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Sanbon Rule Clarification
The WKF just recently issues this letter for a clarification on Article 6 paragraph 3b.

The full letter can be found here or under Documents--> Official Committee Documents --> Important Rule Summary Clarification Documents --> Clarification of Article 6 Paragraph 3b

It states:

SANBON is awarded for Jodan Kicks and:
b) Any scoring technique delivered on a thrown or fallen opponent.

The first thing to understand is that the Rule itself takes priority and that Explanations are an attempt to clarify or explain. There is no need to start looking for hidden meanings or inventing complicated situations. In Article 6 the Explanation in Paragraph II states:
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New Board of Directors
After the 2009 Annual General Meeting held in Red Deer on June 6th a new board was elected.  The results are as follows:

President - Joe Alfonso
Vice President - Tim Dunlap
Secretary - Crystal Burke
Treasurer - Colleen Ewers
Membership Officer - Todd Guillet
Director - Marc Ward
Director - Nicole Levesque-Welch
Director - Maitreyi Raman
Director - Patricia Patten-Labrecque
Director - Gary Sabean

 
2009 Nationals Volunteers
Karate Alberta is hosting the 2009 NKA Championships from July 23th to 25th and we are searching for volunteers for the event.  Volunteer positions are not limited to Karate practitioners, they are opened to anyone who is interested to volunteer.  The positions available are, but not limited to:  
  • Marshallers
  • Time Keepers
  • Score Keepers
  • Electronic Score Board Keepers
  • Runners
  • Security team
  • Sales
  • Ticket Sales
  • Mat crew (set-up, take down and clean-up at end of day)

We are also in need of bilingual volunteers for some of the above positions (French and English).  The shifts will be from 8am - noon, noon - 4pm and 4pm to end of matches.  In addition to these shifts, a mat clean up crew will be needed for the end of each day.  
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