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Full Name |
WORLD KARATE FEDERATION |
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Recognition |
1999 in 109th IOC Session |
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Established |
WKF is a permanent organisation with a legal status founded on the 16th of June 1970 with the name World Union of Karate Do Organisations / WUKO and is composed by the National Karate Federations affiliated at worldwide level. |
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Number of National Associations Worldwide : |
Registered : |
180 |
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Competing Athletes : |
Around 1200 athletes in the World Championships |
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International Judges, Referees, Umpires, etc. : |
Around 300 in World Championships |
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Major Competitions/ World Championships |
Championships and Cups organized in the last 3 years : |
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2008 |
19th World Senior Championships 1st Youth World Cup |
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2007 |
5th World Junior & Cadet Championships |
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2006 |
18th World Senior Championships |
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Host Cities: |
2008, Tokyo – Japan 2008 Hevia, Greece (World Cup) 2007, Istanbul – Turkey 2006, Tampere - Finland |
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Structure |
Annual General Meeting : |
The WKF Congress is held every two years just one day before the beginning of the Senior Championships, in the same city. |
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Council, Board Meeting : |
The WKF Executive Committee is composed by the President and at least 22 members, 6 of whom are permanent members-representatives of the 5 Continental Federations plus the representative of the Mediterranean Federation, and 16 elected members. The WKF President’s term in office is for 6 years while EC members term is for 4 years. |
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Executive’s Committee |
The WKF Executive Bureau is composed by the WKF President and as a minimum by the 1st Vice-President, the General Secretary and the General Treasurer. |
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Other Committees |
Medical Commission Anti-doping Commission Referee Commission Technical Commission Protocol & Security Organisation Commission Athletes Commission Women’s Sport Commission Sports Commission Disciplinary & Legal Commission Karate for Handicapped Commission |
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Working Groups: |
Inform |
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Education |
Trainers : |
The WKF holds annual seminars for its Continental Federations while a new programme for further education of the trainers and issuing of an international trainers ID is on the way. |
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Judges/Referees : |
The WKF organises annually referee courses in the Continental Federations. Apart from that, WKF also organises annually a referee course and examination prior to the World Championships. Separate licenses are given to referees for the 2 karate disciplines, kata and kumite. The qualification levels (from lower to higher) are: Kumite Judge B, Kumite Judge A, Kumite Referee B and Kumire Referee A for those qualified to officiate in kumite competition. For kata competition the qualification levels are: Kata Judge B and Kata Judge A. |
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President |
Antonio Espinos Ortueta |
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Address |
Galeria de Vallehermoso 4, 3o – 28003 Madrid - Spain |
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Contact |
Tel.: |
+34 91 5359632 |
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Fax |
+34 91 5359633 |
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Email : |
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Office |
Katherina Vassilaki |
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Website Responsible |
Emmanouil Nanos |
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