The Swedisk Karate Clubs willl get an form an own federation. Until now the Swedish Karate Clubs have been organized the Swedish Budo & Martial Arts Federation.
Newly it was deciced that the Swedish Karate clubs will form an Federation of their own.
If you understand Swedish you can read more about it in the homepage of Swedish Budo & Martial Arts Federation.
The Karate Federation will start 1 January 2010.
Some facts about the Swedish Budo & Martial Arts Federation:
Swedish Budo and Martial Arts Federation is included in the Swedish Sports Confederation (Riksidrottsförbundet), and organises most East Asian martial arts since the beginning of the 1960s. Nowadays also non-Asian martial arts are included. An exception is judo, which formed its own federation in 1987; taekwondo did the same in 1997. There are also a number of martial arts that are not connected to a federation.
Currently there are eighteen different sports within the organisation.
The sports included are:
Aikido Japanese self-defence art
Bujinkan Japanese martial art
Capoeira Acrobatic art with Brazilian origin
Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) A group of martial arts from the Philippines
Glima Ancient Nordic wrestling
Iaido Japanese sword art
Jodo Japanese martial art using a stick
Ju-jutsu Japanese self-defence
Karate Japanese martial art
Kendo Japanese fencing
Kickboxing Modern martial art with American origin
Krav Maga Self defence with Israeli origin
Kyudo Japanese archery
Naginata Japanese art using a sword like weapon similar to the halberd
Shootfighting Modern art from Japan
Shorinjikempo Japanese martial art
Taido Japanese, acrobatic martial art
Wushu/kung-fu Chinese martial arts