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How the ranking works, who is rising, what every event is worth, and answers to the questions we get most. Every number in these pages comes from the same engine that builds the tables.

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All Rules & points 16 Rankings explained 15 Fighter stories 15 Events & results 16 Branches & federation 17 Referees & officials 9 Health & safety 10 Guides & how-to 20 Training & preparation 6 For federations & organisers 7 For fans 5 Glossary & explainers 4 Questions & answers 7

For federations & organisers

Starting a federation, joining KBN, sanctioning and running events.

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Running a branch

For federations & organisersRunning a branch

The branch admin role explained: powers, limits and good practice

A KBN branch administrator manages their country's branch page and events, and reviews their country's applications through the fi...

8 Sept 2026 · 5 min👁14.4k ♥1.1k ↗270

For federations & organisersRunning a branch

Data quality for national rankings: how federations keep results clean

Clean national rankings depend on official result sheets from every event, a single register of events and athletes, consistent na...

6 Aug 2026 · 5 min👁13.7k ♥740 ↗155

Partnerships

For federations & organisersPartnerships

Sponsors, partners and integrity: keeping money separate from rankings

Sponsors and partners can support events, athletes and education, and receive visibility in return, but they can never influence r...

30 Jul 2026 · 5 min👁22.9k ♥916 ↗348

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The branch admin role explained: powers, limits and good practice

8 Sept 2026 · For federations & organisers

Data quality for national rankings: how federations keep results clean

6 Aug 2026 · For federations & organisers

Sponsors, partners and integrity: keeping money separate from rankings

30 Jul 2026 · For federations & organisers

Questions & answers

Q&A

Short answers on points, applying, documents, rankings, officials, branches and privacy.

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