WKMF Board Members, Presidents and Representatives Duties and requirements
All Country, Regional Presidents, Advisory Board Members, Evaluation Boards and Style Representatives will renew every 5 years. Next assessment for renewal will be on January 2025.
Advisory Board Members: A team of grand masters with higher rank than 8th Dan from different styles of Karate, different regions and countries. A country can have more than one adviser in the WKMF. They are at the level of directors of the WKMF and give advice to the directors about steering the whole organization about all issues related to quality, performance and recognition.
Evaluation Boards: A team of grand masters with higher rank than 8th Dan from different styles of Karate, different regions and countries. They help evaluate the legitimate of Dan Certificate for membership, grade and evaluate Dan examinations.
Regional Presidents: USD $100 membership fees for 5 years.Appointed by WKMF President,Region is defined as areas containing couple of countries. A regional president will support the country presidents and is a key person who connect different countries and different styles. A regional president should be at least 7th Dan. Any defined region can have only one representative.
A regional presidentalso needs to support their region Country Presidents, present at the WKMF tournament and seminars. Coordinate with other Regional Presidents.
Country Representatives /Presidents: USD $50 membership fees for 5 years. Only one person in each country for all styles, no country can have two representatives unless one representative resigns from the position. A country president should be at least 6th Dan in one style and knows majority style representatives of the country and be familiar to the karate systems and styles of the country.
A country president needs to organize at least one tournament and 2 seminars within their 5 years period.
Country Style Representatives: Only one person in each country can represent one style. This means that if someone is already for example, representative of Shotokan JKA in Pakistan, you cannot apply to be our style Representative for this style. Style representative should be at least 5th Dan in the style he/she represents. A style representative is supposed to know all karate masters of the style in that country and be quite familiar to the norms and rules of the style.
A Country Style Representative needs to organize at least 2 seminars within their 5 years period. Also attend and support WKMF tournament held by their Country President. Style representative should be help assess membership applications.