World referee seminar in June 2025
As your WKF World President, I invite all our best international WKF referees to renew their licenses at the next WKF World referee seminar on June 21st / 22nd.
Venue is the amazing 4 star main 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 the Visa invitations, Hotel bookings, 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 last 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 Cartgena, Colombia before the upcoming World Championships !
Please note: without valid WKF license you are not qualified for WKF events !
Our WKF elite Amateur Divisions
From the beginning in WKF we split very clearly amateur and pro business, in ring sport as well as in PPF, Sanda and MMA.
Our newest is our BOXING / BKFC division.
Successfully managed by World president Mr. Daniel Z. HIRLAU from Hungary.
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, short reports with results and JPG after your event 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 4 ring sport divisions for the sought after WKF PRO AM champion belts. In full contact, low kick, K-1 and Thai Boxing as well as in MMA and SANDA for amateurs.
Our WKF PRO AM titles has a great value because of our World wide network with 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 photo like always and we post your team online in the PRO AM World ranking.
Because: only male and female fighter in our PRO AM and BOXING World rankings 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.
International licensed WKF female officials
WKF HEAD OFFICE work very hard in cooperation with our IRC- “International rules committee” to train our international officials and referees, to answer protests and requests for the competition rules and to develop our various WKF rules.
World referee seminar in Chisinau, June 22nd !
Our last World referee seminar´s 2022 in Wels, Austria, 2023 in Skofije, Slovenia and in 2024 Alicante, Spain appointed several female WKF referees with international licenses. Today we again have just 14 females worldwide with an international WKF referee license.
History has shown that nothing is set in stone.
As the world know – our next World referee seminar will be held in Chisinau, Moldova, June 22nd 2025, just before the
The next but one World referee seminar will be held now in autumn 2026, the weekend just before the World Championships 2026 in Cartagena, Colombia.
Without valid WKF license you are not an official in our World Kickboxing Federation!!
Today WKF has more than 150 international licensed referees on 6 continents.
Of these, unfortunately, we only have just
14 (!) international licensed female officials
Like all knowledge, more and more strong female champions and athletes are fighting
Our executive board therefore emphatically requests all WKF country presidents to send more female referees to Moldova, the next seminar on June 22nd, 2025.
It’s in your hands and
we just need
more female officials
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.
WKF BOXING / BKFC – new World division
Dear sports friends,
On March 1, 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 2024, 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!
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
Amateur BOXING for cadets and adults will also take place at the European Championship in Moldova from 22nd to 29th June. 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
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 all international WKF Championships. Please pay attention to the valid medical certificate !
WKF British Title Fight
Female WKF British Title Fight in Lightwelterweight – 60 Kg / 132 lbs.
Erin MANSFIELD from the “Hopwood fight Centre” England defeats Sophie Varley with TKO in final round
Erin controlled the contest from the first bell controlling the range and tempo of the fight and picking her opponent off with sharp combinations.
By the last round, with Varley looking tired and hurt, Mansfield increased the pace and finished the contest with a hard combination that dropped Her opponent and the referee stopped the fight declaring Erin Mansfield as the new champion
breaking news: Austrian team OCTAGON PRO GYM want to challenge Mansfield, perhaps March 3rd in Austria for the next higher WKF International title -60 Kg.
Possible opponent is young talent Lilly WURZER – first negotiations have begun
Words from the WKF President …
WKF 2025 – big Chance for new partners
Dear WKF family,
we hope you, your family and friends are doing well.
WKF start in the background Worldwide to schedule great events in 2025 / 2026
More than 140 member countries on 6 continents are busy for the next season.
Spain was our host for the amazing last WKF World Championships 2024 in all disciplines. First time in co-operation with BOXING for male and femal
Mr. Juan PINILLA was the head of the organizing team in November 18th to 22nd, 2024.
In 2025 WKF promote with all local partners our “continentals” , on six continents !
For example European Championships in June in Moldova and Pan American Championships in November in Bucaramanga, Colombia, or African Cup in autumn!
World Championships 2026
Now the whole world will meet again in Cartagena, Colombia in autumn 2026 and many strong teams from: Europe, Latin America, North America, Australia, Asia and Africa will challenge our best Champions.
All our 140 + Worldwide WKF MEMBER countries are most welcome in Colombia! Take care for Visa in Time.
WE ARE REAL WKF
Many old national WKF associations have received new leadership and new strong WKF local associations from East and West have NEWLY joined!
Confirmed are WKF sanctioned World Cups in Minsk / BLR in September, Open European Cup in Mykolow / POL in October and World Cup in Bucaramanga / COL in November !!!
The next World Championships in 2028 is either in Asia or in Europe.
As usual in the WKF, this will be decided democratically at the next World Congress in Colombia in 2026
More than 2.000 (!) posters of WKF events since 1965 are in our gallery.
AND: WKF – World Kickboxing Federation as first real Global player and sanctioning body has organized first time ever real full amateur World Championships in Cairo. On the African continent October 18th to 24th, 2021
Cartagena in Colombia is now confirmed for the next World Championships 2026 !
Here’s to another globally successful 2025/26 season!
Greetings,
Fritz EXENBERGER
WKF World president / CEO
World Championships in Spain !
November 18th to November 22nd
An excerpt from our WKF statutes and bylaws has been valid for more than 20 years
WKF’s aim was and always will be to enjoy the sport of Kickboxing, Boxing and all martial arts as an international sport, without discrimination over nationality, race or ethnic origin.
The WKF head office strongly believes in and upholds an Equal Rights Policy with all its members and those who wish to participate in it. With such a policy we here, at WKF wish to create a friendly and welcoming environment for everyone to enjoy the sport of kickboxing, Boxing, MMA and martial arts in any form and manner.
Sport has no racial, social or political barriers, which means that it is the perfect way for all men and women, boys and girls to achieve amazing results, regardless of race, creed or colour.
The opportunity to represent one’s country in the name of sport at an international level is probably one of the greatest achievements an individual can make.
The pressure that the competitors have at this level is enormous, and goes far beyond normal physical endurance.
To win, especially at such a high level, competitors will have to tap into inner resources that their years of training will have prepared them for
ВСЕРОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ КИКБОКСИНГА
КОНТАКТЫ: WKFRUSSIA@GMAIL.COM
Выдержка из нашего устава WKF за более чем 20 лет!
Международная федерация кикбоксинга (ВКФ / WKF) придерживается принципа равных возможностей для спортсменов независимо от пола, цвета кожи, религии, политических взглядов и места жительства.
В этом виде спорта нет расовых, социальных или политических барьеров, а это означает, что это идеальный путь для всех детей, взрослых, ветеранов и ремесленников к достижению потрясающих результатов, независимо от расы, вероисповедания или цвета кожи.
Возможность представлять свою страну на международном уровне во имя спорта, вероятно, является одним из величайших достижений человечества.
