World referee seminar in June 2025
WKF MOLDOVA president Mr. Rustam ALIMOV is the host of the next WKF World referee seminar on June 21st / 22nd.
Venue is the amazing 4 star main Bernardazzi Grand Hotel in Chisinau.
This is the perfect weekend, just before the European Championships 2025 in Chisinau, Moldova.
For the very first time our World referee seminar takes place in Chisinau.
We got already many requests from our male / female referees and officials from 6 continents and we hope everybody who would need Visa start in time at least 8 weeks before with Visa procedure.
Registration deadline June 13th
For details about Visa invitations, any requests about airport transfer and more contact our organizing team Mr. Rustam ALIMOV
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 Wels 2022 , Triest 2023 or Alicante 2024 must extend their license in Chisinau. 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 2026 in Cartagena, Colombia before the upcoming World Championships !
Please note:
without valid WKF license you are
not qualified official for WKF events !
28.03.205 is significant date in the history of world kickboxing
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.
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.
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. Follow the news!
Next WKF World referee seminar in Slovenia, October 26th
WKF MOLDOVA president Mr. Rustam ALIMOV is the host of the next WKF World referee seminar on June 21st / 22nd.
Venue is the amazing 4 star main Bernardazzi Grand Hotel in Chisinau.
This is the perfect weekend, just before the European Championships 2025 in Chisinau, Moldova.
For the very first time our World referee seminar takes place in Chisinau.
We got already many requests from our male / female referees and officials from 6 continents and we hope everybody who would need Visa start in time at least 8 weeks before with Visa procedure.
Registration deadline June 13th
For details about Visa invitations, any requests about airport transfer and more contact our organizing team Mr. Rustam ALIMOV
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 Wels 2022 , Triest 2023 or Alicante 2024 must extend their license in Chisinau. 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 2026 in Cartagena, Colombia before the upcoming World Championships !
Please note:
without valid WKF license you are
not qualified official for WKF events !
WKF BOXING / BKFC – new World division
Dear sports friends,
on 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 nations.
The Hungarian expert Daniel Z. HIRLAU became world president of the new division since March 1st, 2024.
From now on, ALL BOXERS – 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 as well!
For PROFI boxers, a corresponding license and registration in BOXREC is mandatory!
All registrations should be sent directly to the BOXING head office, Mr. Hirlau,
by email: wkf-boxing@gmx.at
Anyone with a WKF license and a valid medical certificate is eligible to participate.
If you have any further questions, I will be happy to help you at any time.
contact mail: Ő beszél magyarul / English oder Deutsch
respectfully greetings
Daniel Z. HIRLAU
WKF BOXING / BKFC
World Cup in Colombia
… full details coming soon …
World president Sifu YAN Dinan welcomes YOU in our WKF SANDA-WUSHU division
The World Kickboxing Federation is one of the leading organisations World Wide in the promotion of amateurand professional kickboxing in all styles.
Muay Thai and MMA -mixed martial arts hosting professional fighting events.
Our modern and interactive approach to this sport highlights our commitment to keeping you updated with the latest events taking place worldwide.
The WKF SANDA & WUSHU DIVISION was formed in February 2015 in Seoul, Korea.
WKF stresses its strong belief in offering equal opportunities to sufficiently skilled athletes who have practised Kickboxing, enabling them to display their talents in the National and International Amateur and Professional arenas.
Also to ensure the credibility of their “world championship” titles and gives these world class athletes an international platform on which to perform.
Read more here …
WKF amateur division: PRO-AM is our top division
From the beginning in WKF we split very clearly amateur and pro business, in ring sport as well as in PPF and MMA.
New is our SANDA & WUSHU division.
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 of WKF sanctioned tournaments, with our 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.
We offer the chance to fight in all 5 ring sport divisions for our great demand WKF Champion belts. Here are our 6 pro divisions, with valid World ranking lists, rules, title fight minimum requirements and much more.
PRO – AM / PPF / RING SPORT / MMA / SANDA / BOXING
Our WKF 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. And 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.
The rules and regulations for PRO AM are easy to understand and waiting for your download.
All you have to do is just send your fighter profile and jpg photos like always and we post your team online in the PRO AM World ranking.
Because: only male/female fight in our PRO AM World ranking are qualified to fight for our WKF titles.
For further requests or interest on any possible PRO AM title fights do not hesitate to send a mail , please.
MMA in the WKF World wide network
WKF – World Kickboxing Federation – is one of the greatest and World wide sanctioning body for Kick boxing and MMA in amateur and pro.
On our web site mma.wkfworld.com you could find all important facts and news about MMA in our World sanctioning body.
More than 5000 hits per month is the result of serious and hard work.
Just fill in the new online fighter profile here, add a jpg photo and we will post all male/female in our MMA World ranking.
For any requests contact our MMA head office by mail and visit our main web site mma.wkfworld.com .
WKF fighters license for all WKF Championships
WKF head office would like to remind all our presidents to fix and to to update on time WKF fighters license (sport book) for all participants for the upcoming WKF Championships. 