• It is mandatory for all State Associations / Member Units to get their players registered with TFI.
  
  
• The Identity cards will be issued to players by TFI under the signatures of Secretary General. The Secretary of the concerned State will also sign the cards.
  
  
• TFI will charge Rs. 50/- as one time fee from new students and Rs. 25/- from old students for new cards. The old students shall surrender their old Identity Cards. The athletes registering after 24th January’99, i.e. the day these regulations came into force, will be treated as new athletes. State & District Association will charge Rs.25/= as one time fee.
  
  
• Colour belt grading will be the sole responsibility of the State Association/Member Unit. TFI will not charge any colour belt-grading fee from the athletes. Athlete will pay colour belt grading fee not exceeding Rs. 100/= per colour belt examination to State Association/Member Unit. The District Association shall not charge more than Rs. 50/= for each case forwarded by it to State Association /Member Unit.
  
  
• The date of Registration will be reckoned from the month of receipt of particulars in TFI Secretariat along with the requisite fee complete in all respects. Incomplete applications will be deemed not received by TFI for registration till all the formalities are completed.

• The Black Belt Examination shall be arranged & conducted under the supervision of TFI only.
  
  
• TFI will constitute a board comprising of two members from amongst the panel of Examiners, who are competent to conduct examination. The permission to hold the Dan Promotion Test and the constitution of the board will be decided by the President in consultation with Secretary General TFI.
  
  
• Examinations will be conducted at a place / places to be decided by TFI on the request of the Member Units / State Associations. The requests will be considered on merits.
  
  
• 2.4 The fee structure for Black Belt Examination for each Dan promotion test shall be as under:
  
  

  WTF fee	Actual payable to WTF
  Examiner’s fee	Rs. 200/- per examinee
  TFI fee	Rs. 300/- per examinee
  TFI one time registration fee	Rs. 200/- per examinee
  Dist. &State Association registration fee	Rs. 100/- (each)

The above amount (totalling a to e above) shall be paid by the athlete at the time of Dan promotion test and take a receipt from the TFI nominated official countersigned by examiner.

• The States will pay TA/DA to the examiners.
  
  
• The examiner will submit his report to Secretary General TFI, who will forward the same to WTF for issue of WTF certificates.
• TFI shall charge one time fee Rs. 200/- as Registration fee for Old and New black belt holders for each Dan. There will be no renewal fee, thereafter. Old WTF black belt holders are those athletes who have TFI identity card prior to these rules coming into force.
  
  
• WTF / Kukiwon authorise many categories of Examiners for taking examination. Therefore, athletes acquiring Dan certificates through other examiners not authorised by TFI as per these rules will have to pay registration fee of Rs.2,500/-. Out of this fee, Rs.1,500/- will be retained by the TFI, whereas, Rs.1000/- will be passed on to the State Association/Member Unit. This clause will not apply to athletes acquiring Black Belt Certificates prior to these rules coming into force i.e. 24th January’1999.
  
  
• There should be a mandatory gap of two years and two months from the date of colour belt registration to the date of appearing in the Black Belt Examination.
  
  
• The examination shall be conducted strictly according to the WTF syllabus.
  
  
• The TFI nominee / observer will be paid TA/DA by TFI.

• Black belt holders registered with TFI only will be eligible for referee seminar.
• Following referee courses will be arranged & conducted under the supervision of TFI.
  • National Referee Seminar for class ‘P’
  • National Referee refresher Course

   

• The duration of the Course shall not be less than three days.
• The TFI shall constitute a panel of Examiners, eligible to conduct examination and depute them at the place & venue to be decided by the President TFI in consultation with Secretary General.
• The fee structure of National Referee Courses will be as under: National Referee Seminar

• National Referee Course will be conducted at least twice in a year at the places to be decided by TFI and conducted by qualified WTF International Referees only.
  
  
• The National Referees shall pay one time registration fee of Rs. 200/- for each Grade.
  
  
• The examiner will be paid TA & DA by the State; TFI observer will be paid by TFI.
  
  
• PROMOTION TO HIGHER GRADES: TFI will have screening meetings two times a year (June and December) for the selection of eligible referees to be promoted according to the Article 8(3) of National Referee Regulations.

1. The Federation will take steps to conduct every year the following National Taekwondo championships starting from year 2001:

• Male & Female Black belt
• Prize Money Male & Female Black belt- Open
• Junior Boys & Girls Black & Color- belts
• Federation Cup Black belt (Male & Female)
• Prize Money Boys & Girls Black & Colour-belts
• Sub Junior Boys & Girls

The weight categories will be as under

• The age will be reckoned end of the year, when the championships are held. (E.g. If an athlete is born on 25th May 1983, he can participate in any junior championships up to 31st December 2000 in 17 years wt. Category.)
  
  
• The venue of National Championships shall preferably be decided in the General Body meeting. The Championship shall be organised by the State Taekwondo Association under the auspices of the Federation.
  
  
• The Member Associations willing to organise the National Championships of categories mentioned at 1 above shall apply to TFI one month before the General Assembly meeting so that it can be circulated as an Agenda item.
  
  
• The Championship will be conducted under the supervision of a Technical Committee appointed by the President in consultation with Secretary General TFI. The principle of neutral judging will be adopted.
  
  
• The entry fee for participation in the Championship shall be Rs. 200/= for A-class, Rs. 150/= for B-Class cities and Rs. 100/- for C-Class cities per participant, which shall be retained by the host State Association.
• Grants from HRD & Other Sources
  • The host State Association shall pay 25% of the grant / financial aid received by it to the TFI other than the one received from Department of Youth Affairs & Sports (HRD), Govt. of India.
  • 2a) Grants received from DYAS (HRD) will be paid by TFI to the Host State in full. The entry fee received by the host State/Member Unit will be submitted to TFI as capitation fee. However, to protect the payments of TA/DA & rail fare to Referees/Judges being deputed by TFI, the actual amount due to them will be deducted from the DYAS (HRD) grant being transferred to host State/Member Unit by TFI.
  • Till such time the grants from DYAS (HRD) are delayed, TFI will pay TA/DA & rail fare to Referees & Judges from its own funds. Hosts will also utilize the entry fee collected. As soon as the grants from HRD are received, including old grants, the same will be settled as provided in (2a) above.

   

• Referees will be paid dearness allowance @ Rs.200/- per day during the Championship and 2nd Class train fare at railway concessional rate + dearness allowance @ Rs.100/- per day during the journey.
  
  
• The certificates shall be signed by the Organising Chairman, Organising Secretary and President / Secretary General of TFI.

• TFI will bear the following expenses of the Executive Council Members attending EC Meetings and two representatives of each State Association / Member Unit attending General Assembly meetings called by the Federation:
  • Rail fare 2nd class to & fro (actual paid by them)
  • Daily expenses @ Rs. 100/- per day (including journey days).

A player seeking his/her transfer from one State to another is required to get no objection certificate from TFI. After getting the no objection certificate, he/she shall apply to the State Association where he/she wants transfer giving admissible reasons for seeking transfer e.g. transfer of parents, shifting of business, shifting / admission to educational institution etc. He / she shall also deposit his / her identity card.

The concerned State Association shall recommend the case along with old identity card and requisite fee for new identity card to TFI for approval. The TFI shall decide the transfer cases only twice in a year i.e. 1st February and 1st August. New identity cards shall be issued if approved. The transferee shall apply for the transfer at least three months before the National Championship.