Asian Karate Championships

The Asian Karatedo Championships are the highest level of competition for sport karate in Asia. The competition is held in a different country every two years organized by the Asian Karatedo Federation (AKF) under the supervision of World Karate Federation (WKF), 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 Junior and Senior Asian Karatedo Championships in every two years in between the Olympic and Asian Games and participates in WKF World Karate Championships which its member Japan play as a powerhouse country when it comes to sport karate vying for world titles with counterpart opponents from the powerful nations such as France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Spain and Italy in many world championships.

Asian Karatedo Championships
AbbreviationAKF Championships
Location
Region served
Asian Continental countries/regions
Membership
40 Affiliated Countries
Official language
English is the official language. If any question in respect to the sport or technique of karate, it will be referred to the original Japanese text.
Websitehttp://asiankaratefederation.net

AKF Country Member's Federations

Asian Senior Karate Championships
YearEditionDateCity and host country
1993 1 23–24 November Taipei, Taiwan
1995 2 18–24 September Manila, Philippines
1997 3 3–9 November Macau
1999 4 1–2 December Singapore
2001 5 2–4 November Genting Highlands, Malaysia
2004 6 6–8 February Taoyuan, Taiwan
2005 7 19–22 May Macau
2007 8 24–26 August Seremban, Malaysia
2009 9 25–27 September Foshan, China
2011 10 21–24 July Quanzhou, China
2012 11 14–17 July Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2013 12 5–7 December Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2015 13 4–6 September Yokohama, Japan
2017 14 15–17 July Astana, Kazakhstan
2018 15 13–15 July Amman, Jordan
2019 16 19–21 July Tashkent, Uzbekistan

See also
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