Originally Posted by
Robert Carver
As a point of correction for Rob, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not recognize individual National Governing Bodies (NGB) for any sport, but rather each nation's own Olympic organization. Recognition of NGB for individual sports is the purview of each nation's Olympic organization, the US Olympic Committee in the case of the United States. It was the US Olympic Committee that recognized USAKarate Federation as the National Governing Body for Karate.