STATUTE OF INTERNATIONAL SHINBUDO ASSOCIATION ARTICLE 01: NAME, OBJECT 01. The name of the organization shall be INTERNATIONAL SHINBUDO ASSOCIATION (ISA). 02. ISA shall have its official organization logo and official logo of the International Shinbudo Games 03. ISA shall have its official seal placed on all official documents. Seal shall be kept and used only by the Founder/CEO of ISA. 04. The purpose of the ISA shall be to foster, to develop and to promote the practice and spirit of SHINBUDO, modern combat sport and system based on Japanese tradition of jujutsu, judo, karate, aikido, kenjutsu, iaido and sports chanbara, by means of organizing International Shinbudo Games, national Shinbudo Games, grading examinations, judge seminars, etc. 05. The ISA shall be an amateur non-profit sport organization, irrespective of neither racial, political nor religious opinions of its members. ARTICLE 02: GENERAL REGULATIONS 01. The ISA is an organization which raises its own funds in order to be self-supporting. It isn't meant to make any profits. 02. The constitutional organs are: The Founder (or acting Central Executive Officer, CEO) and The Advisory Board (AB). The Founder is acting as a Central Executive Officer (CEO) until his death, resignation or his voluntary transfer of all copyrights and duties to the Advisory Board, which will in that case elect a new CEO by majority of votes. The Advisory Board is consisting of one delegate/representative from each member country, selected and appointed by the Founder/CEO. Advisory Board meets each year on the occasion of the International Shinbudo Games. All voting rounds of AB will be decided upon by simple majority. Founder/CEO has the right of veto over all decisions of AB. 03. The seat of the ISA will be at the home of the Founder/CEO. The seat will be known as SHINBUKAN. All correspondence will be sent to the Founder's office, or to appointed Secretary of ISA, who distributes copies to the other members of the AB. 04. The official language of the Association shall be English. The technical terms can be put in Japanese using the Hepburn Rômaji System.   ARTICLE 03: MEMBERSHIP 01. Full membership of the ISA shall be open to nationally recognized organizations or groups which regularly attend International Shinbudo Games. 02. Applicant members shall have to agree to abide by the present Statute and the rules of the Association. 03. Only one (1) organization or group per country shall be recognized. If there are two affiliation demands from the same country, or if there is a new application opposing an existing Member Country, the decision will be taken according to the following standards: a. Attendance on International Shinbudo Games b. Number of practicing members c. Organization of National Shinbudo Games and similar events d. Good name and reputation on national and international level 04. If a representative of ISA ("Member country") is not attending International Shinbudo games or is not abiding by the rules of ISA (promotes unsafe sport rules, abuses the name of the association, accepts grade promotions from dubious organizations, etc.), member country shall be expelled or suspended from ISA. The expelled or suspended Member Country shall cease to be entitled to the rights and privileges of the ISA. All Grades of practitioners of that Member Country will be removed from the ISA Grading Register and will no longer be recognized, unless registered with another or a new member organization accepted by ISA. Expulsion is permanent   ARTICLE 04: SUBSCRIPTIONS 01. There shall be NO annual subscription fee for member countries. 02. There shall be NO Grading fees 03. Host of the International Shinbudo Games chosen by the Founder/CEO and the AB will have the right to charge reasonable participation & accommodation fee from international participants, value approved by the Founder/CEO and the AB. 04. National representatives will have their own policies of subscriptions for their members and will abide by the laws of their countries, without any responsibilities of ISA for their financial activities.   ARTICLE 05:  GRADINGS AND TITLES 01. All national organizations or groups registered by ISA shall be free to conduct grade exams according to their own rank requirements. 02. During ISA events all national grades/titles shall be replaced with appropriate ISA titles of SEMPAI, SENSEI and SHIHAN 03. ISA will define precise rules and guidelines for using one of the aforementioned titles. ARTICLE 06: EXAMS FOR JUDGES/REFEREES 01. ISA will conduct practical exams for licenses of international judges/referees in Sport Jujutsu and Sport Kenjutsu during International Shinbudo Games. Examiners shall be appointed by the Founder/CEO and Advisory Board. 02. Following licenses shall be given in ISA: a. International Judge ("Central referee") in Mix Kumite b. International Judge ("Central referee") in Sport Kenjutsu c. International Judge in Jujutsu Kata 03. During national Shinbudo Games each Member Country is free to issue national licenses for judges/referees. 04. All national judges/referees will be allowed to assist during Shinbudo Games as Side Referees. ARTICLE 07: CHANGING THE STATUTES  and DISSOLUTION The dissolution of the International Shinbudo Association and changing of Statute are only possible if the Founder/CEO decides so, as the owner of the copyright, or, if the Founder/CEO has transferred his copyright to the Advisory Board, and the Advisory Board votes with two thirds majority of all present representatives