We want to increase access to sport karate for all and provide everyone, in particular young people, with the educational and health values of sport karate.
Gender equality is a top priority for us. The two main aims are to make access to sport karate in general and the Karate competition easier for female athletes, and to increase the number of women in sport karate administration and management.
As the source of reference for karate knowledge, the International Sport Karate Organization is aimed at researchers and professionals interested in Sport of Karate. Its mission is to share this knowledge by providing information, giving access to our unique collections, encouraging research and stimulating intellectual exchange.
Gichin Funakoshi believed that Karate contributed to the harmonious and well-balanced development of the body, personality and mind. As such, interaction between karate, education and culture is encouraged by the World Karate Federation. The aim is to promote Karate in Olympic and Olympic ideals throughout the karate worldwide.
Self-defence skills
Concentration, focus and mental discipline
In 2015, in a historic moment for sport and the Olympic Movement, sport was officially recognised as an “important enabler” of sustainable development and included in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. In this context, the IDSDP provides a notable platform to advocate more investment in sport, related infrastructure and quality physical education for youth among governments.
This Day offers a new opportunity to promote sport and physical activity as a cost-effective and meaningful tool to address a wide range of needs related to: education, health, social inclusion, youth development, gender equality, peace-building and sustainable development.
Using sport to promote development and peace has been at the core of the IOC’s mission since its creation in 1894. Pierre de Coubertin, the IOC’s founder, was explicit in his desire to use Olympism as a means to promote harmony among individuals and nations, at all levels from casual practice to competitive sport.
It is also an opportunity to showcase all ways that the IOC, National Olympic Committees, International and National Sports Federations, sports clubs, governmental and nongovernmental organisations, neighbourhood associations and all other entities and volunteers use sport for the betterment of humanity.
The annual IDSDP is also a fitting complement to the celebration of Olympic Day, which, introduced by the IOC in 1948, commemorates the founding of the modern Olympic Movement, each year on 23 June. Millions of people in countries around the world participate in a wide variety of activities, from sport to educational and cultural activities.