Dear Friends in Karate, The International Karate Union (IKU) wasfounded by some of the mostrespectedpeople with a great karate h
story and associations of variouscountrieson 19 January 2013, and promotesallsectors: TRADITIONAL KARATE, SPORT KARATE and CONTACT KARATE.
IKU offers a new way for karate with a desire to bringtogetherallmembers and itwillacceptonlyonefederation or association per country. Wehavenow more than30countries.
Aims and Objectives: The IKU is an organization with non-political, non-profit, trulydemocratic and transparent to the service of the nationalfederationsmembers and especiallybased on truevalues: education, respect and greatfriendship.Wewilldemonstrate with ourdeedsthatthisispossible, by building a new directionfor karate!
Membershipcriteria: Any non-profit and non-political National Karate federations or associations/groupsmay be members of the IKU. However, they must havelegal status, a democraticstructure and comply with the aims and objectives of the IKU.In order to be recognizedas an OfficialMember a nationalfederation must be Multistyle (be open to allstyles), unless the country is small in size and population or itshistory in karate hasdevelopedonlyone style.
Ifyou are interested in becoming a member of IKU (ifnotalreadyrepresentedyour country) write to:generalsecretary@internationalkarateunion.org
I remindyouthat:
– 28 to 31May, in Santarem (Portugal), willholdour 1st EuropeanChampionship for Seniors and Veterans and European Games for Childrens and Cadets;
– 12 to 14june, in Trieste (Italy), willhold the 1st World Open Championship of Contact Karate;
– 5 to 8november, in Maribor (Slovenija), willhold the 2nd World Championship for Cadet and Juniors and World Games for Childrens.
Please, for anyclarificationscontactus
Thankyouand best regards.
IKU General Secretary
www.internationalkarateunion.org
info@internationalkarateunion.org – generalsecretary@internationalkarateunion.org
