March 19: Madrid – Spanish Agency Simply Sport announces a three-year commercial and media distribution agreement with the World Karate Federation, the international governing body of sport karate with over 180 member countries.

Belgrade is the meeting point of hundreds of young people from different countries to participate in the 4th World University Karate Championship from 9 to 14 July 2004.

Report from 38th GAISF General Assembly, 20th of May 25004. When the point 11 of the Agenda (Membership) was taken, the WKF representative raised some concerns to the Chairman of GAISF and the Council on the lack of information received by the members on the applications for membership, as well as on concerns of duplicity between sports members of GAISF and the sports candidating, mainly but not only the World Association of Kickboxing Organisations (WAKO) and the World Martial Arts Foundat