International Kempo Federation

Jurisdiction	International
Abbreviation	IKF
Founded	2002
Headquarters	Nice, France
President	Amatto Zaharia
Official website
www.olympickempo.com

The International Kempo Federation (IKF) is the administrative body for kempo in the world, with over 100 member countries.^[1] IKF was founded in 2002 in Budapest, Hungary, being currently headquartered in Nice, France.^[2]

Presidents

• Olaf Bock, Germany, 2002–2008
• Jeff Speakman, United States, 2008–2018
• Amatto Zaharia, Romania, 2018–

Executive committee

President

• Amatto Zaharia

Vice-presidents

• Yoshiji Soeno^[3]
• Ádám Lacza

CEO public relations

• Bruno Rebelo

Public relations director

• Nishizaka Rei

Head of referees

• Edward Hartman

Executive members

• Robert E. Zingg
• Róbert Szayka

Directors

• Robert E. Zingg
• Ruslan Akumov
• Eko Puji Raharjo
• Carlos Miguel Wollman
• Martin Jonsson

Technical advisors

• Velin Hadjolov
• Rauf Ibrahimov

Members

Asia
Afghanistan	Bangladesh	India	Indonesia
Iraq	Iran	Japan	Kazakhstan
Kuwait	Kyrgyzstan	Mongolia	Nepal
Pakistan	People's Republic of China	Syria	Yemen

Europe
Armenia	Azerbaijan	Belarus	Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bulgaria	Croatia	Estonia
France	Georgia	Germany	Hungary
Italy	Latvia	Lithuania	Moldova
Montenegro	Netherlands	Northern Cyprus	Poland
Portugal	Romania	Russia	Serbia
Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Turkey
Ukraine	United Kingdom

Panamerica
Argentina	Bolivia	Brazil	Canada
Colombia	Dominican Republic	Mexico	United States
Venezuela

Africa
Algeria	Cameroon	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Egypt
Morocco	Nigeria	Tunisia

Oceania
Australia

Events

• World Kempo Championships
• Continental Kempo Championships
• World Kempo Cups
• International Events
• Professional IKF Gallas
• International Referee Courses

Black Belts Society

9 Dan

• Jeff Speakman
• Benny Urquidez

8 Dan

• Robert E. Zingg
• Amatto Zaharia
• Olaf Bock
• Edward Hartman
• Eric La Rocca
• Bruno Rebelo

7 Dan

• Velin Hadjolov
• Ahmad Yusuf
• Ruslan Akumov
• Rudolf Várszegi