WORLD KARATE FEDERATION

The 9th AKF Senior Championships was successfully staged on September 25-27, 2009 in Foshan, China. With entry of 32 member federations and more than 700 participants, the championships made a record in participation scale in AKF history. Another historical event was the presence of WKF President Mr.Espinos and General Secretary Mr.Yerolimpos, the first time in the history of AKF Senior Championships, which were regarded as great honor to AKF family and big encouragement to all participants.

After 3-days competition, Japan, Iran and China dominated 17 gold medals, while Vietnam, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Chinese Taipei, Uzbekistan, Brunei, Korea and other federations shared with silver and bronze medals. The organization work by CKA and local host got positive response of WKF, AKF officials and participating teams, thus paving the way for 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

Before the championships, the AKF Congress was convened at Foshan Crowne Plaza Hotel on September 22. Representatives of participating federations attended the congress, discussing and adopting the following resolutions according to the agenda:

1. Adopting new co-opted EC Members: Mr.Shigeo Kurihara (Japan) as AKF Vice President and Mr.Wang Xuhui (China) as AKF Vice President.

2. Adopting Minutes of the 8th AKF Congress 2007.

3. Adopting reports by Treasurer and Acting Secretary General.

4. Adopting the allocation of future AKF JR Championships to Hong Kong (2010), Philippines (2012) and UAE (2014), while AKF SR Championships to China (2011) and Korea (2013).