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The '''World Association of Kickboxing Organizations''' ('''W.A.K.O''' or just '''WAKO''') is one of the international organizations of [[kickboxing]], and the governing body of the amateur kickboxing sport, which is certified by [[SportAccord]]. It is made up of two organizations: WAKO (for people competing at an amateur level) and '''WAKO PRO''' (for people competing at a professional level). Besides holding world championships, W.A.K.O sanctions the champions of kickboxing.
'''World Association of Kickboxing Organizations''' ('''W.A.K.O''' or '''WAKO''') is one of the [[international organizations]] of [[kickboxing]], and the governing body of the amateur kickboxing sport, which is certified by [[SportAccord]]. It is made up of two organizations: WAKO (for people competing at an amateur level) and '''WAKO PRO''' (for people competing at a professional level). Besides holding world championships, W.A.K.O sanctions the champions of kickboxing.


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 13:33, 20 October 2015

Not to be confused with World Kickboxing Association.
World Association of Kickboxing Organizations
AbbreviationWAKO
Formation1976
TypeFederation of national associations
Legal statusSwiss Law as founded in Zurich on February 6, 1988
Purpose[1]
HeadquartersItaly
Location
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
National association
Official language
English
AffiliationsSportAccord
WADA
Websitehttp://www.wakoweb.com/en/
RemarksWAKO was established as "World All Style Karate Organization".

World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (W.A.K.O or WAKO) is one of the international organizations of kickboxing, and the governing body of the amateur kickboxing sport, which is certified by SportAccord. It is made up of two organizations: WAKO (for people competing at an amateur level) and WAKO PRO (for people competing at a professional level). Besides holding world championships, W.A.K.O sanctions the champions of kickboxing.

History

W.A.K.O started its activities in Europe in 1976[2] and created the rules and regulations for the new fighting sport, acting as the Kickboxing Federation of the World. It was founded by American kickboxing promoter Mike Anderson and his friend, German kickboxing promoter George Bruckner. W.A.K.O is a democratically driven, world governing body of sport and is officially registered in Zurich, Switzerland. Today, W.A.K.O is the largest unified kickboxing organization in the world. In 2006, the International Amateur Kickboxing Sports Association (I.A.K.S.A) and W.A.K.O merged under the umbrella of WAKO, making it possible for its acceptance by the General Association of International Sports Federations (G.A.I.S.F) as the governing body for the sport of Kickboxing.[3] W.A.K.O offers 7 different styles: Points Fighting, light-contact, full-contact, kick-light, low-kick, K1-style, and musical forms. Today W.A.K.O can count on 126 affiliated nations in the five continents, with 95 officially recognized by their respective Sports or Olympic Council.

W.A.K.O is the only International Federation and governing body of sport of Kickboxing as a member of Sport accord. W.A.K.O is officially recognized by Sport Accord, Olympic Council of Asia, WADA and the International World Games Association as the official Kickboxing governing body. The sport of Kickboxing was included in World Combat Games, Asian Indoor Games, the Martial Arts Games (promoted by OCA), and is a demonstration sport in the 2017 International World Games . W.A.K.O has five continental divisions functioning under the auspices of the WAKO International Federation: WAKO Europe, WAKO Pan America, WAKO Asia, WAKO Oceania and WAKO Africa.

Styles

W.A.K.O offers 7 different styles:

Tatami Sports

Musical forms

A musical form is a sort of an imaginary fight against one or more opponents in which the performer uses techniques coming from Oriental Martial Arts to specifically chosen music; the choice of music is personal.

Points Fighting

Semi-contact is a fighting discipline where two fighters fight with the primary goal of scoring defined points / using controlled legal techniques with speed, agility, and focus.

  • Opponents are allowed to hit each other with punches and kicks, striking above the waist.
  • Elbows and knees are forbidden.
  • Clinch fighting and throws are forbidden.
  • Foot sweeps are allowed.
  • Bouts.

Light Contact

Light Contact has been created as an intermediate stage between semi and full contact kickboxing.

  • Opponents are allowed to hit each other with punches and kicks, striking above the waist and below ankle/mid-calf.
  • Elbows and knees are forbidden.
  • Foot sweeps are allowed.
  • Clinch fighting and throws are forbidden.
  • Bouts:

Kick-Light

Kick-Light has been created as an intermediate stage between semi and low-kick kickboxing.

  • Opponents are allowed to hit each other with punches and kicks, striking the thigh (only from outside to inside and vice versa), which can be attacked using the shin.
  • Elbows and knees are forbidden.
  • Foot sweeps are allowed.
  • Clinch fighting and throws forbidden.
  • Bouts:

Ring Sports

Full Contact

Full Contact is a discipline of kickboxing where the intention of a fighter is to beat his opponent with full power and strength.

  • Opponents are allowed to hit each other with punches and kicks, striking above the waist and below the ankle/mid-calf.
  • Elbows and knees are forbidden.
  • Foot sweeps are allowed.
  • Clinch fighting and throws are forbidden.
  • Bouts:

Low-Kick

Full contact kickboxing in which there is the possibility of attacking the opponent’s legs with clean kicks.

  • Opponents are allowed to hit each other with punches and kicks, striking the thigh (only from outside to inside and vice versa) which can be attacked using the shin.
  • Elbows and knees are forbidden.
  • Foot sweeps are allowed.
  • Clinch fighting and throws forbidden.
  • Bouts

K1-style

Elbow techniques are forbidden, Clinching must be less than 5 seconds,

  • Opponents are allowed to hit each other with punches and kicks. Legs and any other part can be attacked using the shin.
  • Elbows are forbidden.
  • Foot sweeps are allowed.
  • Throws are forbidden.
  • Clinching must be less than 5 seconds. Kickboxers are allowed to hold the opponent's neck with both hands in order to attack only with the knee. You are only allowed one knee strike per clinch exchange.
  • Bouts:

Competitions

W.A.K.O holds a world championship every two years, with youth (18 and under) and adults (18–45) on separate years; only national teams are accepted. Each member country can present only one competitor in each weight class. Competitors are commonly the national champion of their weight class in that particular kickboxing style and many are also officially recognized by their National Olympic Committees or Ministry of Sports.

WAKO kickboxing was one of thirteen combat sports participating in the first Combat Games being held in Beijing, China under the patronage of the IOC and SportAccord. WAKO will again be participating in the World Combat Games in St. Petersburg, Russia in September 2013, under the patronage of the IOC and SportAccord. It will have three styles at the Combat Games: Low Kick, Points Fighting (formally called Semi Contact), and Full Contact.

Notable WAKO Pro world champions

See also

References

  1. ^ See WAKO Statutes Chapter 2
  2. ^ "About W.A.K.O".
  3. ^ "SportAccord Members".
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