Chairman of Nghe An Karate Association to referee at SEA Games 29

(Baonghean.vn) - At the 29th SEA Games held in Malaysia, Nguyen Anh Tuan was one of three Vietnamese referees invited to referee Karate.

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Accordingly, at the 29th SEA Games, Vietnam Karate has 3 referees, Vu Van Hue, Do Tuan Cuong, Nguyen Anh Tuan, invited by the Organizing Committee to officiate the matches.

Referee Nguyen Anh Tuan (born 1974) is currently the President of Nghe An Karate Association. Regarding martial arts qualifications, Nguyen Anh Tuan has been granted the following certificates: International 6th degree black belt, Suzucho Karate 6th degree black belt; Hayashiha Shitoryu 5th degree black belt; regarding referee qualifications, he has been recognized as: main referee A of the Asian Karate Federation; main referee A of the Oceania Karate Federation.

Nguyen Anh Tuan at the 2017 Oceania Karate Championship.

Nguyen Anh Tuan is also a referee with nearly 20 years of experience, having officiated at two ASIADs and many SEA Games as well as the Southeast Asian Karate Championships. Currently, Nguyen Anh Tuan is studying and training in Australia.

Nguyen Anh Tuan participates in training in Australia.

According to regulations, a SEA Games referee must be a referee with a main certificate A from the Asian Karate Federation, must pass 4 exams in 4 years and must have seniority as a referee as well as experience in major tournaments, must have good English skills to communicate with the professional council and athletes as well as coaches, at the SEA Games a Karate referee must officiate at least 50 matches of both Kata and Kumite.

Karate referee card at SEA Games 29 of Nguyen Anh Tuan.

In competition, referees in combat sports, especially martial arts, play an important role. The referee's decision directly reflects the victory or defeat of the athletes right on the arena. At the same time, if a country has a referee participating in the regulation of that sport at the Games, their position will be more or less respected. That is why referees in combat martial arts are said to be able to influence up to 50% of an athlete's chance of winning.

Duc Chuyen