Asian Karatedo Federation


The Asian Karate Federation is the governing body of sport karate of about 39 countries of karatedo federation in Asia. 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 180 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 President of the 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 in the year 1973.
It changed to AUKO in 1992 after WUKO was admitted to IOC.
The name was changed again in 1999 to AKF in line with World Union of Karate-Do Organizations changed to World Karate Federation.

AKF Country Member's Federations