International Kempo Federation

International Kempo Federation
Official website

Jurisdiction	International
Abbreviation	IKF
Founded	2002
Headquarters	Nice, France
President	Amatto Zaharia
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

Amatto Zaharia

Vice-presidents

Yoshiji Soeno^[3]
Ádám Lacza

CEO public relations

Bruno Rebelo

Head of referees

Edward Hartman

Executive members

Robert E. Zingg
Róbert Szayka

Directors

Robert E. Zingg
Ruslan Akumov
Eko Puji Raharjo
Carlos Miguel Wollman
Martin Jonsson

Technical advisors

Velin Hadjolov
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

IKF World Kempo Championships 21st 2025 / 22nd 2026 in Turkey^[4]
Continental Kempo Championships
World Kempo Cups
International Events
Professional IKF Gallas
International Referee Courses

Black Belts Society

9 Dan

8 Dan

Robert E. Zingg
Amatto Zaharia
Olaf Bock
Edward Hartman
Eric La Rocca
Bruno Rebelo

7 Dan

Velin Hadjolov
Ahmad Yusuf
Ruslan Akumov
Rudolf Várszegi

References

↑ Members
↑ Portugal wins big at Kempo world championship
↑ IKF Executive Committee
↑ olympickempo.com/the-21st-ikf-world-kempo-championships-2025-official-results/

External links

International sports federations
ASOIF (30+6) Summer Olympics Federations	IFAF (American football) (associate) AQUA (aquatic sports) WA (archery) WA (athletics) BWF (badminton) WBSC (baseball, softball and Baseball5) (associate) FIBA (basketball) WB² (boxing) (associate) ICF (canoeing) ICC (cricket) (associate) UCI (cycling) FEI (equestrian) FIE (fencing) FIFA (football) IGF (golf) FIG (gymnastics) IHF (handball) FIH (field hockey) IJF (judo) WL (lacrosse) (associate) UIPM (modern pentathlon) WSK (roller sports) FISA (rowing) WR (rugby union) WS (sailing) ISSF (shooting) IFSC (sport climbing) WSF (squash) (associate) ISA (surfing) ITTF (table tennis) WT (taekwondo) WT (tennis) TRI (triathlon) FIVB (volleyball) IWF (weightlifting) UWW (wrestling)
AIOWF (7+1) Winter Olympics Federations	IBU (biathlon) IBSF (bobsleigh and skeleton) WC (curling) IIHF (ice hockey) FIL (luge) ISU (skating sports) FIS (skiing and snowboarding sports) ISMF (ski mountaineering) (associate)
ARISF (40) Others recognised by IOC and IWGA	FAI (air sports) IFAF (American football) FIA (auto racing) FIB (bandy) WBSC (baseball, softball and Baseball5) FIPV (basque pelota) WCBS (billiards sports) WB² (boxing) CMSB (boules) IBF (bowling) WBF (bridge) ICU (cheer) FIDE (chess) ICC (cricket) WDSF (dance sport) IFF (floorball) WFDF (flying disc) IFI (ice stock sport) WKF (karate) WAKO (kickboxing) IKF (korfball) WL (lacrosse) ILSF (life saving) FIM (motorcycle sport) UIAA (mountaineering) IFMA (muaythai) WN (netball) IOF (orienteering) FIP (polo) UIM (powerboating) IRF (racquetball) FIAS (sambo) ISMF (ski mountaineering) WSF (squash) IFS (sumo) TWIF (tug-of-war) CMAS (underwater sports) FISU (university sports) IWWF (waterski and wakeboard) IWUF (wushu)
AIMS (20+9) Others in IWGA and SportAccord	IAF (aikido) IFAF (American football) (associate) WAF (arm wrestling) IFBB (bodybuilding) ICSF (casting) ICU (cheer) (associate) WDF (darts) IDBF (dragon boat) FMJD (draughts) IFA (fistball) WFDF (flying disc) (associate) IGF (go) IFI (ice stock sport) (associate) JJIF (ju-jitsu) FIK (kendo) WAKO (kickboxing) (associate) WL (lacrosse) (associate) WMF (minigolf) IFMA (muaythai) (associate) IPF (powerlifting) IPSC (practical shooting) FIAS (sambo) (associate) FISav (savate) ISTAF (sepak takraw) ISMF (ski mountaineering) (associate) ISFF (sleddog) ISTF (soft tennis) CIPS (sport fishing) FITEQ (teqball)
former GAISF observer members (11)	WDA² (dodgeball) FIFG (footgolf) IJRU (jump rope) IUKL (kettlebell lifting) FISO (obstacle) IPF (padel) IFMP (poker) IPSF (pole dance) IRF (rafting) IRL (rugby league) ITSF (table football/soccer)
Others	WEKAF (arnis) AFI (Australian rules football) WBGF (backgammon) ISBHF (ball hockey) IBA (bodyboarding) WB (bowls) IBA^1,2 (boxing) SJJIF (Brazilian jiu-jitsu) IFBA (broomball) WCF (croquet) WDBF² (dodgeball) ICFRA (fullbore rifle) IGAA (Gaelic football and hurling) ATSX (downhill ice cross) IKF² (kabaddi) WK² (kabaddi) IKF (kempo) FISLY (landsailing) IMMAF (mixed martial arts) WMRA (mountain running) ORSI (ocean rowing) IPF (pickleball) IQA (quad ball) IFMAR (radio-controlled racing) IRF (rogaining) WSSF (snowshoe running) ISF (skyrunning) WSSA (sport stacking) ITHF (table hockey) ITPF (tent pegging) FIT (touch football) ITRA (trail running) IAU (ultra running)
International Olympic Committee International World Games Association SportAccord ¹ IOC recognition withdrawn ² Contested governance