LUCHANDO POR LA PAZ - Combat Games: Overview of this new ISF Event

Next week, from June 21 to June 26 will start the first Combat Games in Spain, an event organized under the Aegis of the ISF.

What is the concept of the Combat Games?
One of ISF main goals is promoting values and principles among the world targeting youth population throughout sport.
Many international events have been celebrated since ISF had been created and actually 24 successful competitions are running all around the world.
In this objective, the International University of Andalusia, a very young Spanish university, is willing to launch the use of sports as an
important tool to help students developing abilities that are usually not encouraged in the class materials.

Together with the UNESCO Chair in Conflicts Resolution, they decided to organize an ISF event as a good promotion of their Corporate Identity. We decided to organize a Combat Games events as they meet many of ISF values (effort, self improvement, respect to umpires), showing the world that young people is able to fight the peace.

What are the sports represented?

Karate / kumite & kata
Judo
Taekwondo

How many people are you expecting?
147 participants coming from Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, Andorra and Portugal

Can you give us an overview about the program ?

MONDAY 22nd:
9 to 11:00 tatamis set-up
11 to 13:00 official training sessions
14 to 18:00 accreditations & control
18:00 weighing for the following day competitors (scales available from 16:00)
19:00 technical meeting and draws
20:00 opening ceremony (Hotel Las Palmeras – Spain saloon)

TUESDAY 23rd:
9:00 umpires meeting (Elola Sport Hall)
10:00 1st competion day start
Judo: Female 40-44-48 Y 52 KG. / Male: 73-81-90 y +90 kg.
Karate: TBC
13:00 final rounds & awarding
14:30 end of competition day
19:00 weighing for the following day competitors (scales available from 17:00)

WEDNESDAY 24th:
10:00 2nd competiton day start
Judo: Female 57-63,70 y +70 Kg./ Male 60,66,73 y 81 Kg.
Karate: TBC
13:00 final rounds & awarding
14:30 end of competition day
18:30 Friendship Relay & Closing Act

THURSDAY 25th:
Participants departures (except Slovenia, leaving on Friday)

In what will consist the Friendship Relay?

Friendship Relay will consist in playing a traditional spanish modality from the Canary Islands called LUCHA CANARIA. We will teach the participants who afterwards will compete all together in teams of 5 people before a short closing ceremony.

Where will it take place?

the Hotel Las Palmeras Fuengirola will host everyone and the sport venue is the Complejo Deportivo Municipal Elola