The World Association of Kickboxing Federations(WAKO) applied for becoming the 37th member federation of the IWGA. During the IWGA’s Annual General Meeting in Belek/Turkey in April, the delegates voted in favour of the admission of the WAKO. IWGA President José Perurena welcomed the new member of The orld Games family. Moreover: Kickboxing is one of the four sports on the invitational sports programme of The World Games 2017 in Wrocław, Poland.
WAKO 
use this platform to introduce Kickboxing as a sport that is attractive both for the media and the spectators. Today WAKO counts on a market of kickboxers estimated to be more than 4,000,000 practitioners and no less than 8,000 clubs around the globe.
Learn more about WAKO and Kickboxing.
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The IWGA comprises 39 International Member Sports Federations.
It administers and promotes The World Games (TWG), a multi-sport event held every four years that features popular, traditional, emerging and trend sports on its programme.
The World Games 2025 took place in Chengdu (CHN) from 7-17 August 2025. 4,000 athletes from more than 110 countries took part in this 12th edition.
The World Games 2029 will take place in Karlsruhe, Germany, from 19-29 July 2029, 40 years after it hosted TWG in 1989.
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