World Karate Federation (WKF)

News Summary:

On March 9, 2026, World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinós and H.E. Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), signed a collaboration partnership agreement in Madrid. This partnership integrates the WKF into UNAOC's Sport for the #OneHumanity campaign, highlighting sport's role in advancing inclusion, diversity, and mutual understanding. Previously, on March 8, Guardian Girls Karate certified sixteen women as instructors during a Tokyo event, marking a key expansion in Asia. The new instructors included six from Japan, two from Indonesia, and one each from Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Macao, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. This certification followed the opening of the Guardian Girls Karate instructor course in Tokyo on March 7, an important milestone set to expand the program across Asia in the coming months. Earlier, on March 6, the WKF signed an educational collaboration agreement with LALIGA Business School at the WKF headquarters in Madrid, led by WKF President Antonio Espinós and LALIGA Business School Director José Moya Gómez, to advance sports industry professionalisation. The expansion of Guardian Girls Karate in Asia, with major activities in Tokyo timed for International Women’s Day, was announced on March 5, outlining the first training session for instructors to prepare women to teach and expand the system in their countries.