How may a National Yudo Association be started for my country?

First you must confirm that there is not an existing national association for your country. If a Yudo national association, i.e. an established member of the IYF, does not currently exist, an interested party may submit a letter of intent to the IYF. After receiving the letter of intent, the IYF will acknowledge the interested party as an applicant. The applicant, which may be an individual or a group, then has ninety (90) days to submit a completed application and nonrefundable fee of $500.00USD in certified funds. If this happens, the applicant becomes a candidate for membership.  The candidate then has one year to complete the following administrative requirements:

a. Establish a board of directors encompassing the entire nation geographically and representative of the ethnic, religious, and social demographics of the nation. The intent herein, is not to proportionally represent the make-up of the population but rather to insure that the candidate truly represents the people of the nation and not just a region of the nation or a selective segment of the people forming the nation.

b. Adopt, by action of the board, a name for the association.  The name should include the name of the country and must include the terms "Yudo" and "Association".

c. Adopt a constitution and bylaws conforming to the legal standards of the nation for an educational organization.

d. Apply for a charter or other such document as may pertain to the national system in effect, allowing the candidate to conduct the educational and training programs of Chung Tong Yudo within the country. Note that the charter, or other appropriate document, need not be issued at this stage but it will need to be obtained before full membership in the federation may be granted.

e. Submit a completed application.

f. Submit the remaining amount ($2,000USD in certified funds) of the annual membership fee in the federation. This membership fee is then due annually, in order to maintain membership in good standing.

g. Once the completed application and the membership fee are received by the International Yudo Federation and accepted, a letter confirming candidacy status for the association will be issued. At this point, the association may openly begin recruiting membership. Note: In all of its dealings from this point forward, the association may use the terms "Yudo", "Chung Tong Yudo", and "ChungTongKwan Yudo" in its business dealings, but must always indicate that it is a "Candidate" for membership in the International Yudo Federation . Falsely representing that it is a full member of the federation is cause for revocation of the association's candidacy status.

h. Develop and implement, under the supervision of the board of directors, such administrative policies and practices as may be necessary to conduct the business of the association in a professional manner observing all applicable laws and meeting the existing national standards of business practice.

i. Develop and implement, under the supervision of the board of directors, such financial policies and practices as may be necessary to conduct the business of the association in a professional manner observing all applicable laws and complying with the nation's generally accepted financial and accounting standards and practices.

j. Develop and implement, under the supervision of the board of directors, a written business plan for the association. This plan shall incorporate short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term planning components, and shall provide for objective and measurable criteria for evaluation of business success. The board of directors shall also appoint an appropriate officer of the corporation to regularly audit the association's performance measured against this business plan and to provide regular reports to the board of directors relative thereto.

The candidate has another year to complete the following instructional requirements:

a. The candidate must adopt, by resolution of its board of directors, the rank requirements (promotion criteria) of Chung Tong Yudo.

b. The candidate must adopt, by resolution of its board of directors, the education and training curriculum of Chung Tong Yudo.

c. The candidate must agree, by resolution of its board of directors, to use the instructional material for ChungTongKwan Yudo developed by the International Yudo Federation.

d. Provide for the translation, publishing, and dissemination, of ChungTongKwan Yudo instructional material in the national language(s), in accordance with the copyright and trademark rights of the International Yudo Federation.

e. Develop and implement a 3-year plan for a national training program. This plan must include the following:

1. An on-going year-round instructor training program adequately meeting the needs of association members.

2. A standardized nationwide testing program adequately meeting the needs of association members.

3. Association augmentation of ChungTongKwan Yudo instructional material developed by the International Yudo Federation, as required to meet the needs of the national culture or conditions.

4. A program of quarterly weekend workshops and an annual week-long seminar, providing education and instruction in support of the ChungTongKwan Yudo curriculum and the professional development needs of the association and its members.

e. Establish, by resolution of the board of directors, a committee to study the efficacy of the current 3-year plan for the national training program and to develop the goals, objectives, and methodologies for the follow-on 3-year plan.

The candidate has yet another year to complete the following program requirements:

a. Develop and implement, by resolution of the board of directors, a 5-year membership growth program.

b. Develop and implement, by resolution of the board of directors, a companion program to the 5-year membership growth program, providing for the structured growth and development of local and regional organizations to meet the reasonable and foreseeable needs of the association and its members.

c. Develop and implement, by resolution of the board of directors, a business support program addressing the needs of the training facilities affiliated with the association.

d. Develop and adopt, by resolution of the board of directors, a professional development program addressing the education and training of the following targeted groups:

1. Association management education and training for individuals who provide leadership within the association, from the national level to the regional and local levels.

2. Business education and training for individuals who operate the training facilities affiliated with the association.

3. Professional development education for instructors. (Note: This is not instructor certification training. It is continuing education for existing instructors.)

Not later than the fourth anniversary date of the association being certified as a candidate for membership, the candidate shall request of the federation the presence of an authorized federation official for a week long national-level seminar. This official will teach, as requested in advance; certify instructors as needed, after proper examination; and conduct promotion examinations, as requested in advance. This official will also conduct an audit of the candidate's administrative, instructional, and program activities.  The cost of the travel, housing, and meals of this official, and up to two assistants, will be paid by the candidate. [Note: If more than two assistants accompany this official, their expenses will be borne by the federation.] This official shall submit a written report on his/her findings to the federation within ten (10) of returning from the visit.

When all of these requirements are met and the intent accomplished, the candidate association will be admitted to full membership in the International Yudo Federation. The national association retains its membership in the international federation as long as it continues to meet the requirements for such member bodies.

This process, while detailed, is actually quite simple and provides an effective means to assist the new national Yudo association in addressing most of the components necessary for long term success.  The organization which emerges from this process conforms to the generally accepted international standards for such bodies.  Due to the uniqueness of ChungTongKwan Yudo, however, the international standard being applied is that of academic and professional bodies rather than that of sports and entertainment. This is necessary due to our educational standards, as well as that of our program content.