My current goal as the WKF GS is karate’s participation in Tokyo 2020. “Make hay while sun shines”. – Next goal is to achieve the position of the IOC IF affiliate status. To do this, improvement of karate and our organization will be our tasks. Wh
The new Premier League season will start of the best ways in Paris this week, with the impressive record of 912 athletes registered from 68 countries, among which the top karatekas of the world. Paris (France) will be the host of the first Karate
On January 9, 2015, the WKF President, Mr Antonio Espinós, visited Mr Tsunekazu Takeda (JOC President), Mr Yoshiro Mori (TOCOG President) and Mr Yoshio Mifuji (Director/Secretary General of Nippon Budokan). JOC and TOCOG are the key organisations
On December 25, Japan Karatedo Federation (JKF) President Takashi Sasagawa paid a visit to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and directly submitted a written petition to Minister Hakubun Shimomura with a fer
On December 22, 2014, six officials visited the Prime Minister’s official residence and submitted a letter to Mr Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan, to address a petition to the IOC and JOC for the inclusion of Karatedo as an official sport i
The calendar of the Karate1 Premier League for 2015 has been disclosed. A total of 8 events are planned. As it is the case since the creation of the WKF Premier League, Paris will open the season in January, and this year Okinawa will do the closi
It was really delightful news for us to hear that the “Olympic Agenda 2020” recommendations were approved at the recent extraordinary session of the International Olympic committee (IOC). After the decision of the IOC Session held in Buenos Aires
The World Karate Federation announces the new membership of the National Karate Federation of Kosovo under the leadership of its President, Mr Fadil Arifi. The WKF Executive Committee has now confirmed the provisional membership of the Kosovo NF l
Since a few years now, the WKF is committed to a strategy of development of its visibility all around the world, focusing on two domains: TV production/broadcast and social media. The World Senior Championships that took place in Bremen (Germany)
SportAccord’s DFSU participated in WKF’s continuous efforts to keep karate free of doping through education and prevention, on the occasion of the recent WKF World Championships in Bremen, Germany. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)’s Outreach mo
Looking forward to the Tokyo Olympics 2020, Japan Karatedo Federation, in coordination with the WKF, has been making every effort for the inclusion of Karate into the Olympics with the support of Nippon Budo-kan, Japan Budo Association, and the Al
During the World Senior Championships 2014 in Bremen (Germany), the election of two new members of the Athletes Commission took place. The list of candidates was formed by a total of 6 athletes from 4 different countries and 5 National Federations