*All martial arts disciplines and events are organized by WorldMAC India
There
have been many comments recently regarding the growing number of World
Championships involving the martial arts, and an even greater number of
people claiming to be World Champions. It appears there is now a World
Championship almost every week in one country or another, which is a
totally ludicrous situation.
The
World Martial Arts Council spent a considerable time communicating with
government officials of most countries, and in 1996 commissioned the
writing of the ‘WorldMAC Games Charter’ and this is the intellectual
property of the WorldMAC Foundation, as are the WorldMAC Games.
The
WorldMAC Games Executive Board has now established the necessity of
only one World Championship to include all competitive martial arts, and
events relating to their associated cultures. These events will be
staged annually on similar lines to the Olympic Games, and as the
concept grows and develops, all competitors must have participated
in regional and national tournaments within their own countries.
It
is not possible for any person in any sport to attend an event, pay
entry fees, and participate in any world event without going through an
arduous selection process involving fully sanctioned qualifying stages
at regional, state or county, and national levels. The WorldMAC Games
Executive Board sanctions all qualifying events through the WMAC
National Representatives in each country, which enables all competitors
to progress through an internationally accepted selection process. To
become a World Champion in any martial art entails competing
against individuals from all countries, and not at a gathering of local
martial arts clubs that offers worthless titles, usually at a high price
in terms of travel, accommodation, and entry fees. All international
organizations, regardless of size or martial arts involved, must
register with the World Martial Arts Council in order to provide
internationally approved selection programmes, competitions sanctioned
by the WorldMAC Games Executive Board, and to implement procedures to
raise sponsorship to cover the costs of participation, travel, and
accommodation for all competitors and officials.
Continuing the quest to establish true world champions, the World
Martial Arts Council will stage the WorldMAC Games in partnership with
national governments, and it is important these events have the full
support of all nations, their respective governments, every
international martial arts federation, and all national martial arts
official bodies that represent the various disciplines within their own
countries. The World Martial Arts Council has conducted much
research, established there is great interest in the concept of the
WorldMAC Games amongst all government representatives for sport
throughout the world, and many of these have pledged their support to
the WMAC Executive Board. These events consist of competitions between
martial arts practitioners in individual and team events, not between
countries, and bring together competitors from all championships
designated for such purpose by the respective National Committees whose
entries have been accepted by the WMAC Executive Board, and that compete
under the technical direction of the WorldMAC Alliance and the
recognised associations concerned. The WorldMAC Games include separate
competitions in all martial arts, and are staged specifically to
determine real world martial arts champions that have competed against
the very best from all participating countries. It is envisaged that
eventually all competitors will be sponsored by National Committees
through funding obtained from their governments and
business communities.
The Second WorldMAC Games
India has been selected to
host and stage the WorldMAC Games 2016, and prepatory
meetings will now take place in Delhi to establish an Organizing
Committee and dates for this spectacular event, which will probably take
place in November 2016 to avoid the scorching summer season.
