The preparations for the next WUKF events are
running very well, we are doing the last adjustments for optimizing the program
of the competitions considering a lot of factors that affect the sportive
performance and the time of the teams.

For WUKF the final result of our activity is
the level of our competitions, sometime our requests are too high for the
national organizers producing tensions between the leadership of the world
organization and the national one. Some of our passed events were tensioned by
these problems, we did not agree with the organizers that made from WUKF events
"the business of their life" charging the hotel prices and the transfer rates,
trying to modify the program of the competition or of the opening ceremony for
their business interests or other. WUKF has a very clear strategy that showed
good results in our last 8 years of experience. All the organizations asking
affiliation to WUKF knows our rules accepted that and were very happy to be
part of WUKF. Of course they made their plans that sometimes were not fulfilled
and this way who do you think were guilty? Of course these were the referees,
the WUKF leaders or others, never themselves, never their management incapacity
or wrong strategy.

For example our former affiliated member from
Italy, Federatione Italiana Karate (FIK), Mr. Daniele Lazzarini was very happy
to affiliate to WUKF even before his decision other 5 federation from Italy
were already affiliated. No other organizations from Italy were accepted after
this but in January he considered that there is not enough "vital place" in
WUKF for his federation. Into the new organization there will be no problems
regarding the Italian concurrence, for sure FIK will be the Italian champion to
all the international events, the best Italian federation from IKU. The
fabulous solution was discovered of course; it is the safe solution to be the
first in your country ? to be alone!

We received some letters from our members that
are angry for the wrong information that they received from other organizations
considered as "concurrence" for WUKF. We do not believe that in the sport world
or especially in the Martial Arts world the "the wars could have winners"; this
is why we are not engaged in any war. We have our way (that could be amended or
re-adapted for sure if the majority of the members will decide this) and we
don?t need to fight with other organizations. It is impossible to lead an
organization that will fulfil everybody interests or egos. So who like WUKF life
will be part of WUKF who will like more other way nobody will stop them to join
other organizations. WUKF never pressed the members to participate only to our events;
we were not afraid that our members could compare the events organized by other
federations with ours and decide to leave WUKF. Our members were free to decide
for them, we tried to offer the best quality and understanding keeping the high
level that we imposed. Some other organizations are using their time to develop
strategies against us placing their events exactly same weekends like ours and
the reasons are very clear for all. No matter that they copied mostly all the
WUKF way of information, structure of competitions, categories or program of
course into a less organized and nice shape. They try to copy WKF also
forgetting that the largest Karate organization in the world is based on
totally other principles. But everyone is free to decide for their future so we
are proud to see that other organizations copy our ideas, this is a prove that these
are good and functional. We are happy that Karate Rotation is spreading into
the world and is nice that "the concurrence" don?t have the small imagination
to find another name at least. We want to assure them that we don?t need copyright
for nothing that we invented and brought to the Karate World, it is our
contribution to the development of the karate competitions and if this is good
everybody could use it. But we are not relaxing! We shall go forward
introducing new ideas or new strategies that will push karate forward helping
the development of our members into their countries.

We have already a good experience, we have many
members and in the next period we shall start an evaluation of all. There are
members that need only our logo on their web page and we have to inform them
that there will be a minimum participation rate at WUKF events that the WUKF
leadership will propose in the next period and the Congress will decide. A
first step was made one year ago; we have two divisions now, the federations
that paid the membership in time and the other. Now we shall improve this
system giving more importance to the federations that participate and support
the WUKF life.  There are and will be an
organization that accuse us that we have too many members into one country, of
course exaggerating as usual, but is so easy to check the reality accessing the
WUKF webpage to see that we have only 2 in Russia and 3 in Ukraine or other.
There is the second division too grouping the organizations that sent affiliation
forms but never paid fees or participate to our events. We consider that just
intention of affiliation and we don?t mix this group with our active members.

Now we have already a very good "WUKF network
of competitions in Europe". Every month our strongest members offer real WUKF
competitions where the competitors could be tested and the referee could be
trained. It took us 4-5 years to organize this and if you remember the WUKF
general secretary had an important contribution to the development of this idea.
Very strong competitions in Ireland, Poland, Ukraine, Belgium, Italy, Hungary
or Romania are organized every year in pure WUKF rules, using WUKF system and
referees and other will follow in Denmark or Germany. WUKF will support all,
encouraging our members to take part in all events, to communicate and to join
the WUKF family. 

We have more federation in England or Italy
because the Karate activity in these countries is very high a lot of
competitors and clubs being registered here; we have more members in India
because a large country like India has many district federations that due to
the distance could be easily administrated this way. WUKF respect the will of
the members, we respect the national particularities and we never pressed our
affiliated members to join into one structure if this is not a natural and
national desire, but we recommended this many times. In the next period we
shall recommend to the new WUKF leadership that will be elected at Bucharest to
focus on the national particular aspects improving the work and communication
between our members especially if they "share same country". The second part of
this year the new WUKF leadership will have the duty to identify our active
members in every affiliated country and to find solution to give them the best
possibility to develop their organizations into their countries. We can?t
protect "affiliated members" that are not participating to our events or
"forget" to pay the membership fee. We understand that there are financial
problems everywhere and this is why WUKF is organizing competitions all over
the world bringing our system our knowledge and our rules in Asia and America
or Africa as well. We offer the possibility to all the members to take part
into our events, to be part of WUKF, to take our experience, to adapt it and to
transfer it into their countries improving and developing their federation
activities.

We all know what is good for our federations
and the "offer is very large on the market" this is why WUKF is not afraid of
any concurrence that tries to copy structures or programs. The real and fair
concurrence is to try to have a better organization of the competitions, a better
referee team or a better innovation.

And WUKF knows this very well and will not
waste the time to block activities of other organization, we shall work and we
shall try to "do the best karate in the world". And if you consider that this
is important for your federation than WUKF is your home and you are welcome.