International Kempo Federation

Kempo federation
International Kempo Federation
JurisdictionInternational
AbbreviationIKF
Founded2002
HeadquartersNice, France
PresidentRomania Amatto Zaharia
Official website
www.olympickempo.com

The International Kempo Federation (IKF) is the administrative body for kempo in the world, with over 100 member countries.[1] IKF was founded in 2002 in Budapest, Hungary, being currently headquartered in Nice, France.[2]

Presidents

  • Olaf Bock, Germany, 2002–2008
  • Jeff Speakman, United States, 2008–2018
  • Amatto Zaharia, Romania, 2018–

Executive committee

President

  • Romania Amatto Zaharia

Vice-presidents

  • Japan Yoshiji Soeno[3]
  • Hungary Ádám Lacza

CEO public relations

  • Portugal Bruno Rebelo

Public relations director

  • Japan Nishizaka Rei

Head of referees

  • Netherlands Edward Hartman

Executive members

  • United States Robert E. Zingg
  • Slovakia Róbert Szayka

Directors

  • United States Robert E. Zingg
  • Russia Ruslan Akumov
  • Indonesia Eko Puji Raharjo
  • Argentina Carlos Miguel Wollman
  • Sweden Martin Jonsson

Technical advisors

  • Bulgaria Velin Hadjolov
  • Azerbaijan Rauf Ibrahimov

Members

Asia
 Afghanistan  Bangladesh  India  Indonesia
 Iraq  Iran  Japan  Kazakhstan
 Kuwait  Kyrgyzstan  Mongolia    Nepal
 Pakistan  People's Republic of China  Syria  Yemen
Europe
 Armenia  Azerbaijan  Belarus  Belgium
 Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria  Croatia  Estonia
 France  Georgia  Germany  Hungary
 Italy  Latvia  Lithuania  Moldova
 Montenegro  Netherlands  Northern Cyprus  Poland
 Portugal  Romania  Russia  Serbia
 Slovakia  Spain  Sweden  Turkey
 Ukraine  United Kingdom
Panamerica
 Argentina  Bolivia  Brazil  Canada
 Colombia  Dominican Republic  Mexico  United States
 Venezuela
Africa
 Algeria  Cameroon  Democratic Republic of the Congo  Egypt
 Morocco  Nigeria  Tunisia
Oceania
 Australia

Events

  • World Kempo Championships
  • Continental Kempo Championships
  • World Kempo Cups
  • International Events
  • Professional IKF Gallas
  • International Referee Courses

Black Belts Society

9 Dan

8 Dan

  • United States Robert E. Zingg
  • Romania Amatto Zaharia
  • Germany Olaf Bock
  • Netherlands Edward Hartman
  • France Eric La Rocca
  • Portugal Bruno Rebelo

7 Dan

  • Bulgaria Velin Hadjolov
  • Indonesia Ahmad Yusuf
  • Russia Ruslan Akumov
  • Hungary Rudolf Várszegi

See also

References

  1. ^ Members
  2. ^ Portugal wins big at Kempo world championship
  3. ^ IKF Executive Committee

External links

  • Official website
  • Old website
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