The seminar was opened by IJF Vice President and AJU President Mr. Randrianasoloniaiko and IJF Education Director Mr. Meridja. It was designed for referees and coaches and covered topics using 174 videos selected from a total of 500 videos by the EJU Refereeing Commission. After the seminar in Lisbon, Portugal, the same seminar was held for the Pan-American and Oceanian coaches and referees in Lima, Peru and for Asian coaches and referees in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The seminar analysed, demonstrated and visualised the continuity of actions, landings, scoring of judo techniques, and penalties.
Of the 142 participants attending the seminar in Oran, 61 were coaches and 81 were referees, showing the large interest of both groups in refereeing. Due to the large number of participation requests, the Algerian Judo Federation limited the number of participants of the 25 judo regions to two participants each. Taking into consideration all the participants, the average age was 47 and the average Dan grade was between 3 and 4.
Hotel Le Meridien hosted both the seminar and the IJF International Referee Examination. The candidates for the examination had the unique opportunity to update their knowledge, ask questions and clarify any uncertainties before their interviews, theoretical refereeing tests and the four days of practical examinations.
The 2022 referee and coaching seminars have been lead by IJF Head Refereeing Directors Mr. Lascau and Mr. Bagdasarov alongside Continental Refereeing Directors, Mr. Jatskevitch and his commission in Europe, Mr. Garnero and Mr. Zygmunt in Pan-America, Mr. Zghitkeyev in Asia and Mr. Ngom and his commission in Africa, administered by the IJF Refereeing Commission Secretary Mr. Chyurlia and supported by the IJF IT Team.
The last seminar in 2022 will take part in Perth, Australia, with the goal of maintaining a worldwide level of refereeing education and development across all continents.
Text written by Florin Daniel Lascau