Karatedo and dancesports will soon be joining the Philippine Olympic Committee family.
Officials of the POC are reconsidering the standings of the two national sports associations following a recent change in leadership in karatedo and the introduction of break dancing in the Tokyo Olympics.
Karate Pilipinas, through its president Richard Lim, is set to take the place of the Philippine Karatedo Federation as the recognized regular member. This will be done after Karate Pilipinas got the recognition of the international federation.
The PKF lost recognition from the POC after cases of malversation of funds were filed against its leaders back in 2018 and a new body eventually took over in handling the situation concerning the national team and its affair.
Break dancing will be one of the new events to be played in the Tokyo Olympics.
Because of this, the status of the Dancesport Council of the Philippines, under Becky Garcia, is expected to be elevated from associate to regular.
Last month, not much changes took place in the POC’s constitution and bylaws when it was tackled by the executive board.
This was after two key amendments that were being proposed for inclusion were strongly opposed.
Board members could not come to an agreement on the scheme which sets an age limit of 70 for POC positions.
There’s no word yet on the issue requiring an NSA to be recognized by its International Federation first for it to become a part of the POC family.
