PERSIAN KARATE FIGHTER SAEED AHMADI STRIKES GOLD AT US OPEN Iranian karate practitioner Saeed Ahmadi demonstrated impressive athletic skills during the 2018 USA Open, ranking first at the end of... Read More
FRANCIS DIDIER REFUTES THE CRITICISMS The French Karate Federation (FFKDA) and its president, the highly controversial Francis Didier, is the subject of an investigation launched... Read More
AND ONCE WE WERE TRADITIONAL “The future of karate is in Western hands”. A bold statement by once WUKO Treasurer and karateka of the pioneer... Read More
TAEKWONDO HAS DEFINITELY BENEFITTED FROM BEING AN OLYMPIC SPORT After the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) introduced a series of electronic systems to register points scored... Read More
FORMER OLYMPIC MEDALIST WRITES OPEN LETTER TO THOMAS BACH Deidra Dionne is a former Olympic medalist, winning bronze for Canada in the women’s freestyle aerial ski in the 2002... Read More
OLYMPIC BOXING PLAGUED BY CORRUPTION The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has been rocked by allegations of corruption relating to match draws and judging results... Read More
SWISS COURT LAUNCHES APPEAL AGAINST IOC Professor Liviu Crisan, President of the World Union of Karate Federations reacted to the decision of the IOC Executive Board.... Read More
ACCUSATION OF 1.3 MILLION EUROS HAVING BEEN PAYED BY TOKYO 2020 IAAF damaged by IOC senior member Lamine Diack, the Senegalese president of the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations)... Read More
THE NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IN WORLD KARATE Unification was a buzzword in karate before United World Karate was formed in 2013. World Karate Federation (WKF) life president... Read More
CHANGING TIMES AND BELTS-RANKINGS IN JAPANESE KARATE With the death of many older sokes over these last 15 years or so and their replacement by younger ones,... Read More