World Union of Karate Do Federations

International governing body of sport karate

World Union of Karate Do Federations
Official website
Sport	Karate
Jurisdiction	Worldwide
Abbreviation	WUKF
Founded	2005; 19 years ago (2005)
Affiliation	Non-IOC
Regional affiliation	World
Headquarters	Herstal
Location	Belgium
President	Liviu Crisan of Romania
Vice president(s)	Koos Burger of South Africa Søren Helsted of Denmark Roberto Morreale of Italy Jo Mirza of United States
Secretary	Roberto Perri of Belgium
Other key staff	Osvaldo Messias de Oliveira of Brazil
Sponsor	KO Italia KO Italia srl Katara Martial Arts Brizbane Sports Budoland
Replaced	1996
(founded)	1970
www.wukf-karate.org

The World Union of Karate Do Federations (WUKF) is the international governing body of sport karate with 45 member countries.^[1]^[2] The main headquarters of the organization is located in Herstal under the supervision of Belgium Ministry of Justice and Belgium Royal House.^[3] The events of this federation are held regularly every year in the member countries.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

History

In June 2009, at the scheduled congress, affiliate members will discuss and decide on all decisions necessary for the good work of the organization.^[11] The name is new but the organization is the same, all former (WUKO) affiliates have sent support letters (except FESIK and 4 other federations), all (WUKF) events are scheduled as before, the organization will continue to live.^[12]

Members

Asia
Iran	India	Bangladesh	Kazakhstan
Kuwait	Kyrgyzstan	Indonesia	Sri Lanka
China	Philippines	Jordan	Pakistan
United Arab Emirates	Uzbekistan

Europe
Azerbaijan	Kosovo	San Marino	Italy	Wales
England	Russia	Turkey	Lithuania	Scotland
Georgia	Portugal	Ukraine	Montenegro	Ireland

Panamerica
Colombia	Canada	Chile	Curaçao
Dominican Republic	Peru	Puerto Rico	Venezuela
USA

Africa
Algeria	Morocco	Tunisia	Sierra Leone
Togo	Nigeria	Cameroon

Oceania
Australia	New Caledonia	New Zealand

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