USA National Karate-do Federation

USA National Karate-do Federation
Official website
Sport	Karate
Jurisdiction	United States
Abbreviation	USA Karate
Founded	April 14, 1996^[1]^[2]
Affiliation	World Karate Federation
Regional affiliation	North America
Location	1631 Mesa Ave., Ste A1, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
www.usankf.org

USA National Karate-do Federation is the national governing body (NGB) of karate for the United States Olympic Committee and as such is the official Member National Association (MNA) of the World Karate Federation (WKF) in the USA.^[3]^[4]

The organization has complete authority over all decisions regarding U.S. national junior and senior team selections for World Karate Federation events. The tournaments that are held by the USA-NKF are big and nationwide and many famous martial artists attend the events. The USA Open is one of the largest international Black belt-only events in the world.

Every year the USA-NKF holds a competition, generally referred to as Nationals, where all the people who qualified in one of the many Qualifiers around the USA compete in different categories for the National Champion title.

The divisions are:

Kata
Korean Kata
Okinawan Kata
Mandatory Kata
Kobudo
Kumite

USA National Karate-do Federation is the latest of previous organizations to claim to represent Karate in the United States.^[5]^[6]USA National Karate-do Federation replaces USA Karate Federation.^[7]^[8]

References

↑ "About Us". USA National Karate-do Federation. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
↑ "Black Belt". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
↑ "Interview With Tokey Hill". CNN. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
↑ "Black Belt". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
↑ Black Belt. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
↑ "AAU Rebuilds Karate". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
↑ "Black Belt". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
↑ "Hajime". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved November 10, 2014.

External links

Official website

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