Asian Karate Federation

Asian Karate Federation
JurisdictionAsian Continental countries/regions
Membership39 Affiliated Countries
AbbreviationAKF
Founded1973[1]
HeadquartersHeadquarters of the AKF is situated in the country/region the elected President resides.
LocationAsia
PresidentMajor Gen Nasser Al Sayed Abdulrazak Alrazooqi of United Arab Emirates
Official website
asiankaratefederation.net

The Asian Karate Federation (AKF) is the governing body of sport karate of about 44 countries of karatedo federation in Asia. [2] The AKF is a non-profit organization and performs its activities on an amateur basis in compliance with the principles set forth in the Olympic Charter, duly recognized by the World Karate Federation, the largest international governing body of sport karate with over 198 member countries. It is the only karate organization recognised by the International Olympic Committee and has more than fifty million members. The AKF organizes the Asian Karatedo Championships, the Junior and Senior AKF Championships in every two years in between the Olympic and Asian Games and participates in WKF World Karate Championships. The current president of the Asian Karate Federation (AKF) is Major Gen Nasser Al Sayed Abdulrazak Alrazooqi of UAE and Mr. Kuong Im Che of Macau, China, serves as the secretary general.

History of AKF

Asian Karatedo Federation founded as APUKO (Asian Pacific Union of Karatedo Organizations) in the year 1973.

It changed to AUKO (Asian Union of Karatedo Organizations) in 1992 after WUKO was admitted to IOC.

The name was changed again in 1999 to AKF (Asian Karatedo Federation) in line with World Union of Karate-Do Organizations (WUKO) changed to World Karate Federation (WKF).[3]

AKF Country Member's Federations

  • Asian Karate Federation (AKF) Affiliated Countries:[4]
  • Afghanistan Afghanistan
  • Bangladesh Bangladesh
  • Bahrain Bahrain
  • Bhutan Bhutan
  • Brunei Brunei
  • Cambodia Cambodia
  • China China
  • Hong Kong Hong Kong
  • Indonesia Indonesia
  • India India
  • Iraq Iraq
  • Iran Iran
  • Jordan Jordan
  • Japan Japan
  • Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
  • South Korea Korea
  • Kuwait Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos Lao PDR
  • Lebanon Lebanon
  • Macau Macau
  • Malaysia Malaysia
  • Mongolia Mongolia
  • Myanmar Myanmar
  • Nepal Nepal
  • Oman Oman
  • Pakistan Pakistan
  • Philippines Philippines
  • North Korea DPR Korea
  • Qatar Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
  • Singapore Singapore
  • Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
  • Syria Syria
  • Thailand Thailand
  • Tajikistan Tajikistan
  • Timor-Leste Timor-Leste
  • Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
  • Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
  • United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
  • Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
  • Vietnam Vietnam
  • Yemen Yemen

References

  1. ^ "Black Belt July 1973". July 1973. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Structure of Asian Karate Federation". WKF. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. ^ "CONSTITUTION OF ASIAN KARATE FEDERATION" (PDF). AKF. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Structure of the Asian Karate Federation | WKF". www.wkf.net. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
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