World Karate and Kickboxing Association

Logo of the WKA

The World Karate and Kickboxing Association (WKA) or World Kickboxing and Karate Association is one of the oldest professional associations for kickboxing (full contact, light contact and semi-contact or pointfighting) as well as modern sport karate (forms: traditional, freestyle and with traditional Asian Budo weapons ). The WKA was founded in October 1976 through a split from the PKA by Howard Hansen and Arnold Urquidez.

The WKA was based in Karlsruhe and was headed by multiple world champion Klaus Nonnemacher (President of WKA World). World Vice President of WKA World and responsible for karate was Toni Dietl . In 2012 there was a split in the WKA, and very many, including all national coaches, followed the newly founded WKU , although the WKA still exists as a splinter association, but has lost all significance.

WKA World Championships 2011 Kickboxing

From 1977 to 2012 the WKA hosted world championships for professional full contact kickboxing.

WKA World Championships

year	venue	country
1993	Groningen	Netherlands
1995	Karlsruhe	Germany
1996	Prague	Czech Republic
1997	Dublin	Ireland
1997	Milan	Italy
1998	Copenhagen	Denmark
1998	Toronto	Canada
1999	Beirut	Lebanon
1999	Hanover	Germany
1999	La Valletta	Malta
2000	Louisville	United States
2000	Prague	Czech Republic
2001	Vienna	Austria
2002	Marina di Massa	Italy
2003	Killarney	Ireland
2003	Antwerp	Belgium
2004	Basel	Switzerland
2005	Niagara Falls	United States
2005	Toronto	Canada
2006	Benidorm	Spain
2007	Karlsruhe	Germany
2008	Orlando	United States
2008	Berlin	Germany
2009	Huelva	Spain
2010	Edinburgh	Scotland
2011	Karlsruhe	Germany
2012	Orlando	United States

Explanation: World championships were held in different disciplines and different countries on the dates mentioned twice.

WKA world champion until 2012

• Raja Amasheh
• Gokhan Arslan
• Benny Urquidez
• Ante Bilic
• Roland Conar
• Besim Kabashi
• Stefan Kainath
• Doris Koehler
• André Mewis
• Klaus Nonnemacher
• Florian Pavic
• Semen poskotin
• Oliver Schawe
• Roland Schellhammer
• Mladen Steko
• Pavlica Steko
• Christine Theiss
• Derya Torun
• Hans-Peter Wiegert
• Yahya Gülay

Belt exams

Points are awarded in an exam. You can get 7 to 10 points per exam section. If the score is below 7, the required standard is not met and the section must be repeated.

Scoring

The test is carried out according to the following sections:

• Fist techniques
• Foot techniques
• Equipment training
• Fighting stance
• Combinations
• condition
• Self defense
• Sparring
• Theory and Oral
• Defense and evasion techniques
• Others

Belt grades

Grütelgrad	waiting period	Required score	maximum number of points
White	1 month	35 points	50 points
White yellow	3 months	42 points	60 points
yellow	At least 3 months	49 points	70 points
Yellow-orange	At least 3 months	49 points	70 points
orange	At least 3 months	56 points	80 points
Orange-green	At least 3 months	56 points	80 points
green	At least 3 months	56 points	80 points
Green Blue	At least 3 months	56 points	80 points
blue	At least 6 months	63 points	90 points
Blue brown	At least 6 months	63 points	90 points
brown	At least 6 months	63 points	90 points
Brown black	At least 6 months	70 points	100 points
1.Dan (black)	Min. 12 months	75 points	100 points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WKA rulebook (PDF file; 1.93 MB)
2. ↑ wka-world.com ( Memento from January 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ PKA-wako-wka-and-other-associations , accessed on October 9, 2013.
4. ↑ wka-magazin_die_wka ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• WKA magazine
• WKA Germany
• http://www.wkaworld.com/ (link not available)