International Traditional Karate Federation
Formation | 1974 |
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Type | Sports martial art association |
Legal status | Federation |
Purpose | Development of Traditional Karate Worldwide |
Headquarters | Curitiba, Brazil |
Location | |
Region served | Worldwide |
Chairman | Gilberto Gaertner |
Main organ | Brazil office & administration |
Website | www |
Remarks | Founder - H. Nishiyama |
The International Traditional Karate Federation (
ITKF Officials
[edit]- Chairman: Prof. Gilberto Gaertner
- Board of Directors: Gilberto Gaertner, Antonio Walger, Roman Pavlovic
- General Secretary: Luiz Alberto Küster
- Treasurer: Rui Francisco Martins Marçal
- Director General: Sadiomar Santos
- Technical Committee: Gilberto Gaertner, Eligio Contareli, Justo Gomez
- Communications & Marketing Committee: Eyal Nir, Roman Pavlovic, Ibrahim Al-Bakr, Leonardo Neves Berg do Prado,
- Innovation and Technology Committee: Vinícius Sant’Anna Pinto, Joarez Evangelista Franco Junior, Rafael Gustavo Gaertner, Sheriff Abuel Enein,
Member Organizations
[edit]The ITKF is composed of Member Organizations established voluntarily and democratically in their own countries as governing body of Traditional Karate. [4]
PAN AMERICA[edit] | |||
Country | Federation | City | Chief Executive |
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MEXICO | ITKF MEXICO | Naucalpan de Juarez | Alfredo Igor Arguello Hermida |
USA | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TRADITIONAL KARATE FEDERATION | Wylie | Brad Webb |
AFRICA[edit] | |||
Country | Federation | City | Chief Executive |
ALGERIA | ALGERIA TRADITIONAL KARATE ASSOCIATION | Algeria | Kadir Bouguettaya |
CONGO | CONGO RDC | Moussa Djuma Moise | |
EGYPT | EGYPTIAN TRADITIONAL KARATE FEDERATION | Cairo | Ramy El Mekawy |
GAMBIA | GTKA - GAMBIA TRADITIONAL KARATE ASSOCIATION | Muhamed Sarr | |
NIGERIA | NTKF | Hassan Abdullahi | |
SUDAN | SUDANESE TRADITIONAL KARATE FEDERATION | Jamal Guda | |
TANZANIA | TTKF | Muhammad Amin Suleiman | |
TUNISIA | ATKT | Tunis | Lotfi Ouertani |
COMOROS | CTKC - COMOROS TRADITIONAL KARATE ASSOCIATION | Said Youssouf Said Mohamed | |
ANGOLA | NÚCLEO ANGOLANO DE KARATE TRADICIONAL | Lubango | Nzevuna Fidel André |
ASIA[edit] | |||
Country | Federation | City | Chief Executive |
INDIA | NATIONAL KARATE FEDERATION | New Delhi | Jitesh Kumar |
INDONESIA | INATKF | Jakarta | Muhammad Muchlas Rowi |
KUWAIT | KUTKC - KUWAIT UNION AND TRADITIONAL KARATE COMMITTEE | Kuwait | Ahmed Hassan Alkhlefe |
PAKISTAN | PAKISTAN TRADITIONAL KARATE FEDERATION | Quetta | Jalal-Ud-Din |
PALESTINE | PTKF | Jerusalem | Ibahem Abukaf |
UZBEKISTAN | UZBEKISTAN ITKF KARATE-DO FEDERATION | Tashkent | Shukhatjon Kushmuradov |
SRI LANKA | SRI LANKA TRADITIONAL KARATE FEDERATION | Wattala | W J B Dedunupitiya |
REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA | CENTRE NATIONAL TRADITIONAL KARATE-DO FEDERATION OF | Yerevan | Suren Matevosyan |
KAZAKHSTAN | WESTERN KAZAKHSTAN ASSOCIATION OF KARATE-DO BUDO | Uralsk | Kuangaliyev Taras |
BANGLADESH | BANGLADESH TRADITIONAL KARATE FEDERATION | Dhaka | H. M. Nuruddin Chowdhury Rana |
JORDAN | JKA JORDAN | Amman | Emad Khalil |
AZERBAIJAN | AZERBAIJAN TRADITIONAL KARATE FEDERATION | Baku | Ayaz Ibishov |
NEPAL | NEPAL WADO RYU KARATE DO | Kathmandu | Hari Sharan K.C |
References
[edit]- ^ "Karate in the Olympics? More than a pipe dream". Active Interest Media, Inc. (February 1985). Black Belt. Active Interest Media, Inc. pp. 40–44. ISSN 0277-3066.
- ^ Coleman, J. (1993): "Watch out, WUKO—Here comes Shotokan Karate's Nishiyama! Noted Instructor claims he is ready to lead Olympic Karate movement if IOC ousts WUKO." Black Belt, 31(4):18–22.
- ^ a b World Union of Karate-Do Federations: About us Archived 2010-05-07 at the Wayback Machine (c. 2009). Retrieved on April 17, 2010.
- ^ "ITKF Member Organizations". ITKF.