The World Karate Confederation was established at the founding conference on May 4, 1996 in Frankfurt am Main (Germany).
The ideological inspirer and founder of this organization was Dr. Fritz Wendland (Germany). In 1996, 22 federations from 3 continents were members of the WKC. At the very peak of development, WKC members were international federations from more than 100 countries. At the moment, the WKC includes international organizations from more than 45 countries around the world. Such a decrease in membership is due to the fact that people from the WKC organized new international organizations such as: WUKO, WUKF, IKU, the illegitimate WKC.

The history of the organization of the illegitimate WKC.

In 2021, during a videoconference, the WKC Executive Committee decided to hold the next XIV World Championship for cadets, juniors and seniors and the XIV World Cup for children in Cheboksary (Russia).

However, contrary to the decision of the Executive Committee of the WKC, Marko Nicovic, while still using the right of the President, held under the name WKC (which he had no right to do) the European Championship in Resita (Romania), and this year the so-called World Championship in Belgrade (Serbia).

Marko Nicovic, by his actions, deceived the members of international WKC organizations, misled them, thereby completely violating karate etiquette and the WKC Charter, which led to a split in the organization and the emergence of an illegitimate WKC led by Marko Nicovic on the international arena.

In order to distinguish from the illegitimate WKC, our organization is now called the World Karate Confederation, founded by Fritz Wendland. The World Karate Confederation, founded by Fritz Wendland, constantly conducts international seminars to improve the skills of judges and coaches, as well as international competitions.

The WKC rules are distinguished by their universality, democracy and tradition. They do not discriminate one style over another. The kata competitions are held separately for each style: shotokan, shito-ryu, goju-ryu, wado-ryu, shorin-ryu, fudokan and kobudo. In these styles, all sub-style directions are recognized. Kumite competitions are held in two directions: traditional ippon-kumite – a fight up to one ippon in the absolute weight category and sports sanbon-kumite – a fight up to three ippons, taking into account weight categories.
In 2021 , according to the decision of the WKC Executive Committee , Viacheslav Timofeev (Russia) was appointed Acting President of the World Karate Confederation

In 2022, at the Congress of the World Karate Confederation founded by Fritz Wendland, the Executive Committee unanimously elected Vyacheslav Timofeev, the owner of 9 Dan (Russia) President of the World Karate Confederation founded by Fritz Wendland

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR SENIORS
1997: Arezzo (Italy) — 1st WKC World Championship for seniors
1999: Bochum (Germany) — 2nd WKC World Championship for seniors
2001: Aberdeen (Scotland) — 3rd WKC World Championship for seniors
2003: St. Petersburg (Russia) — 4 WKC World Championship for seniors
2005: Novi Sad (Serbia) — 5th WKC World Championship for seniors
2007: Bergamo (Italy) — 6 WKC World Championship for seniors
2009: Fort Lauderail (USA) — 7th WKC World Championship for seniors
2011: Liberec (Czech Republic) — 8th WKC World Championship for seniors
2013: Melbourne (Australia) — 9th WKC World Championship for seniors

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR SENIORS
1998: Bratislava (Slovakia) — 1st WKC European Championship for senior
2000: Cluj-Napoca (Romania) — 2nd WKC European Championship for senior
2002: Polten (Austria) — 3rd WKC European Championship for senior
2004: Caorle (Italy) — 4th WKC European Championship for senior
2006: Bratislava (Slovakia) — 5th WKC European Championship for senior
2008: Banja Luka (Republic of Serbia) — 6th WKC European Championship for senior
2010: Belgrade (Serbia) — 7th WKC European Championship for senior
2014: Cheboksary (Russia) — 9th WKC European Championship for cadets, juniors and seniors

WORLD CUP FOR CHILDREN
1998: Locarno (Italy) — 1st WKC World Cup for children
2000: Valencia (Spain) — 2nd WKC World Cup for children
2002: Novi Sad (Serbia) — 3rd WKC World Cup for children

CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, OPEN TOURNAMENTS
2002: Londrina (Brazil) — WKC South American Open Karate Tournament
2003: Kathmandu (Nepal) — WKC South East Asian Open Karate Tournament
2003: Buenos Aires (Argentina) — 1st WKC Pan American Championship
2005: New Delhi (India) — WKC South East Asian Open Karate Tournament
2008: Bangkok (Thailand) — WKC open tournament within the framework of the 3rd International Martial Arts Games (IMGC)
2013: Melbourne (Australia) — Open Championship for cadets and juniors and World Cup for children
2014: Feldkirchen (Germany) — Open National Championship for cadets, juniors and seniors in karate WKC
2016: Chennai (India) — 3rd Southeast Asia and Oceania Championship
2017: Minsk (Belarus) — 7th International Martial Arts Games (IMGC) and Open Team WKC World Cup
2018: Resita (Romania) — 10th WKC European Cup for cadets, juniors and seniors

2023: Taraz (Kazakhstan) — Open Asian Championship for cadets, juniors, seniors and Open Asian Cup for children

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR JUNIORS, CADETS AND SENIORS AND WORLD CUP FOR CHILDREN
2004: Darmstadt (Germany) — 4th WKC World Championship for junior and World Cup for children
2006: Hannover (Germany) — 5 WKC World Championships junior and World Cup for children
2008: Novo mesto (Slovenia) — 6th WKC World Championships for cadets, juniors, 9th WKC World Cup for children
2010: Caorle (Italy) — 7 WKC World Championships for cadets, juniors, 9th WKC World Cup for children
2012: Siauliai (Lithuania) — 8th WKC World Championships for cadets, juniors, 9th WKC World Cup for children, WKC Open Championship for seniors
2014: Buenos Aires (Argentina) — 9th WKC World Championships for cadets, juniors, 9th WKC World Cup for children and WKC Open Championship for seniors
2015: Riga (Latvia) — 10th WKC World Championship for cadets, juniors and seniors and 10th WKC World Cup for children
2016: Rimini (Italy) — 11th WKC World Championship for cadets, juniors and seniors and 11th WKC World Cup for children
2017: Belgrade (Serbia) — 12th WKC World Championship for cadets, juniors and seniors and 12th WKC World Cup for children
2019: Belgrade (Serbia) — 13th WKC World Championship for cadets, juniors and seniors and 13th WKC World Cup for children.      

2022: Novocheboksarsk (Russia) — 14th WKC World Championship for cadets, juniors and seniors and 14th WKC World Cup for children

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR CADETS, JUNIORS AND SENIORS AND EUROPEAN CUP FOR CHILDREN
2023: Antalya (Turkey) — 11th WKC European Championship for cadets, juniors and seniors and European Cup for children