The document lists the proposed members for the World Karate Federation Referee Commission. It includes the names and national federations of 11 members, along with their proposed duties. These duties include administration, tatami management, appeals, para-karate, monitoring behavior, kata judging evaluation, coordinating female referees, video review supervision, logistics coordination, uniforms, and general counseling. The Chair of the Commission is proposed to be Javier Escalante from Sweden.

1. WORLD KARATE FEDERATION
Member of:
Global Association of International Sport Federations (GAISF)
International World Games Association (IWGA)
C/ Princesa 25, 3º1 - 28008 Madrid – Spain
Phone: +34 91 535 96 32, Fax: +34 91 535 96 33, e-mail: wkf@wkf.net, http://www.wkf.net
WKF REFEREE COMMISSION
October 2020
The following members are proposed for the WKF Referee Commission, with Mr.
Javier Escalante from Sweden as its Chair.
POSITION NAME NF DUTY
1 Secretary Robert Hamara Norway Administration at Referee Courses,
Tatami deployments, WKF
Referees database and
Supervisors of Ref. activities
during official events.
2 Assistant
Secretary
Fariba Madani USA Administration at Referee Courses,
Tatami deployments, WKF
Referees database and
Supervisors of Ref. activities
during official events.
3 Member Mansour Alsultan Kuwait Tatami Managers
4 Member Dion Panossian Australia Appeals Jury
5 Member Guido Abdalla Guatemala Para-Karate
6 Member Zitouni Metyout Morocco Monitoring and evaluation of
Coaches and Athletes behaviour
during bouts
7 Member Giuseppe Zaccaro Italy Kata Judge evaluation Officer
8 Member Ma Junting China Female Referees group
9 Member Ugur Kobas Turkey Video Review Supervisors, Coach
Supervisors & Controllers
10 Member Pirkko Heinonen Finland Coordination with the LOC and
logistics during events
11 Member Kazuo Takahashi Japan Official’s uniforms and well-being
Counselor Roland Lowinger Germany General counselling tasks
Counselor Raphael Ortega France General counselling tasks