Karate India Organisation

The Karate India Organisation (KIO) replaced Karate Association of India (KAI) as the national governing body for Karate in India on confirmation from World Karate Federation (WKF) on 15 November 2021.^[2]

Karate India Organisation

Sport	Karate
Jurisdiction	National,^[1] World Karate Federation
Membership	State/UT associations
Abbreviation	KIO
Founded	2020 (2020)
Affiliation	World Karate Federation
Affiliation date	15 November 2021 (15 November 2021)
Regional affiliation	Asian Karate Federation
Affiliation date	2021
Headquarters	Delhi, India
Location	Delhi , India
President	Mr. Vijay Tiwari
Secretary	Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Jangra
Replaced	Karate Association of India (KAI)
Official website
www.karateindia.org

KIO is incorporated as a non-profitable company under section 8 of Companies Act, 2013 and established for the overall development of Karate sport in India affiliated with World Karate Federation (WKF), Asian Karate Federation (AKF), and Commonwealth Karate Federation (CKF) from November 2021 to present.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Since 2019 there have been many disputes from the office bearers of the previous governing body (KAI), WKF de-recognition of Karate Association of India in accordance with the WKF Statutes and on 22 June 2020. Due to which the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India (MYAS) has de-recognized Karate and its governing federations are no more considered as National Sports Federation (NSF) under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India (MYAS) which is one of the major backlash for Karate in India since 2020.^{[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

On 15 November 2021, in Dubai at occasion of the 25th Senior World Karate Championship, the WKF Congress decided to permanently disaffiliate the Karate Association of India KAI from the WKF and give permanently affiliate recognition member to KIO. WKF also notify to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports about the decision taken by the WKF Congress in Dubai, UAE for the permanent affiliate KIO as the WKF member in India. Thus ratifying the earlier decision of the WKF Executive Committee (WKF EC) - in accordance with the Olympic Charter Rule 28 to bring relief to the affected Karate Athletes of the whole country (India).^[15][16]

KAI was National Sports Federation for Karate Sports in India recognized by Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports until 2020 and was affiliated with WKF, AKF, SAKF and CKF from September 2013 to September 2020.^[17][18][19]

KIO now is only association or federation to select the athletes to represent country at Asian Games, World Karate Championships, Asian Karate Championships, Commonwealth Karate Championships, South Asian Karate Championship, World Youth Cup, Karate 1 Premier League, USA Open Karate Championship and other Good Will International Tournaments.^[20][21]

Tournaments^{[citation needed]}

National Karate Championship

• The National Championships are held annually for Senior, U-21, Junior, Cadet and Sub Junior levels.
• KIO is only sports body to promote the tremendous art of Karate Sports in all over India at School, Colleges, university and Corporate level not only as a Martial Art of self defense but also as a sport. Karate Sports is now a medal event in Olympic, School Games, National Games, SAF Games & Asian Games, World Games, Youth Olympic and Karate duly recognised by International Olympic Committee.

World Karate Championships

Senior World Karate Championship 2021

• The India National Karate Team successfully participated in The 25th Senior World Karate Championship from 16 to 21 November 2021 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates under the banner of KIO and captainship of Mr. Aniket Gupta.^[22]

Senior World Karate Championship 2023

• The India National Karate Team successfully participated in The 26th Senior World Karate Championship from 24 to 29 October 2023 in Budapest, Hungary under the banner of KIO and captainship of Mr. Aniket Gupta.

Junior World Karate Championship 2022

• The India National Karate Team, under the banner of KIO, successfully participated in The 12th Cadet, Junior & U21 World Karate Championship 2022 from 26 to 30 October 2022 in Konya, Turkey.^[23]

Asian Karate Championships

Senior Asian Karate Championship 2021

• The India National Karate Team, under the banner of KIO, successfully participated in The 2021 Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 20 to 22, December 2021 and captainship of Mr. Aniket Gupta.

Senior Asian Karate Championship 2022

• The India National Karate Team successfully participated in The 2022 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 18 to 20, December 2022 under the banner of KIO and captainship of Mr. Aniket Gupta.

Senior Asian Karate Championship 2023

• The India National Karate Team successfully participated in The 2023 Asian Karate Championships held in Malacca, Malaysia from 21 to 23, July 2023 under the banner of KIO and captainship of Mr. Aniket Gupta.

Affiliated Associations

KIO has 36 state/province members all over India along with Services Sports Control Board (SSCB), Army, CRPF, ITBP, Assam Rifles and many police forces as Corporate Members.

