World Kickboxing Federation

For Kickboxing and Boxing !!!

again 800 + male / female fighters are expected

As is already known, the WKF Austrian Championships will now take place on 10./11. April held in Vienna.

More than 1.700 down loads (!) already show the great interest in the last qualification for the amazing World Championships in Cartagena, Colombia.

A large field of Austrian WKF clubs and members can be expected again.

Everybody want to fight in the Caribbean World Championships, November 2026

 

In semi-contact or point fighting Austrians were able to place themselves TOP at the last World Championships in Alicante.

WKF AUSTRIA have currently special Austrian training centers in Innsbruck, Wels and Vienna.

Austrians new national MMA coach will also announce his national team 2026 for Colombia there!

This event is the last chance for all Austrian champions to qualify for the World  Championship! This applies accordingly to all tatami and ring sports, BOXING  and of course forms / Kata and MMA.

Here is the invitation, of course in German language 

Over 600 athletes from Pakistan, Moldova, Hungary, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, England, Russia, Egypt, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Armenia, Latvia, Poland, Germany, Austria, Australia, Belarus, Argentina, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates participated in the WKF Kickboxing World Cup.

First 150 photos already online HERE

Ring divisions: Low kick, adults 18-40 years old only

K-1: 14-15; 16-17; 18-40 years old   289 participants;

Tatami disciplines (musical forms, light contact, kick-light) – 315 participants.

Based on the results of the competition, taking into account the results of the ring and tatami divisions (kick-light, light contact, and solo compositions), the nominees for the overall team standings were determined:

1st place – Republic of Belarus

2nd place – Russian Federation

3rd place – Republic of Moldova

The International referee corps:

Roman Viktorovich Logisch (Germany) – Secretary General, WKF Competition Inspector,

Carlos Suarez (Argentina) – supervisor of the fight for the title of absolute world Champion WKF PRO K-1, -58.2 kg.,

Derkachenko Ivan Vasilievich (Belarus) – Supervisor of the Ring Sections of the World Kickboxing Federation WKF,

Baibara Igor (Bulgaria) – senior referee of the tatami divisions!

On September 15 and 16, 2025, Derkachenko Ivan Vasilievich held an international referee seminar on WKF kickboxing, after which 6 judges received international referee / judge licenses.

From Russia: Voronets Evgeniy, Vorogushina Liliya, Strizhakova Olga, Belous Dmitry.

From Belarus: Semenov Sergey and Novikova Ksenia. 

Also working at the WKF World Cup were licensed judges: Istvan Rozman (Hungary), Kuvik Gabriela (Poland), Trofimov Ilya (Bulgaria), Azizova Edita (Armenia), Mocanu Roman (Romania), Afanasyev Sergey (Moldova), Vnodchenko Maxim (Moldova)

Super top-class event in Minsk, Belarus.

26 nations and over 600 fighters from five continents met in Minsk for the World Cup in all WKF disciplines.

For this purpose, an international WKF referee seminar was held, bringing men and women from Eastern Europe back into the WKF referee community.

Our thanks go to Ivan Vasilyevich Derkachenko, who conducted the seminar so professionally.

The WKF pro K-1 world title fight Japan vs. Belarus went to Minsk after a real ring battle.

More than 150 professional photos will be online here soon.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this event,

 

 

More full information to follow soon …

WKF COLOMBIA president Mr. Luis MEDIOMUNDO is the host of the next WKF World referee seminar in November 2026

Venue is the amazing 4 star main Hotel in Cartagena.

This is the perfect weekend, just before the World Championships 2026 in Cartagena, Colombia 

 

For the second time our World referee seminar takes place in Colombia.

We got already many requests from our male / female referees and officials from 6 continents and we hope everybody who would need Visa for Colombia start in time at least 8 weeks before with Visa procedure.

For details about Visa invitations, any requests about airport transfer and more contact from our organizing team Donna Bianca BOHORQUEZ

 

Our update WKF licensed referee list is here !

Many photos of our international WKF referees here !

All rule books in 4 languages and more free to down load here !

All International WKF referees who not has attended the seminars in Triest 2023 ,  Alicante 2024 , or Chisinau 2025 must extend their license in Cartagena.

The extended license is valid for three Years again. Many photos from all WKF seminars since 2011 are here in the gallery!

