Commonwealth Karate Federation

Membership of the Commonwealth Karate Federation
can only be given to countries whose National Federations
are members of the World Karate Federation.

COMMONWEALTH KARATE FEDERATION MEMBERS

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA (1981) - Mr Hubert Hood - mfc@candw.ag
AUSTRALIA (1931) - Mr Mike Cassis - admin@akf.com.au
BAHAMAS (1973) - Mr Elrick McKinney - mckinney90@gmail.com
BANGLADESH (1972) - Mr Akhlas Uddin Mollah - kekko@dhaka.net
BARBADOS (1966) - Mr Joel Linton - bajabundo@yahoo.com
BELIZE (1981) - Mr Franz C. Menzies - luvascokidav@yahoo.com
BOTSWANA (1966) - Mr Gift Nkwe - boka@botsnet.co.bw
BRUNEI (1984) - Mr Penglran Haji Ura Kasteria Yusuf - Sunny.Luah@shell.com
CAMEROON (1995) - Dr. Aka Amuam - fecada@yahoo.fr
CANADA (1931) - Mr Norm Gilles - ngillies@nka.ca
CYPRUS (1961) - Mr Andreas Vasssiliou - info@cypruskarate.org
DOMINICA (1978) - Mr Angel Acosta - p.gerencial@codetel.net.do
ENGLAND (1931) - Mr Carl Lindley - info@englishkaratefederation.com
GAMBIA (1965) - Mr Mohamed Kaba Musa - n/a
GHANA (1957) - Mr Jude Adu-Amankwah - ghanakaratedoassociation@yahoo.com
GRENADA (1974) - Mrs Claudette Joseph - claudjo@caribsurf.com
GUYANA (1966) - Mr Anthony Durjan - sports@guyana.net.gy
INDIA (1947) - Mr R Thiagarajan - skakbangalore@yahoo.com
KENYA (1963) - Mr Patrick Rajula - pkatee2000@yahoo.com
MALAYSIA (1957) - Mr Datuk Zulkipli Mat Noor - soofamily@hotmail.com
MALTA (1964) - Mr Keneth Abela - info@maltakarate.com
MAURITIUS (1968) - Mr Brian Burns - apresvente@axess.mu
NAMIBIA (1990) - Mr Andre Genis - genisa@namwater.com.na
NAURA (1968) - n/a - n/a
NEW ZEALAND (1931) - Mr Leo Donnelly - info@karatenz.co.nz
NIGERIA (1960) - Mr Bolaji Akinboboye - karatefed_ngr@yahoo.com
NORTHERN IRELAND (1931) - Miss Violet Brown - info@nikb.org
PAPUA NEW GUINEA (1975) - Mr Carlistius Mari - carlmari@hotmail.com
SAINT LUCIA (1979) - Mr Ezra Jn Baptiste - ezrask@hotmail.com
SAMOA (1970) - Mr Jean-Pierre Bourdet - n/a
SCOTLAND (1931) - Mr James A. Miller - n/a
SEYCHELLES (1976) - Mr David Esparon - dcelectine48@hotmail.com
SIERRA LEONE (1961) - Mr Idrissa Massaquoi - senseiiam@yahoo.com
SINGAPORE (1965) - Mr Richard Ng Sing Hua - ckf567@mbox4.singnet.com.sg
SOUTH AFRICA (1931) - Mr Leon Beech - lbeech@northlink.co.za
SRI LANKA (1948) - Mr E Ajith Abeysekera - info@slkf.org
SWAZILAND (1968) - n/a - n/a
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (1962) - Mr Anthony Sydney - goshindo86@yahoo.com
UGANDA (1962) - Mr Sentumbwe Haruna - ugandakaratefederation@yahoo.com
VANUATA (1980) - Mr Jean-Pierre Bourdet - reur@vanuata.com.vu
WALES (1931) - Mr Roger Williams - riwilliamswkgb@aol.com
ZAMBIA (1964) - Mr Ply Jere - n/a

Non-WKF Commonwealth Members

JAMAICA (1962)
KIRIBATI (1979)
LESOTHO (1966)
MALAWI (1964)
MALDIVES (1982)
MOZAMBIQUE (1995)
SAINT KITTS & NEVIS (1983)
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES (1979)
SOLOMON ISLANDS (1978)
TANZANIA (1961)
TONGA (1970)
TUVALU (1978)

Suspended Members

FIJI (joined in 1970, left in 1987, rejoined in 1997, suspended in 2000, readmitted in 2001, resuspended in 2006) - Mrs Makarita Lenoa - secretary@karatefiji.com

PAKISTAN (joined in 1947, left in 1972, rejoined in 1989, was suspended in 1999, readmitted in 2004 and resuspended in 2007) - Mr Munir Ahmed Dar - saadjahangir@yahoo.com

Former Members

IRISH FREE STATE (1931; left in 1949)
NEWFOUNDLAND (joined in 1931; returned to direct rule in 1934; became a province of Canada in 1949)
TANGANYIKA (joined in 1961; merged with Zanzibar to form Tanzania in 1964)
ZANZIBAR (joined in 1963; merged with Tanganyika to form Tanzania in 1964)
ZIMBABWE (joined in 1980; suspended in 2002; left in 2003)

Former colonies and protectorates which did not join the Commonwealth on independence

BAHRAIN (1971)
BHUTAN (1949)
UNION OF BURMA (1948)
EGYPT (initial 1922 ;full 1956)
HONG KONG, which became a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (1997)
IRAQ (1932)
KUWAIT (1961)
MUSCAT & OMAN (1971)
PALESTINE (1947; part of which subsequently became Israel in 1948)
QATAR (1971)
SIKKIM (1947; left the British Empire on the independence of India, but in 1975 became an Indian state, thus becoming a part of the Commonwealth)
BRITISH SOMALILAND (1960; five days after independence joined Italian Somaliland to form Somalia, now self-declared independent country (Republic of Somaliland) but with no international recognition}
FEDERATION OF SOUTH ARABIA (1967; on independence became the People's Republic of South Yemen)
ANGLO-EGYPTIAN SUDAN (1956; on independence, became Sudan)
TRANSJORDAN (1946; on independence, became Jordan)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (Trucial States) (1971; on independence, became the United Arab Emirates)

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