STATUTES & RULES

STATUTES

COMMISSION RULES

  • – Referee Commission Rules   ENG|
  • – Referee Commission: Composition and Duties  ENG|
  • – Technical Commission Rules   ENG|
  • – Athletes Commission Rules   ENG|
  • – Para-Karate Commission Rules   ENG|
  • – Rules and Ranking Commission Rules   ENG|
  • – Women Sport Commission Rules   ENG|

LEGAL RULES

  • – Disciplinary and Ethics Code   ENG|FRA|ESP
  • – Conflict of Interest Regulation   ENG|
  • – Code of Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions   ENG|

MEDICAL RULES

  • – Medical Rules   ENG|

ORGANIZING RULES

  • – WKF Organising Rules   ENG|
  • – Karate 1- Premier League   ENG|
  • – Karate 1 – Series A   ENG|
  • – Karate 1 – Youth League   ENG|

PROTOCOL AND WKF LOGO USE

  • – Protocol Rules   ENG|
  • – Regulation of use of the WKF logo  ENG|
  • – WKF logo  JPG|

SPORT RULES

  • – KUMITE Competition Rules for 2023   ENG|
  • – KATA Competition Rules for 2023   ENG|
  • – PARA-KARATE Competition Rules for 2023   ENG|
  • – WKF Safe Sport Policy   ENG|FRA|ESP|
  • – WKF World Ranking Rules 2023  ENG|
  • – WKF Anti-Doping Rules   ENG|
  • – WKF Sports Commissioner Roles & Responsibilities  ENG|
  • – WKF Dan Grade Regulation   ENG|
  • – Note on Trasgender Athletes – October 2020  ENG|
  • – Note on Trasgender Athletes – August 2022  ENG|

WAIVERS

  • – WKF Waiver individual -18  ENG|
  • – WKF Waiver individual +18  ENG|
  • – WKF Waiver NF-Team Representative  ENG|

WKF COMMISSIONS

MEDICAL COMMISSION

R. Arriaza (Spain), Chairman

ENTOURAGE COMMISSION (…)

S. Gaye (Senegal), Chairman
Members:
D. Benetello (Italy)
N. Varasteh (Canada)
G. Cherdieu (France)

DISCIPLINARY & LEGAL COMMISSION

V. Chen (MAS), Chairman

TECHNICAL COMMISSION

M. El Hoseiny (Egypt), Chairman
M. Billman (England), Secretary
Members:
M. Abbas (UAE)
A. Amini (IRI)
J.M. de Dios (Spain)
P. Ismaila Ba (Senegal)
J.C. Landaburu (Argentina)
D. Sigillo (Switzerland)
A. Soykan (Turkiye)


ATHLETES’ COMMISSION (…)

Davide Benetello (Italy), Chairman
Members:
D. Brose (Brazil) (2023-2027)
A. Díaz (Venezuela) (2023-2027)
S. Horuna (Ukraine) (2021-2025)
V. Panetsidou (Greece) (2021-2025)
N. Hoang Ngan (Vietnam) (2016- )
E. Au (USA) (2021- )


PARA-KARATE COMMISSION

D. Augustovicova (Slovakia), Chairperson

ORGANISING COMMISSION

E. Pérez (Spain), Chairman

WOMEN SPORT COMMISSION

Sarah Wennerström (Sweden), Chairwoman
Members:
R. Kassis (AUS)
F. Madani (USA)

RULES AND RANKING COMMISSION

G. Nordahl (Norway), Chair

Members:

KUMITE GROUP
D. Benetello (Italy) (LEAD)
RC Chair – J. Escalante (Sweden)
OC Chair – E. Pérez (Spain)
TC Chair – M. Elhosieny (Egypt)
R. Arriaza (Spain)
K.G. Jacobsen (Norway) 
N. Varasteh (Canada)

KATA GROUP
L. Valdesi (Italy) (LEAD)
RC Chair – J. Escalante (Sweden)
OC Chair – E. Pérez (Spain)
TC Chair – M. Elhosieny (Egypt)
D. Augustovicova (Slovakia) (Para-Karate Lead)
A. Díaz (Venezuela)
K.G. Jacobsen (Norway) 
T. Murata (Japan)

PARA-KARATE GROUP
D. Augustovicova (Slovakia) (LEAD)
L. Valdesi (Italy)
RC Chair – J. Escalante (Sweden)
OC Chair – E. Pérez (Spain)
TC Chair – M. Elhosieny (Egypt)
A. Díaz (Venezuela)
K.G. Jacobsen (Norway) 
T. Murata (Japan)

WORLD RANKING GROUP
E. Pérez (Spain) (LEAD)
D. Benetello (Italy)
M. Elhosieny (Egypt)



REFEREE COMMISSION (…)

J. Escalante (Sweden), Chairman
F. Madani (USA), Secretary
N. Dajcman (Austria), Assistant Secretary
Members:
G. Abdalla (Guatemala)
O. Akinola (Nigeria) 
S. Al Mansour (Kuwait)
J. Al Zaabi (UAE)
P. Heinonen (Finland)
U. Kobas (Turkey)
Z. Metyout (Morocco)
N. Tran (AUS)
G. Zaccaro (Italy)

WKF EVENT DELEGATES

2023. Karate 1 – Premier League (Different venues). Esteban Pérez (ESP) 

2023. Karate 1 – Series A (Different venues). Dominique Sigilo (SUI)

2023. Karate 1-Youth League (Different venues). Luca Valdesi (ITA) 

2023. Virtus Global Games (Vichy, FRANCE). Tervel Zwjatkow (Germany)

2023. World Combat Games (Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA). Mohammed Abbas (UAE)

2023. ANOC Beach Games (Bali, INDONESIA) Esteban Pérez (ESP)

2023. ANOC Beach Games (Bali, INDONESIA) Nguyen Hoang Ngan (VIE) (Assistant Technical Delegate)

2023. Mediterranean Beach Games (Heraklion, GREECE) Bechir Cherif (TUN)

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