Austin Martial Arts Festival 2009

Wai Jia: The Kung Fu Forum Kung Fu Forum
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[QUOTE=GLW;904688]the pertinent laws on the books in Texas :

Section 2052.110.
If the contestants are amateurs, the licensing and bonding requirements of this chapter do not apply to:
B an event conducted by a college, school, or university that is part of the institution’s athletic[/B]
program in which only students of educational institutions participate;
(2) an event which is conducted by a troop, battery, company, or unit of the Texas National Guard or
a law enforcement agency and in which only members of military or law enforcement
organizations participate; or
(3) an event which is conducted by an organization of the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, or
the Pan-American Games and in which participants train or compete for advancement to or within
the games.

[/QUOTE]

Ya know a lawyer can argue that:

  1. Since Chin Woo is an accredited institute of learning, albeit in China, they qualify under the school/college exemption.
  2. Since this institution teaches Kung Fu, this is mainly an intramural “invitational” competition. Invitational can be satisfied due to the announcements sent to various kung fu schools.

So that is how you can defend the Sanda event against the whole TX deal.

Oh BTW, there was one promoter in CA that use to have his Sanda events inside a gym of the military base. Which does not fall under CA laws…
I’m just saying, someone should contact a nearby base to see if they would rent facilities.

So that is one option.

The other option is to have the AMAF be under Kousho, which also an accredited learning institute, in China.

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Arguing in court is a losing proposition.

If you are a promoter of an event and end up arguing something like this in court, you are there for one of a couple of reasons:

Someone from the licensing part of the state caught you and cited you for the violation

Someone was injured at the event and you now have a liability case and the legality of the event comes into play.

In the first case, what you pay the lawyer to argue the case may exceed the fines. What you have to pay to be legal may very well be less than the fines and court costs. (You would think that it SHOULD in any case since if the fines were less than the cost of being legal, there would be no reason to be legal)

In the second case, if you are dealing with liability, the fine points of “But we REALLY ARE affiliated with such and such school in China…” won’t buy you much.

Also, it would appear that the competitors must all be members of that school…meaning for example, that at the Dallas event, every competitor must be a Chin Woo member in good standing… Not bloody likely.

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Can we have an update on the tourney?

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[QUOTE=ross henderson;904029] Sorry to be boring, but there are only so many Saturday mornings, you know?[/QUOTE]actually there is just one a week or 52 total in one year… same as every other day of the week. :smiley: