The Asian Karate Federation (AKF) is the governing body of sport karate of about 44 countries of karatedo federation in Asia. The AKF is a non-profit organization and performs its activities on an amateur basis in compliance with the principles set forth in the Olympic Charter, duly recognized by the World Karate Federation, the largest international governing body of sport karate with over 198 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 Asian Karatedo Championships, the Junior and Senior AKF Championships in every two years in between the Olympic and Asian Games and participates in WKF World Karate Championships. The Current President of the Asian Karate Federation (AKF) is Major Gen Nasser Al Sayed Abdulrazak Alrazooqi of UAE and Mr. Kuong Im Che of Macau, China serves as the Secretary General. History of AKF Asian Karatedo Federation founded as APUKO (Asian Pacific Union of Karatedo Organizations) in the year 1973. It changed to AUKO (Asian Union of Karatedo Organizations) in 1992 after WUKO was admitted to IOC. The name was changed again in 1999 to AKF (Asian Karatedo Federation) in line with World Union of Karate-Do Organizations (WUKO) changed to World Karate Federation (WKF). AKF Country Member's Federations Asian Karate Federation (AKF) Affiliated Countries Afghanistan Bangladesh Bahrain Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong, China Indonesia India Iraq Iran Jordan Japan Kazakhstan Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao PDR Lebanon Macau, China Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Palestine DPR Korea Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Thailand Tajikistan Timor-Leste Chinese Taipei Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen References External links Asian Karatedo Federation official website World Karate Federation official website Sports organizations established in 1973 Karate organizations Kar ja:世界空手道連盟