World Association of Kickboxing Organizations

Join WAKO

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Under this section it is possible to find a summary of all the required documents and information to
submit a membership application as it is indicated in the WAKO Statutes.

Please go through the WAKO Statutes and read especially CHAPTER II, Articles 8 and 9. 
Here below you can find an extract of the article 9, according to which it is necessary to submit all
the information and documentation as listed below (a, b, c, d, e f, g, h) that shall be sent to: WAKO
Administrative Office – administration@wako.sport

Article 9. Application Procedures
1. National Federations wishing to be admitted as Provisional Members or Full Members by WAKO
must pay the relevant application fee payment, which in the event of acceptance of the application
will be applied as the first year’s membership fee.
2. The application shall include the following mandatory information/documentation of the applicant
(if not in English, to be provided with an English certified translation) to be provided to the
Administrative Office:
a. a copy of the statutes, regulations and directives of the applicant;
b. a chart of the applicant’s organizational structure (including staff), with detailed explanations
regarding the composition of its governing bodies, and a list of all its members;
c. information as to the recognition of the relevant applicant by the National Olympic Committee of
the relevant country;
d. information regarding the Sport of Kickboxing activities and relevant events organized by the
applicant in the last two years;
e. a copy of the audited financial statements of the last two years;
f. declaration to accept, recognize and always comply with WAKO Statutes and WAKO regulations,
as well as all directives and decisions, as adopted or resolved by the Board of directors;
g. declaration to accept that any disputes have to be exclusively solved in accordance with Article
56 of these Statutes;
h. any other document relevant in connection with the application and required by the Board of
Directors.

For information about the application fee as Full Member (in case the association/federation of the
applicant has already been officially recognized by its National Olympic Committee or any other
national sport authority) or as Provisional member (if not recognized yet by NOC or any other
national sport authority) please contact: administration@wako.sport

According to the recognition status it is necessary to provide with the payment of the membership
application fee, that will be valid as first year membership, to the following bank details:
Beneficiary: WAKO IF
Bank: Allied Irish Bank
Bank Address: Main Street, Leixlip Co Kildare, Ireland
IBAN: IE14 AIBK 9336 3531 6570 54

Swift Code: AIBKIE2D

WAKO’s legal address: Bahnhofstrasse 23, 6300 Zug CH, Switzerland

ATTENTION
Please note that the amount received must be in Euro and fully paid, any bank charges or
eventual provision due to the currency exchange is on the applicant’s expenses.
The annual payment of the membership fee is mandatory for participation to any WAKO IF
and WAKO Continental event.
 

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