athletes.)

12. The matters uncovered in this regulation will be notified in due course.