Иван Деркаченко – Iwan DERKACHENKO, CIS supervisor
At the last World Congress in Alicante, Spain, the last CIS Supervisor Roman LOGISCH from WKF GERMANY was unanimously elected WKF Secretary General by the 60 presidents present.
Ivan DERKACHENKO from Minsk, Belarus, was also unanimously elected as his successor by the Board.
WKF division World Presidents Carlos SUAREZ / ARG, Daniel HIERLAU / HUN and Annis DOMETIOU / GRE were pleased to confirm the appointment and look forward to a good cooperation.
Yuriy NAZARENKO , president Belarus Kickboxing Federation / BKFKhmialkou Siarhei Vice president BKFRoman LOGISCH, WKF Secretary General
Mr. Derkachenko is well-known and high respected as a manager and expert in our sport.
He will also be serving as a supervisor at the upcoming European Championships June 22nd to 29th in Chisinau, Moldova, and will therefore be the link between Eastern and Western Europe.
WKF head office would like to remind all our country presidents and World division directors to fix and to update on time WKF fighters license (sport book) for all participants for all international WKF Championships.
Without WKF license – no participation
This applies to all WKF disciplines, the officials will monitor this closely.
Please pay attention to the valid medical certificate !
All international teams are requested for, to present their valid WKF licenses by registration and weigh-in in Spain, Monday November 18th.
Of course you can get new one´s on request on the official WKF desk
New sports passes or current annual stamps, previously for all presidents on request! No title fight is possible without valid WKF licenses and sports passes. It doesn’t matter whether these are PRO-AM , BOXINGor professional WKF title fights.
To be entered into the various worldwide WKF rankings: fill in the FIGHTER PROFILE , add a jpg Photo at and show your fighter license by registration in the venue.
WKF BELARUS president Mr. Sergey KHMELKOV and Supervisor for GUS Mr. Ivan DERKACHENKO announce next great WKF event near Minsk.
Preparations are underway for the Belarusian Kickboxing Championship WKF April 16-19, 2025 in Minsk, at the Republican Olympic Training Center “Staiki”.
Local heroes KAZAKU Maksim and NECHITAILO Viktor are part of the team, as well as Belarus superstar Dmitri SHAKUTA.
More and more German teams, clubs and officials are interested and send their request for membership in WKF GERMANY.
WKF GERMANY president David SVIDER
After the successfully World Championships in Alicante last Year, many German teams want to become “part of the German team” in European Championships in Chisinau. Moldova, June 22nd to 29th 2025.
For new membership in WKF GERMANY and for further requests about WKF in Germany send your e-mail in Deutsch, English or “На Русском языке” to Mr. David SVIDER.
Full information about WKF amateur division is here !
WKF MMA World Champion belt
Many Champions, managers and promoters in Germany are interested in our WKF and want to get a chance to fight for WKF sanctioned titles.
Many people are disappointed from fake so called “World federations” in Germany, but just existing in internet only or in perhaps 3 European countries. No value, no events, no service, no real World ranking !
More and more promoter and top organizer in Germany want to cooperate with WKF, because:
To avoid any misunderstandings on the mat or Tatami, we would like to ask you kindly one more time to read carefully the WKF rule book for forms.
WKF Japanese Hardstyle forms
Today we have 6 categories for forms. Please register always your national team for FORMSreferees as well !
To see what is a traditional form, have a look here in the two lists of forms.
What are the dress codes? When does the timer start e.g. for traditional forms with and without weapons ?
What is the time limit in creative forms or soft style forms ???
WKF Korean Hardstyle forms
Any traditional form may be adapted, it is still a traditional form. Also compiled, with parts of existing forms, using traditional techniques is permitted.
All traditional Forms must be using traditional moves only.
Any traditional Form / Kata / Pommse / Hyong / Taolu etc. must resemble a traditional work, an adaptation will be acceptable if added moves are of a traditional nature.
Any so called “allstyle” form is not a traditional one!
