Asian Karate Championships Explained

Asian Karatedo Championships
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Abbreviation:AKF Championships
Location:Asia
Region Served:Asian Continental countries/regions
Membership:40 Affiliated Countries
Language:English is the official language. If any question in respect to the sport or technique of karate, it will be referred to the original Japanese text.
Website:http://asiankaratefederation.net

The Asian Karatedo Championships are the highest level of competition for sport karate in Asia. The competition is held in a different country every two years organized by the Asian Karatedo Federation (AKF) under the supervision of World Karate Federation (WKF), the largest international governing body of sport karate with over 180 member countries. It is the only karate organization recognised by the International Olympic Committee and has more than fifty million members. The AKF organizes the Junior and Senior Asian Karatedo Championships in every two years in between the Olympic and Asian Games and participates in WKF World Karate Championships which its member Japan play as a powerhouse country when it comes to sport karate vying for world titles with counterpart opponents from the powerful nations such as France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Spain and Italy in many world championships.

Para-Karate Asian Karate Championships

YearEditionDateCity and host country
20221st16–20 December Tashkent, Uzbekistan
20232nd18–23 July Malacca, Malaysia

Asian Senior Karate Championships

YearEditionDateCity and host country
1993123–24 November Taipei, Taiwan
1995218–24 September Manila, Philippines
199733–9 November Macau
199941–2 December Singapore
200152–4 November Genting Highlands, Malaysia
200466–8 February Taoyuan, Taiwan
2005719–22 May Macau
2007824–26 August Seremban, Malaysia
2009925–27 September Foshan, China
20111021–24 July Quanzhou, China
20121114–17 July
2013125–7 December
2015134–6 September Yokohama, Japan
20171415–17 July Astana, Kazakhstan
20181513–15 July Amman, Jordan
20191619–21 July Tashkent, Uzbekistan
20211720–22 December Almaty, Kazakhstan
20221816–20 December Tashkent, Uzbekistan
20231918–23 July Malacca, Malaysia

Asian Cadet, Junior and U-21yrs Karate Championships

YearEditionDateCity and host country
19921 AUKOSeptember Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
19942 AUKOSeptember Hanoi, Vietnam
19963 AUKOSeptember Taichung, Taiwan
19984 AUKONovember Macau
20005 AKFAugust Macau
20026 AKFSeptember Tokyo, Japan
20057 AKFNovember Macau
20068 AKFOctober Singapore, Singapore
20089 AKFSeptember Sabah, Malaysia
201010 AKFAugust Hong Kong, Hong Kong China
201111 AKFJuly Quanzhou, China
201212 AKFJuly
201313 AKFDecember
201514 AKFAugust Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
201615 AKFNovember Makassar, Indonesia
201716 AKFJuly Astana, Kazakhstan
201817 AKFMay Okinawa, Japan
201918 AKFApril Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
202119 AKF19–22 December Almaty, Kazakhstan
202220 AKF16–20 December Tashkent, Uzbekistan
202321 AKF6–8 November Almaty, Kazakhstan
202422 AKF23–25 August Manila, Philippines

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