# International Traditional Karate Federation

The International Traditional Karate Federation (国際伝統空手連盟, Kokusai Dentō Karate Renmei) or ITKF is the international governing body for Traditional Karate. This organisation was founded by Hidetaka Nishiyama. In the early 1990s, Nishiyama's refusal to align his ITKF organization with the World Union of Karate-Do Organizations (WUKO) caused the International Olympic Committee to suspend its recognition of WUKO as amateur karate's international governing body. According to the IOC decision 101 from 1993 the ITKF and WUKO had been due to merge and form a unified karate organization under the IOC suggested name of WKF. The IOC further indicated its intention to recognize the merged WKF should ITKF and WUKO successfully fulfill the IOC 101 decision guidelines, but this did not eventuate. The WUKO eventually became the World Union of Karate-Do Federations in late 2008.

## ITKF Officials

* Chairman: Prof. Gilberto Gaertner
* Board of Directors: Gilberto Gaertner, Antonio Walger, Roman Pavlovic, Fernando Silva, Ramy El Mekawy, Ibrahim Al Bakr.
* 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

The ITKF is composed of Member Organizations established voluntarily and democratically in their own countries as governing body of Traditional Karate.
PAN AMERICA :
| Country | Federation | City | Chief Executive |
| MEXICO | ITKF MEXICO | Naucalpan de Juarez | Alfredo Igor Arguello Hermida |
| USA | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TRADITIONAL KARATE FEDERATION | Wylie | Brad Webb |
| AFRICA ||||
| 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 ||||
| 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 DO FEDERATION - NEKO DO GOJU | Henegama Gampaha | Jeewantha Kariyawasam |
| 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 |
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