African Karate Federation

The African Karate Federation (French: Union des Fédérations Africaines de Karaté (UFAK), English: Union of African Karate Federations) is the continental governing body of the sport karate in Africa.[1] [2] The UFAK is a non-governmental continental organisation. It has legal personality and financial autonomy. It is non-political, non-profit, non-denominational and cannot accept any racial or other discrimination and performs its activities on an amateur basis in compliance with the principles set forth in the Olympic Charter, duly recognised by the World Karate Federation (WKF), Association of African Sports Confederations (AASC), Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA).

African Karate Federation
AbbreviationUFAK
Legal statusFederation
HeadquartersHeadquarters of the UFAK is situated in the country/region the elected president resides.
Location
Region served
African continental countries/regions
Membership
50 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.
President
Mohamed Mesabahi Tahar of Algeria
Websitehttps://www.africakarate.com/

History

The African Karate Federation was created on June 30, 1987, in Dakar, Senegal. This continental institution is the result of the different African sport unions of karate created previously: African Union of Karate (UAK: 1978), the Confederation of African Karate Amateur (CAKA: 1980), the Union of Karate-Do Federations of Central Africa (UFKAC: 1980), the Arab Union of Karate (UAK: 1980).


The UFAK organises the African Championships, the Junior and Senior UFAK Championships in every years,[3] and participates in WKF World Karate Championships. The current president of the African Karate Federation is Mohamed Mesabahi Tahar from Algeria.[4][5]

Members

The African Karate Federation has 50 national federation members:[1]

References
  1. "Structure - African Karate Federation". World Karate Federation.
  2. "Moroccan hosts and Egypt make strong start in kata at African Karate Championships". Inside The Games.
  3. "Nearly 400 athletes converge for African Karate Federation Senior and Junior Championships". Inside The Games.
  4. "WKF Vice-presidents Béchir Cherif and Mohamed Tahar Mesbahi present in IOC President's visit to Tunisia and Algeria". Inside The Games.
  5. "Threat to future of Karate South Africa lifted after dispute settled". Inside The Games.
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