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