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To start a martial arts federation you need a legal entity, a written statute, elected officers, member clubs, trained officials,...

Good federation governance separates powers between an elected board and specialist committees, manages conflicts of interest, pub...

A national federation joins KBN by applying with its legal credentials, accepting the KBN Executive Statute and paying annual memb...

Every combat sports club and federation needs a written safeguarding policy, a named welfare officer, appropriate background check...

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

To become a kickboxing referee you typically need solid knowledge of the sport, a referee course and exam run by a federation, sup...

Becoming a combat sports judge means learning the scoring criteria of your discipline, practising scoring full bouts against exper...

The strongest evidence for a fight result is an official result sheet or bout sheet from the organiser or sanctioning federation,...

KBN Social is the members-only network of the KBN World Federation for fighters, coaches, officials and fans of combat sports. Mem...

Most amateur fighters find bouts through their club, their national federation's championships and open tournaments, and through m...

4 questions answered: How does a country join KBN? · What can a branch admin see? · Can a branch run its own ranking?