KIO Presidents

S.No.	Name	State	Tenure
1.	Vijay Tiwari^[24]	Chhattisgarh	2020 – present

KIO Secretary Generals

S.No.	Name	State	Tenure
1.	Sanjeev Kumar Jangra^[25]	Uttrakhand	2020 – present

KAI Presidents

S.No.	Name	State	Tenure
1.	Karate R. Thiagarajan Ex Deputy Mayor,	Tamil Nadu	2013 to 2018
2.	Lika Tara^[26]	Arunachal Pradesh	08.01.2020 to 26.10.2021
3.	Kuldeep Vats^[27]	Delhi	26 November 2021 – present

KAI Secretary Generals

S.No.	Name	State	Tenure
1.	Bharat Sharma	Delhi	2013 – 2018
2.	Ambedkar Gupta ^[28]	Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir)	2019 – 2020
3.	Rajnesh Chaudhary	Haryana	23 October 2020 – present

Athlete

List of athletes of the India National Karate Team who represent India at international level competitions such as Asian Games, World Karate Championships, Asian Karate Championships, Commonwealth Karate Championships, South Asian Karate Championship, Thailand open Karate Tournament, World Youth Cup, Karate 1 Premier League, USA Open Karate Championship, and other Good Will International Tournaments.^{[29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]}

Athletes along with results

YEAR	NAME	STATE / UNIT	COMPETITION	VENUE	RANK / POSITION	EVENT
2021	Aniket Gupta^[37]^[38]	Delhi	Karate 1 Premier League	Istanbul   Turkey	25th	Individual Male Kata
2020	Deepika Dhiman^[39]^[40]	Delhi	Karate 1 Premier League	Santiago   Chile	9th	Female Kumite 55 kg
2020	Deepika Dhiman^[41]	Delhi	Karate 1 Premier League	Santiago   Chile	31st	Individual Female Kata
2019	Aniket Gupta^[42]	Delhi	16th Senior Asian Karate Championship	Tashkent   Uzbekistan	15th	Individual Male Kata
2019	Pranay Sharma^[43]^[44]	Delhi	16th Senior Asian Karate Championship	Tashkent   Uzbekistan	5th	Male Kumite 67 kg
2019	Priyanka Rami^[45]	Gujarat	16th Senior Asian Karate Championship	Tashkent   Uzbekistan	13th	Individual Female Kata
2019	Deepika Dhiman^[46]	Delhi	16th Senior Asian Karate Championship	Tashkent   Uzbekistan	9th	Female Kumite 55 kg
2019	Preksha Mittal^[47]	Haryana	16th Senior Asian Karate Championship	Tashkent   Uzbekistan	7th	Female Kumite Above 68 kg
2019	Bobby Sharma	Punjab	18th AKF CADET, JUNIOR and U21 Asian Karate Championships	Kota Kinabalu   Malaysia	Bronze	Junior Kumite 48 kg
2019	Durga Das^[48]	Madhya Pradesh	18th AKF CADET, JUNIOR and U21 Asian Karate Championships	Kota Kinabalu Malaysia	Bronze	U21 Kumite 55 kg
2018	Jayendran Sharath Kumar	Karnataka	Asian Games 2018	Jakarta   Indonesia	Participate	Men's Kumite 75 kg
2018	Vishal	Haryana	Asian Games 2018	Jakarta   Indonesia	Participate	Men's Kumite 84 kg
2018	Shruti Sharma^[49]	Haryana	17th AKF CADET, JUNIOR and U21 Asian Karate Championships	Okinawa   Japan	Bronze	Cadet Kumite 47 kg
2018	Amritpal Kaur^[50]	Delhi	17th AKF CADET, JUNIOR and U21 Asian Karate Championships	Okinawa   Japan	Bronze	U21 Kumite 55 kg
2018	Ananya Anand^[51]	Bihar	17th AKF CADET, JUNIOR and U21 Asian Karate Championships	Okinawa   Japan	Bronze	U21 Kumite Above 68 kg
2018	Vishal^[52]	Haryana	17th AKF CADET, JUNIOR and U21 Asian Karate Championships	Okinawa   Japan	Bronze	U21 Kumite 84 kg

Captain

Aniket Gupta represented India National Team for international competitions such as, World Karate Championship, Asian Karate Championship, Commonwealth Karate Championship and many recognized international tournaments through National Sports Federation of Karate - NSF recognized by Government of India (Ministry of Sports & Youth Affairs) as Team Captain of Indian Karate Team (from 2011-2020).

S.No.	Name	State	Tenure
1.	Aniket Gupta^[53]^[54]	Delhi	23 October 2011– present

Coach

List of coaches of the India National Karate Team who represented India at international competitions, such as: Asian Games, World Karate Championships, Asian Karate Championships, Commonwealth Karate Championships, South Asian Karate Championship, World Youth Cup, Karate 1 Premier League, USA Open Karate Championship and other Good Will International Tournaments.

Coach of National Teams for International Events

YEAR	NAME	STATE / UNIT	COMPETITION	VENUE	COACH
2019	Ratan Gambhir	Madhya Pradesh	16th Senior Asian Karate Championship	Tashkent   Uzbekistan	Head Coach
2019	Sanjeev Kumar	Uttarakhand	16th Senior Asian Karate Championship	Tashkent   Uzbekistan	Coach
2019	Sawan Kumar	SSCB Karate Team	16th Senior Asian Karate Championship	Tashkent   Uzbekistan	Coach
2019	Bharat Yadav	Haryana	16th Senior Asian Karate Championship	Tashkent   Uzbekistan	Coach
2019	Pacha Nobin Jomoh	Arunachal Pradesh	16th Senior Asian Karate Championship	Tashkent   Uzbekistan	Coach
2019	Linza Fanny	Meghalaya	16th Senior Asian Karate Championship	Tashkent   Uzbekistan	Coach
2018	Jaidev Sharma	Madhya Pradesh	Asian Games 2018	Jakarta   Indonesia	Coach

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External links

• Karate India Organisation official website
• World Karate Federation official website