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In 1993, the 101st IOC Session (General Meeting) specified that Traditional Karate is the discipline which is practiced by the ITKF and governed by its rules. At this time "Traditional Karate" was differentiated from other "karate" disciplines. Therefore, that form of karate which is practiced and governed by the rules and regulations of the ITKF is the only officially recognized "Traditional Karate" much the same way that IOC recognized swimming as practiced under international swimming rules is distinguished from general forms of swimming.
We would like to inform you that on June 9 and 10, 2022 in Skopje, the official representatives of ITKF, d-r Dejan Nedev and d-r Vencislav Nedev have several meetings with the leadership of the IOC and EOC, they had separate meetings with the President of the IOC, Mr. Thomas Bach, the President of the EOC, Mr. Spiros Caplaros, and with the IOC board members Mr. Sergey Bubka and Mr. Nenad Lalović. The meetings discussed the current situation in world karate as well as the possibility of renewing the negotiations for the recognition of ITKF by the IOC as well as the possibility of unifying world karate. Dejan Nedev presented an encyclopedia to the entire leadership of the IOC on the occasion of 50 years of karate in Macedonia.