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.

Country Member's Joining AKF Championships

• 39 Affiliated Countries

List of Top 3 Asian Achievers in 2008 WKF World Championships

Rank	Event	Gender	Category	Karateka	Country
Gold Medalist	kumite	male	-80 kg	Satoshi Ibuchi	Japan
Gold Medalist	kata	female	Individual	Hoang Ngan Nguyen	Vietnam
Gold Medalist	kumite	female	-53 kg	Natsuki Fujiwara	Japan
Gold Medalist	kumite	female	Open	Y. Sato	Japan
Silver Medalist	kumite	male	-60 kg	Darkhan Assadilov	Kazakhstan
Bronze Medalist	kumite	male	-65 kg	T. Nihei Japan	Japan
Bronze Medalist	kumite	male	-75 kg	K. Matsuhisa	Japan

Related Major Karate Championships in Asia

• South East Asian Games (SEA Games)
• Asian Games
• 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games
• Asian Juniors Championships
• Asian Youth Games
• Asian karate championship July 2011

See also

• World Karate Championships
• Karate
• Kumite
• Kata

External links

• Asian Karatedo Federation Official Website
• World Karate Federation Official Website
• Championship winners and hosts - World Karate Federation.
• WKF Karate Records

National members of the World Karate Federation Countries, teams, association and federation actively joining WKF World Championships. Europe (EKF) 53 Affiliated Countries Asian (AKF) South-East BRU CAM INA LAO MAS MYA PHI SIN THA TLS VIE West BRH IRI IRQ JOR KUW LIB OMA PLE QAT KSA SYR UAE YEM East CHN PRK KOR JPN TPE HKG MAC MGL Central KAZ KGZ TJK TKM UZB South AFG BAN BHU IND MDV NEP PAK SRI African (UFAK) 45 Affiliated Countries Pan America (PKF) ANT ARG ARU BAH BAR BIZ BER BOL BRA CAN CAY CHI COL CRC CUB DOM ECU ESA VEN GRN GUA GUY HAI HON MEX CUR NCA PAN PAR PER PUR LCA VIN SUR TRI USA URU Oceania (OKF) AUS FIJ GUA NZL New Caledonia PNG Tahiti VAN SOL Wallis et Futuna