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.
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.
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 backlashes faced by karate in India since 2020.
On 15 November 2021, in Dubai at the 25th Senior World Karate Championship, the WKF Congress decided to permanently disaffiliate the Karate Association of India (KAI) from the WKF and give permanent affiliate recognition membership to KIO. WKF also notified 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).
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.
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, Karate1 Youth League, Karate 1 Premier League, USA Open Karate Championship and other Good Will International Tournaments.
Tournaments National Karate Championship The National Championships are held annually for Senior, U-21, Junior, Cadet, and Sub-Junior categories. In addition, the All India Inter-Zone Championship is conducted, featuring top teams from East, North, West, South and Northeast Zones. KIO is the only sports body to promote karate across India at the school, college, university and corporate levels, not only as a martial art of self defense but also as a sport. Karate has been a medal event in Olympic, School Games, National Games, SAF Games & Asian Games, World Games, Youth Olympic, and karate has been recognised by the 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 Aniket Gupta.
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 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.
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 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 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 Aniket Gupta.
Affiliated associations KIO has 36 state/province members all over India along with Services Sports Control Board (SSCB), Army, CRPF, Assam Rifles and many police forces as Corporate Members. State/Unit Name of the affiliated Organisation Karnataka Akhil Karnataka Sports Karate Association Nagaland All Nagaland Karate Do Association Jammu and Kashmir Amateur Karate Do Association of Jammu and KashmirArunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Amateure Karate Association Chandigarh Chandigarh Karate Association Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh Karate Association Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu DNH Sports & All Daman and Diu Karate Do Association Haryana Haryana United Karate Association Delhi Karate Association of DelhiHimachal Pradesh Karate Association of Himachal Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Karate Association of Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Karate Do Association of Maharashtra Gujarat Karate Do Federation Gujarat Kerala Karate Kerala Association West Bengal Karate Do Association of BengalManipur Manipur Amateure Karate Do Association Meghalaya All Meghalaya Karate-Do AssociationMadhyapradesh Madhya Pradesh Sports Karate Association Odisha Odisha State Karate Do Association Punjab Punjab Karate AssociationRajasthan Rajasthan Karate Association Sikkim Sikkim State Karate Do Association Andaman Nicobar Sports Karate Do Association Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bihar State Karate Association of BiharTamilnadu Tamil Nadu Sports Karate Do Association Telangana Telangana Sports Karate Do Association Goa Traditional Karate Association of GoaAssam Unified Karate Association of AssamTripura United All Style Karate Tripura Association Puducherry Universal Karate Do Association of Puducherry Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Karate Association
KIO Presidents S.No. Name State Tenure1. Vijay Tiwari Chhattisgarh 2020 – 20242.Bharat SharmaDelhi2024 – present
KIO Secretaries General S.No. Name State Tenure1. Sanjeev Kumar Jangra Uttrakhand 2020 – present
KAI Presidents S.No. Name State Tenure1. Karate R. Thiagarajan Ex Deputy Mayor, Tamil Nadu 2013 to 20182. Likha Tara Arunachal Pradesh 08.01.2020 to 26.10.20213. Kuldeep Vats Delhi 26 November 2021 – present
KAI Secretaries General S.No. Name State Tenure1. Bharat Sharma Delhi 2013 – 20182. Ambedkar Gupta Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) 2019 – 20203. Rajnesh Chaudhary Haryana 23 October 2020 – present
Athletes The following is a list of athletes of the India National Karate Team who have represented 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.
+ Athletes and results YEAR NAME STATE / UNIT COMPETITION VENUE RANK / POSITION EVENT2026Alisha Choudhary Haryana 2026 Asian Karate Championship Bali, IndonesiaGoldIndividual Senior Female Kumite -55 kg 2021Aniket Gupta Delhi Karate 1 Premier League Istanbul 25th Individual Male Kata 2020Deepika Dhiman Delhi Karate 1 Premier League Santiago 9th Female Kumite 55 kg 2020Deepika Dhiman Delhi Karate 1 Premier League Santiago 31st Individual Female Kata 2019Aniket Gupta Delhi16th Senior Asian Karate ChampionshipTashkent 15thIndividual Male Kata2019Pranay SharmaDelhi16th Senior Asian Karate ChampionshipTashkent 5thMale Kumite 67 kg2019Priyanka RamiGujarat16th Senior Asian Karate ChampionshipTashkent 13thIndividual Female Kata2019Deepika DhimanDelhi16th Senior Asian Karate ChampionshipTashkent 9thFemale Kumite 55 kg2019Preksha MittalHaryana16th Senior Asian Karate ChampionshipTashkent 7thFemale Kumite Above 68 kg2019Bobby SharmaPunjab18th AKF CADET, JUNIOR and U21 Asian Karate ChampionshipsKota Kinabalu Junior Kumite 48 kg2019Durga DasMadhya Pradesh18th AKF CADET, JUNIOR and U21 Asian Karate ChampionshipsKota Kinabalu
MalaysiaU21 Kumite 55 kg2018Jayendran Sharath KumarKarnatakaAsian Games 2018JakartaParticipateMen's Kumite 75 kg 2018VishalHaryanaAsian Games 2018Jakarta ParticipateMen's Kumite 84 kg 2018Shruti SharmaHaryana17th AKF CADET, JUNIOR and U21 Asian Karate ChampionshipsOkinawa Cadet Kumite 47 kg 2018Amritpal KaurDelhi17th AKF CADET, JUNIOR and U21 Asian Karate ChampionshipsOkinawa U21 Kumite 55 kg 2018Ananya AnandBihar17th AKF CADET, JUNIOR and U21 Asian Karate ChampionshipsOkinawa U21 Kumite Above 68 kg 2018VishalHaryana17th AKF CADET, JUNIOR and U21 Asian Karate ChampionshipsOkinawa 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 Tenure1. Aniket Gupta Delhi 23 October 2011 – present
Coach The following is a 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 Head coach 2019 Sanjeev Kumar Uttarakhand 16th Senior Asian Karate Championship Tashkent Coach 2019 Sawan Kumar SSCB Karate Team 16th Senior Asian Karate Championship Tashkent Coach 2019 Bharat Yadav Haryana 16th Senior Asian Karate Championship Tashkent Coach 2019 Pacha Nobin Jomoh Arunachal Pradesh 16th Senior Asian Karate Championship Tashkent Coach 2019Linza Fanny Meghalaya 16th Senior Asian Karate Championship Tashkent Coach 2018 Jaidev Sharma Madhya Pradesh Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Coach
References
External links Karate India Organisation official website World Karate Federation official website