International Kendo Federation
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The International Kendo Federation (FIK) was founded in 1970 and is the international federation of national and regional kendo associations and the world governing body for kendo. The FIK is a non-governmental organisation, and its aim is to promote and popularise kendo, iaido and jodo.
Seventeen national or regional federations were the founding affiliates. That increased over the years to 47 by December 2006.
The FIK was accepted as a member of the General Association of International Sporting Federations (GAISF) in April 2006. As a consequence the previous acronym of IKF was altered to FIK.
The secretariat of the FIK is located in the All Japan Kendo Federation building in Tokyo.
The FIK conducts the World Kendo Championships, an international competition contested by the member nations every three years since their inception in 1970.
