The International Kendo Federation (FIK) was founded in 1970. It is an international federation of national and regional kendo associations. The FIK is a non-governmental organisation and its aim is to promote and popularise kendo, iaido and jōdō. Seventeen national or regional federations were the founding affiliates. The number of affiliated countries has increased over the years and as of October 2021, 62 countries/regions are FIK affiliates. The FIK was accepted as a member of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) in April 2006 and thus recognised as the peak world federation for kendo. As a consequence, the previous acronym of IKF was altered to FIK. The head office of FIK is located in the All Japan Kendo Federation building in Minato-ku, Tokyo.

Affiliated Federations

[[Image:Mappa FIK.jpg|thumb|400px|🟡 Affiliated with the FIK and, if any, with the continental or regional federation 🔵 Affiliated with the European Kendo Federation but not directly with the FIK 🔴 Affiliated with the Confederação Latino-Americana de Kendô but not directly with the FIK]]

Asian Zone

American Zone

🔴: affiliated with the Confederação Latino-Americana de Kendô but not directly with the FIK

European Zone

🔵: affiliated with the European Kendo Federation but not directly with the FIK

World Kendo Championships

The FIK has conducted the World Kendo Championships, every three years since the FIK was established in 1970. The international competition is contested by individual and team representatives of the FIK affiliated nations.

Anti-doping

As member of SportAccord the International Kendo Federation is supporting in managing of anti-doping programmes. These anti-doping programmes are fully compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code.