Formation 1978 Legal status Federation | Type Sports association Location United States | |
Purpose Development of Karate as a sport Worldwide Headquarters Los Angeles, California | ||
The International Traditional Karate Federation (or ITKF; known in Japanese as Kokusai Dentō Karate Renmei ) is the international governing body for Traditional Karate. This organisation was founded by Hidetaka Nishiyama. In the early 1990s, Nishiyama's refusal to align his ITKF organization with the World Union of Karate-Do Organizations (WUKO) caused the International Olympic Committee to suspend its recognition of WUKO as amateur karate's international governing body. The ITKF and WUKO had been due to merge and form a unified karate organization, but this did not eventuate. The WUKO eventually became the World Union of Karate-Do Federations in late 2008.
List of National Federations by Country
The ITKF has national clubs in the following countries:
Albania - Albanian Traditional Karate Federation
Antigua - Antigua Martial Arts Federation
Argentina - Asociación de Karate Tradicional Argentina
Australia - Australia Traditional Karate Federation
Austria - Austrian Traditional Karate Federation
Belarus - Traditional Karate-Do Federation of Belarus
Belgium - Belgian Amateur Karate Federation
Canada - Canadian Traditional Karate Federation
Chile - Asociacion Karate Tradicional Chile
Colombia - Comisión Técnica Nacional de Karate Tradicional
Croatia - Traditional Karate Federation of Croatia
Cyprus - Cyprus Traditional Karate Federation
Dominican Republic - Federación Dominicana Karate Tradicional
Egypt - Egyptian Traditional Karate Federation - ETKF
France - Fédération de Karaté Traditionnel et arts Martiaux Assimilés en France - FKTAMAF
Georgia - Georgian Traditional Karate Federation
Germany - Deutscher Traditioneller Karate Verband
Greece - Greek Traditional Karate Federation
Hungary - Hungarian Traditional Karate-Do Federation
India - Traditional Karate Federation of India
Indonesia - Federasi Karate Tradisional Indonesia
Iran - Iran Traditional Karate Association
Ireland - Irish Traditional Karate Federation
Italy - Federazione Italiana Karate Tradizionale e. Discipline Affini
Japan - Japan Traditional Karate Federation
Kyrgyzstan - Traditional Karate-Do Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic
Latvia - Latvian Traditional Karate Federation
Macedonia - Macedonian Traditional Karate Federation
Malaysia - Association of Shotokan Karate Sabah
Malta - Traditional Karate Federation of Malta
Mexico - Traditional Karate Federation Mexico
Moldova - Traditional Karate-Do Federation of the Republic of Moldova
Netherlands - Nederlandse Traditionele Karate Federation
Norway - Norwegian Traditional Karate Federation
Panama - San Ten Traditional Karate Association
Paraguay - Federación Paraguaya de Karate Tradicional
Peru - Asociación Peruana de Karate Tradicional
Philippines - Philippines Traditional Karate Federation
Portugal - Portuguese Traditional Karate Federation
Puerto Rico - Federación de Karate Tradicional de Puerto Rico
Romania - The Romanian Traditional Karate Federation
Rwanda - Rwanda Shotokan Karate Association
Serbia - Traditional Karate Federation of Serbia
Slovakia - Slovak Federation of Karate and Martial Arts
Slovenia - Slovenian Federation for Traditional Karate
Spain - Traditional Karate Organization in Spain
Sri Lanka - Ceylon Traditional Karate Federation
Switzerland - Swiss Traditional Karate Federation
United States of America - American Traditional Karate Federation
Uzbekistan - Regional Traditional Fudokan Karate-Do Federation of Uzbekistan