Letter by our WTKF Vice-President from South America

World Traditional Karate-Do Federation WTKF • Oct 04, 2019

This letter posted by our WTKF Vice-president from South America on July 23rd 2019.

Natal /RN – Brazil, 23/07/2019

Dear WTKF Board of Directors and all who may concern,

We request, as Vice President of WTKF for Latin America and President of CKTB that some providence may be taken as to the dual directions going on at WTKF. WTKF members organizing events and posting on the previous WTKF website and social networks as WTKF sponsored events, although organized without the permission of the board of directors and of the president of our organization. We cannot allow this to happen again, because this is weakening WTKF as a reputable and transparent institution.

We have received questionings from athletes, directors, representatives of the various states of Brazil's Traditional Karate and people from other federations about events that are announced without us even knowing anything or been informed about it. We do request, due to the above facts, that urgent judicial action is taken, as well as punishment or expulsion of the members causing these inconveniences, and weakening WTKF.

All of these events have been endorsed by World Budo Karate Association, European Traditional Karate Federation, Polish Traditional Karate Federation and signed by Andrzej Maciejewski, the President of Polish Traditional Karate Federation, as it can be seen available online on the site:

http://www.wtkfkarate.org/summer-gasshuku-2019-european-platform/?fbclid=IwAR2ctCM04Ye1Tg0Y-XbcvG3C7AVtsqlhADbowJnD87wBjk7PJupWFrZg_C g

We can also see on the site that the logo mark of WTKF is been used as if our Federation had also endorsed the event. This is not the first time it happens, as we can see in the announcement and result of the World Cup which also has the WTKF Logo Mark on:

http://www.wtkfkarate.org/10thtraditional-karate-do-world-cup/.

We realize that WTKF name is being used to promote other entities and even particular people which is not in line with the principles of our entity, which is to promote Traditional Karate rather than particular people or personal interests.

Therefore, due to everything exposed above, we are looking forward to receiving an urgent official answer from the board of directors of WTKF.

We reaffirm our support to the WTKF president, as reported in an open letter sent on 04/3/2018. We are aware these conflicts of interests could harm WTKF reputation. Our intention was and always will be to watch over the name and growth of WTKF and Traditional Karate in Brazil, Latin America and the World.

Yours sincerely,

Nilton Aurimar, president of CKTB, vice president of WTKF for Latin America,