Once again I kindly ask you read the rule book for forms – available in 4 languages! There you will find exactly what is a traditional form, where is a time limit, what is a creative form and so on.
I want to thank you for co-operation and wish you a successful European Championship in 2025 in Moldova.
5 international referee, 1 Supervisor plus 1 official
The World Kickboxing Federation WKF and the Russian Kickboxing Federation held a meeting at the Olympic Committee of the Russian Federation in Moscow and signed an agreement on joint cooperation.
Fritz EXENBERGER and Roman LOGISCH – Olympic Committee in Moscow
Since 28.03.2025 the official representative of the WKF on the territory of the Russian Federation is the Russian Kickboxing Federation- FKR represented by its leader Batu Sergeevich Khasikov.
The Russian national kickboxing team is allowed to participate in all international WKF tournaments with the national flag and national anthem of the Russian Federation.
The representative of the FKR – Danil Karpenko – is the new vice-president of the WKF World Amateur Division.
Soon a representative of the FKR will also be appointed to the position of the representative of the Russian Federation in the IRC – International Rules Committee.
Danil KARPENKO – vice-president of the WKF World Amateur Division
The previous representative of the WKF in the territory of the Russian Federation Gerasimov M.V. is removed from the previously held position and is relieved of all rights and obligations.
WKF CEO and World President Fritz EXENBERGER emphasized that without the Russian team no international federation can consider itself leading, because athletes from Russia are few of the strongest in the world.
WKF and FKR are ready to implement the most ambitious joint projects. Soon we will please kickboxing fans all over the world.
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Vladimir FILATOV / RUS FKR secretary general and WKF secretary general Roman LOGISCH / GERMarch 28, 2025 – Historic contract signing with the entire FKR board at the Moscow Olympic Center
From the beginning in WKF we split very clearly amateur and pro business, in ring sport as well as in PPF and MMA.
Mr. Daniel Z. HIRLAU
Our newest is our BOXING / BKFC division. Successfully managed by World president Mr. Daniel Z. HIRLAU from Hungary.
This is to follow many requests and wishes of our clients , managers and thousands of our fighters from all over the World. Today we are very successfully not only in pro sport but of course in amateur business too.
With great pleasure we want your poster in our gallery of WKF sanctioned tournaments, with our WKF TM logo on the poster. We would like to help with online advertising free of charge, of course. Short reports after would be great.
We just want to remind every WKF country president World wide to send fighter profiles of your amateurs or just non-professional male/female fighters in ring sport. We have same system like in other pro sport in WKF.
From now on we can also confirm worldwide title fights for our best BOXERS and Bare Knuckle Champions – men and women – who would like to compete for a real serious title (!) in boxing or “bare knuckle fighting”!
official BOXING / BKFC national title belt
OurWKF PRO-AM titles has a great value because of our World wide network with today more than 140 member countries you have the chance to fight not only at home. And no fighter will lose his/her amateur status , he/she can fight still on any tournament, any World Championship World wide. You can be sure just to face another amateur fighter with perhaps 15 to 20 fights and not real pro with more than 100 fights.
Since March 1st, 2024, a new WKF Division Worldwide began work.
By athletes
for athletes
The aim is not to compete with existing associations, but rather to complement them with significantly less bureaucracy and fewer annoying, outdated regulations.
In collaboration with all of our 140+ WKF country presidents with the new WKF department “BOXING/BKFC”, we are also internationally networked on 6 continents in over 140 countries.
The Hungarian expert Daniel Z. HIRLAU became world president of the new department since March 1st, 2024.
From now on, ALL BOXERS and BARE KNUCKLE FIGHTERS – women and men – can use our free offer and apply for inclusion in the BOXING World rankings via the FIGHTER PROFILE. Free and non-bureaucratic!
The international WKF license applies to all boxers!
For PROFI boxers, a corresponding license and registration in BOXREC is mandatory! We would be happy to help you with this too.
