World Karate-do Federation Inc. is Canadian Non-Profit-Organization (#994313-7) under Govt of Canada for the development of sports Karate culture at International level.World karate-do Federation Inc. CANADA officially started operations from Winnipeg, Canada to discover the capabilities of players and to provide, improve and update the possibility for worldwide Karate-do. We are different than World Karate Federation. There are dozens of styles of Karate and rapidly increasing but all of them are not officially recognized by World Karate Federation but We Welcome all Styles.
Difference between Karate and Karate-do (source: Japanese Martial Arts center)
Karate is the most generic of the words listed above. It means “empty hand” in Japanese, and refers to the idea that many of the fighting techniques found in these arts are done without weapons. In the 20th Century, the word has come to mean any of several fighting or self-defense systems, including Shorin-Ryu, Shotokan, Kyokushinkai, and Goju-Ryu. In the West, many people use the term to refer to any art mainly composed of striking techniques, so you will often hear references to American Karate or Korean Karate (Tae Kwon Do).
Karate-Do refers to a way of practicing Karate that focuses on its virtues as a lifelong path of self-improvement. “Do” (pronounced “dough”) means “way” or “path.” In the martial arts context, it describes a codified system of physical and mental education that is designed to affect the whole person in a variety of ways. Through long-term severe practice, Karate-Do is meant to make its practitioners more physically fit, more mentally acute, and more spiritually balanced.
So, we are different than World Karate Federation. We Welcome Full Contact, Semi-Contact and Light Contact Karate with Kumite and Kata Forms in Single and Team Events in Male and Female category.