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JWS (Japanese Association for Women in Sport) is the non-profit organization to promote women and sport.

The Japan Society for the Philosophy of Sport and Physical Education promotes the actual proof of philosophical thinking and researchers’ scientific exchange relevant to sport.

Zurkhaneh Sports and Koshti Pahlavani are the most ancient indoor sport in the region. Zurkhaneh is the house of strength, generosity, chivalry spirit, love of country, combined with art and literature. Zurkhaneh can still remind us about championship, fairness and dignity. Zurkhaneh can train healthy and proud youth for us. International Zurkhaneh Sports Federation (IZSF) has been established on 11th October 2004 in Tehran with the support of representatives from 22 countries of the world. Till now IZSF has more than 85 countries as a nation members. In addition IZSF organized many education training course in 4 continents, along with IZSF organized 6 times Asian, 5 times European, 2 times African, 5 times World Cup and 2 times World Championship during The TAFISA Sport For All Games on different Countries, Zurkhaneh Sports and Koshti Pahlavani was entered as an official games on “The 4th Islamic Games” which has been held in Baku – Azerbaijan 2017. Now IZSF is member of International Council of Sports Science and Physical Education “ICSSPE”, The Association For International Sport For All “TAFISA”, International Council of Traditional Sports and Games “ICTSG”, World Martial Arts Union “WoMAU” and UNESCO – Listed Martial Arts Committee.

CSIT (International Workers and Amateurs in Sports Confederation) is a international Multi-Sports Organisation founded 1913 in Ghent/Belgium and was based on the historic ideas of the international labour movement. Nowadays, the main activities that CSIT is organising are the major and small sports events, more precisely Sport for All – Games for amateurs & workers, competitive & non-competitive, for young & old, men & women from all over the world. Sports events considered as festivals of friendship, cultural exchanges, events promoting awareness on tolerance, respect, sustainability & fair play in sport environment, addressed to unlimited size of participants; all those major and small events welcome CSIT members, non-member organisations, cooperation partners, governmental bodies, trade unions and business companies with sports activities for employees and amateurs worldwide. Within the world of international sport, CSIT maintains its support for everyone to benefit from sporting activities regardless of their qualifications, talent, nationality, age, sex and social circumstances. During the last decade CSIT has grown rapidly up to a global organisation with 44 National Member sports organisations/ Unions from 35 countries, 3 continental member unions/ sports organisations (Pan-America, the Balkans, Africa) and approx. 230 million individual memberships today. Most member unions/ sports organisations are from Europe. CSIT is a democratic structured organization with the Congress as highest body, which elects every 4 years an Executive Committee with its leading President as well as Chairmen and Secretaries of the Technical Sports Commissions of different kind of CSIT sports. CSIT stands for the promotion of tolerance, respect, fair play, friendship, intercultural dialog and integration through sport. A ‘zero tolerance’ – Policy towards violence, fanatic behaviour and racism is pursued accurately. CSIT is recognised by the IOC and it is memeber of GAISF, the Global Assoication of International Sport Federations.

Since its founding in 1949, the International University Sports Federation is the key driver to expand the role and reach of university sport around the world. FISU believes that sports values and sports practice work in perfect synchronicity within one’s university studies. FISU offers opportunity and inspiration to students around the world to play sport. The health, wellbeing, and experiences that students gain from sport help them become exemplary leading members of society.

ITTAF is a Federation that was established in Umag Croatia on May 5, 2011 for the promotion and dissemination of Traditional Taekwon-Do that originated in South Korea in 1955 with the intention of bringing together all the organizations that exist in the world. of Traditional Taekwon-Do.

The International Traditional Karate Federation (ITKF) is a global organization founded in 1990 to preserve and promote traditional karate worldwide. It sets standards, organizes events, and fosters international cooperation among practitioners, emphasizing respect, discipline, and self-improvement.

Founded in April, 2017, International Sport Coach Association (ISCA) , to promote international exercise education and enhance global professional sports education, we have trained more than 100,000 professional coaches and are currently developing in Asia. Starting developing in China, Singapore, and Hong Kong, continued to cooperate with other countries.

International Sport Organization (ISO) is a no profit organization composed by individual member based in Switzerland aiming to develop sports, education programs and certifications, Mind Motivator courses, Bionatural disciplines, Fitness and Fit Active educator courses. We are the official European branch of the World Sports University. We are also involving in the environmental protection using sports and creating ad hoc figures.

The sociology of sport is internationally represented by the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA, formerly ICSS, founded in 1965), which also publishes the International Review for the Sociology of Sport. ISSA is a research committee of the International Sociological Association (ISA) where it is officially recognised as RC27 (Sociology of Sport) and also an official committee of ICSSPE (the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education). At present there are over 200 members from different parts of the globe. ISSA holds annual conferences, including RC27 (Sociology of Sport) meetings in conjunction with the ISA World Congress of Sociology. As an international organisation, ISSA consults with national and regional groups. Some national groups are federated with the national sociological association of that country, or with a sport science/physical education organisation. Either through ISA or ICSSPE such groups have a direct link to ISSA. There are also regional groups in areas such as Asia and North America – with NASSS, the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, which publishes the Sociology of Sport Journal, is the most-well known regional group. European researchers are also linked to the European Association for Sociology of Sport (EASS) and the European College of Sport Science (ECSS).

The International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport (ISHPES) is the umbrella organisation for sports historians all over the world. ISHPES came into being in 1989 through the merging of ICOSH and HISPA. ICOSH (the International Committee for the History of Physical Education and Sport) was founded as early as 1967 in Prague. HISPA (the The International Association for the History of Physical Education and Sport) was founded in 1973 in Zurich. ISHPES promotes research and teaching in the area of physical education and sport. Its purpose is to facilitate and to improve communications and cooperation betweeen sport history associations at the national and regional levels, as well as between scholars. ISHPES organizes international congresses and seminars and provides information on sports history projects, publications, and events. ISHPES promotes research and teaching in the area of physical education and sport. Its purpose is to facilitate and to improve communications and cooperation betweeen sport history associations at the national and regional levels, as well as between scholars. ISHPES organizes international congresses and seminars and provides information on sports history projects, publications, and events.

The International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK) was founded as an organisation of individuals whose scientific and professional endeavour is related to kinanthropometry. ISAK’s purpose is to create and maintain an international network of colleagues who represent the world community transcending geography, politics and the bounds of separate disciplines in order to establish a dynamic area of scientific endeavour. Kinanthropometry is the area of science concerned with the measurement of human body composition. As a result of changes in life styles, nutrition, activity levels and ethnic compositon of populations, changes to the distribution of body dimensions are forever occurring. Kinanthropometry is the interface between anatomy and movement. It takes the measurement of the human body and determines it’s capability for function and movement in a range of settings. ISAK has developed international standards for anthropometric assessment and an international anthropometry accreditation scheme (IAAS). The accreditation scheme is based on the concept of a four-level hierarchy. A key element in it is the objective maintenance of quality assurance by requiring that all levels have to meet initial technical error of measurement (TEM).