The USA Karate Federation is the premier federation of the United States of America. This outstanding group of karate-ka spearheaded the successful drive to put karate into the Pan American Games. USA KARATE ® is working to develop athletes and technical personnel who will again prove throughout the world that the United States of America is the true international leader of the martial arts. With sincerity, respect, and dedication we can do this. There are many clever people, but not many true students of the arts. Thanks to all the people who helped us achieve our goals. We ask you to come work with us to take karate in the United States of America to its proper place as number one in the world. Sincerity, respect, and dedication are the keywords here.

Now that we have reached the Pan American Games, we are changing our focus and getting away from politics. We want to and indeed must produce the best karate-ka in the world. We will lend all our efforts towards that goal. And, above all, we are advocates for USA Karate athletes.

• Check out the Message Area to find out the latest federation news and the Event Report Page
  
• A limited supply of the new USA Karate Team Jackets are now available
  
• Andersons pages have been redone and are much more inclusive

This entire site will be available soon on Adobe Acrobat PDF format so that you can download, read, and print on any platform. A <member's> only page with important federation inside information will be available for use by a secured password available from us.

THESE ARE EXTENSIVE SITES. THE FOLLOWING GUIDE WILL HELP YOU FIND THE INFORMATION THAT YOU ARE SEEKING. We want you to find answers to your questions and enjoy our USAKF.

Below is a directory to our most commonly used resources. There is all kinds of information and numerous pictures, and we hope that they prove useful to you. Explore and enjoy the many links provided. When in doubt, click! You can always return to the main pages.

1. ABOUT OUR FEDERATION

• Our organization and how to contact people in your area
• The Technical Section and martial artist involved with us
• Schedules and information on events
• Competition Teams and athlete profiles
• The USA Karate Federation Hall of Fame A Hall of Fame that you can't buy your way into.
• Constitution and By-Laws

2. INFORMATION & ARTICLES & JUST PLAIN GOSSIP

• Event reports, pictures and articles
• To add commentaries and pictures of your own

3. OBTAINING LITERATURE AND MERCHANDISE

• Sales-Patches, pins, and decals, rule books, manuals, athletic wear and training equipment

4. USAKF PARTNER FEDERATIONS

• USA Karate Foundation
• US Ju-Jitsu Federation
• Kwanmukan International Society (over 20,000 members)
  • Members Only Page - Registered password required
  • Member dojos
• World Kobudokan Federation
• Global Martial Arts Federation
• Central Taekwondo Association
• International Traditional Bujitsu Development and Research Foundation
• International Karate Instructor Institute
• United States Karate Association
• United States Karate Ka Kai
• United States Martial Arts Federation

5. REGISTERING AS A MEMBER

• How to become a life member
• Registration forms and requirements for the following organizations
  • USA Karate Federation in Acrobat PDF format
    • To register for Black Belt Certification (PDF format)
    • To Register for USAKF Passport (Red Book)
  • US Jujitsu Federation
  • Global Martial Arts Federation
  • Central Taekwondo Association
  • World Kobudokan

6. EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES REGISTERING FOR AN EVENT

• Reports on completed events
• Special notices for events and registration information are on the Schedules Page

7. HOW TO BECOME ACTIVE IN OUR FEDERATIONS

• Send us your comments for publication on our Message Page
• Chatter, gossip, and messages
• Go to events, training seminars
• Attain Black Belt grade
• Attain the official USAKF passbook. (PDF format)

8. The WORLD KARATE FEDERATION mirror pate

9. The USA KARATE FOUNDATION

• Set up a scholarship fund in your name or in the name of your organization
  Information here or Pat Hickey, Foundation President.

10. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS

• If you have any questions or need to know more on how to navigate here, please call me, George Anderson, directly on the phone at 330-813-2720 or fax or e-mail.