This seminar will prepare our best international referees for the upcoming 2026 World Championships and renew their WKF licenses.
No WKF license, no WKF Referee!
To date, 14 nations from Latin and Central America alone have been confirmed for the 2026 World Championships in Cartagena, Colombia. Therefore, around 500 South Americans – men and women – are expected!
Our friends will be returning with numerous amateur boxers. Anyone who attended the last World Championships 2024 in Alicante saw the level of our sports friends for themselves.
The next World Referee Seminar will take place in November 2026 in Cartagena.
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.
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 2024must extend their license in Chisinau. The extended license is valid for three Years again. Many photos from all WKF seminars since 2011 are herein the gallery!
Next World referee seminar in autumn 2026 in Cartagena, Colombia before the upcoming World Championships !
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. Follow the news!
March 28, 2025 – Historic contract signing with the entire FKR board at the Moscow Olympic Center
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.
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 2024must extend their license in Chisinau. The extended license is valid for three Years again. Many photos from all WKF seminars since 2011 are herein the gallery!
Next World referee seminar in autumn 2026 in Cartagena, Colombia before the upcoming World Championships !
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!
REGISTRATION OPEN SOON
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,
Our modern and interactive approach to this sport highlights our commitment to keeping you updated with the latest events taking place worldwide.
WKF CHINA International
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.
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.
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.
