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About Delfino

Delfino is an official organization registered under Japan Underwater Sports Federation [JUSF]. Our main objective is all Finswimming related activities such as organizing Finswimming trainings and participation to competitions. All official Finswimming activities such as competitions in Japan are supported by JUSF and any person who attends those competitions must to be registered as a member under any of those official organizations. Delfino is one of 60 of official organizations which is actively supporting Finswimming activities in Japan.

Delfino was established in July 1996 by members half from swimmers and other half from divers, and now expanded to over 70 official members (as of January 2008). Having great help and backup from both outside and inside Delfino, we have won numbers of Japanese records. In May 2007 we have won overall championship in all four categories on 20^th Finswimming Japan Championship as a result of our all-out fight which we threw every resource into it.

Our team name “Delfino” comes from Italian, meaning “dolphin” in English or “iruka” in Japanese. Having inspired a dolphin from its beautiful foam and speed, Chiaki Komine who is a founder and representative of our team named it aiming to swim like a dolphin, having his first acquired Italian made monofin on his hand.

We are more than happy to support anyone who is dreaming to swim like a dolphin via our Finswimming Training which we hold on a regular basis at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Pool.

Overview:

Name of team	Finswimming Team *Delfino*
Founder and representative	Chiaki Komine JUSF Certification Officer (CO-524001) JUSF 1 Star Instructor (1S-524001) Member of JUSF Public Relations Committee Member of Finswimming Japanese National Team (1998-2001, 2009)
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Established	1^st July 1996
Activities	Below listed activities for non-business purpose: 1. Popularization of Finswimming 2. Holding own Finswimming Training 3. Holding social gathering 4. Backup for Japan National Team Members 5. Sales of Finswimming equipments (Waterway, mat-mas) 6. Import and sales of Finswimming equipments (Leadersfin) 7. Dispatch of instructor to any training held outside of us 8. Holding JUSF official training session 9. Cultivation and certification of JUSF official Instructors and judges 10. Backup for JUSF
Number of members	Over 70 members (as of January 2008, counted only members who has been registered as JUSF member before)
Age group	10’s to 50’s (core group = 20’s and 30’s)
Style (in comp.)	SF（Surface）, AP（Apnoea）, IS（Immersion）, BF（Bifin）,Open water Finswimming
Team Flag	This team flag is symbolic of our soul which cannot be beaten and considered as a mark to guide to a place where we die just after won a race. Base design of this flag came from a traditional fisherman’s flag aiming for a fine haul. We designed this flag also aiming for a fine haul from the competition. Thanks to this flag we are enjoying a great haul always!

About Finswimming

Finswimming is a sports to enjoy swimming on or under the surface of water. As a competition It is often refered as Finswimming which is managed by Confederation Mondiale Des Activites Subaquatiques (CMAS).Finswimming is an official sports of The World Games held every 4 years and also nominated as an official sports of Olympic Games. There are over 60 organizations belong to JUSF and over 400 finswimmers enjoy Finswimming at Japanese Championship held in May every year.

There are 4 different style in Finswimming as below. Race is available for each style for differnt distance.

Surface (SF)
Swimming on the surface. Except for 15m after start and turn any part of body should be on the surface always (Snorkel and fin(s) are regarded to the part of body) . 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1,500m are available at the competition. 25m is also available at competition in short course. You can enjoy open water finswimming race either in the ocean or river with this style.

Apnoea (AP)
As the name of this style originally came from "non breathing" in Latin, nose and mouth should be always beneath the surface. No equippment for breathing is allowed. Swimming on the surface is accepted but it only gives you disadvantage comes from wave registance. One of the most exciting style in Finswimming from its phenomenal speed. Only 50m is available in the competition. 25m is also available in competition in short course.

Immersion (IS)
Swimming under the surface using SCUBA tank and regulator. Same as Apnoea nose and mouth should be always beneath the surface. Any finswimmer who swim with this style in the competition held in Japan must take Immersion Training Course held by JUSF and get certificate and become 2 star member of JUSF. 100, 400 and 800m are available at the competition. Although there is no strict limitation about the capacity of the tank, 0.7L, 4.0L and 8.0L are used for 100m, 400m and 800m normally.

Bi Fins (BF)
Swimming with a pair of fin like diving or swimming. No dolphin kick and/or waving is allowed after 15m of start and turn. Other rule is same as Surface (SF). It has been a style available domestic competition only but from 2007 it is added as official style of international competition held by CMAS. Now we have standard BF style for 50, 100, 400 and 1,500m and CMAS BF style for 50, 100 and 200 in the competition in Japan..

How to attend our training

1. Check date, time and venue for our training at our [Schedule] page. This page is written in Japanese language only but check with below key translation.

Venue:
	TOKYO tatsumi INTL. SWIMMING CENTER http://www.tatsumi-swim.com/index.php
	Yoyogi INDOOR50 http://www.naash.go.jp/yoyogi/indoor50_sisetu.html
	CHIBA INTL. GENERAL SWIMMING CENTER http://www.chiba-swim.gr.jp/

Training Course:
	Finswimming (monofin) trial course Monofin trial for those who have not used monofin before. Rental monofin, socks and advice will be provided. Attendees must make reservation and get confirmation from our team before attend.
	Beginner Course Completely free training at attendee's own responsibility. No training menu and/or advice will be provided. Attendees must make reservation and get confirmation from our team before attend if he or she has not attended any of our training.
	Middle/Advance Course Interval training. Training menu and advice will be provided. Attendees must make reservation and get confirmation from our team before attend if he or she has not attended any of our training.
???	Others We make special courses occasionally apart from regular courses. Ask us for detail via email.

2. Make reservation for the training at [Reservation form] page or send an email to this address. In the email, please describe your contact detail and date, time, course which you would like to attend and your swimming, diving and competition experience (if any). For safety we will have to review your experience before we can invite you to the requested course so description of such experience would be much appreciated.