 

Next World referee seminar in autumn 2027 in Europe.

before the upcoming  European Championships

Please note:

without valid WKF license you are

not qualified official for WKF events !

The idea behind is to upgrade our thousands of semi contact – or point fighting – fighters World wide.

Many tournaments on all continents has many competitors and now World Kickboxing Federation offers the Chance to fight for a real pro title with a great value and Champion belt, sanctioned by our World wide federation.

Posted in the weekly updated World ranking and with high value.

Valid with same PPF rules everywhere, same reqirements like in professional Ring sport. Professional weigh-in a day before, 3 international judges, WKF supervisor, flags and anthem and an amazing belt.

Send fighter profiles of your best point fighters male and female for the PPF World ranking, to get a chance to fight!

If you are interested to promote a PPF – PRO POINT FIGHTING title visit our web site and send just a request to our new office by mail.

  many new updates in the PPF World ranking.

Mr. Daniel Z. Hirlau has been a successful WKF manager for several years and has done an outstanding job as World President of the Boxing Division in a very short time.

Our intention was to assist and relieve the previous Hungarian President, Mr. Istvan Rozman, of his excessive responsibilities.

He will continue his work as World President of the WKF Professional Division and in the IRC.

contact mail: 

Ő beszél magyarul / English oder Deutsch

 

 

Új WKF Magyarország Elnök

Jó napot harcosok.

Újjá szerveztük a WKF Magyarországot.
Új vezetés új lehetőségek.
A Tatami sporttól a pusztakezes boxig teljes a WKF palettája.

Az amatőr rendezvényektől a Profi címmérkőzésekig.
Rengeteg külföldi lehetőséggel.

Várjuk a jó magyar klubokat harcosokat.
Igyekszünk mindenkinek lehetőséget biztosítani a bizonyításra.
Tegyük együtt ismertebbé a hazánkat, mutassuk meg a világnak milyen jók a magyar harcosok.

A legendary PRO world title fight is taking place on September 20th in the Belarusian capital, Minsk.

The current champion is Viktor NECHITAILO from Minsk.

He will face Japanese superstar Satoshi KATASHIMA for the coveted WKF title and belt.

This amazing title fight is scheduled in Featherweight -58.2 Kg / 128 lbs

This incredible World Championship title fight Europe vs. Asia was first negotiated through the mediation of the Japanese legend Mr. Kohiruimaki TAKAYUKI and has now been officially confirmed from WKF head office. Our thanks also go to our WKF Secretary General, Mr. Roman LOGISCH, who helped organize this incredible world title fight.

The World Kickboxing Federation has now appointed Don Carlos SUAREZ from Buenos Aires as supervisor for this amazing World title fight. Referees from Germany, Bulgaria, and Austria will be at ringside. This ensures neutrality in accordance with our WKF rules in four languages!

Another legend will hand over the world championship belt. 

K-1 Champion and another top-class heavyweight fighter, Alexey “The Red Scorpion” IGNASHOV, will watch the fight as a VIP.

Ignashov was a highly skilled Belarusian heavyweight kickboxer, known for his powerful kicks and knees.

A four-time Muay Thai World Champion and a two-time K-1 World Grand Prix tournament winner.

WKF HEAD OFFICE work very hard in cooperation with our IRC- “International rules committee”  to train our international officials and referees, to answer protests and requests for the competition rules and to develop our various WKF rules.

 

Our last World referee seminar´s 2023 in Skofije, Slovenia, 2024 in Alicante, Spain and 2025 in Chisinau, Moldova, appointed several new TOP female WKF referees with international licenses.

 

Today we again have

14 female officials worldwide

only with an international WKF referee license.

 

As the world know – our next World referee seminar will be held in Cartagena, Colombia, Sunday just before the WKF World Championships 2026

The next but one World referee seminar will be held in in November 2027, the weekend just before the following

European Championships 

 

Without valid WKF license you are not an official in our World Kickboxing Federation!

Today WKF has more than 140 international licensed referees on 6 continents.

Of these, unfortunately, we only have just 

fourteen international licensed female officials

 

Like all knowledge, World wide more and more strong female champions and athletes are fighting, on tatami and Ring!

Our WKF executive board therefore emphatically requests all our

WKF country presidents

to send more female referees to Cartagen in Colombia to the next World referee seminar in November 2026, in our main Hotel.

 

To all our country presidents World wide:

It’s in your hands and we just need

more female

WKF licensed officials