It is the only karate organization recognised by the International Olympic Committee and has more than ten million members.
The foundation act took place in the room “Mayfair” the Queen Hotel Mary in Long Beach, California.
The countries founders were Argentina, Bermuda, Canada, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States and Venezuela.
It is remarkable that William Millerson was the organizer of the championship, was trainer and coach of his team, as well as he was competing.
In 1995 during the Junior Pan-American Championship in Medellín, the new Statutes of the PUKO were approved and at the same time change the name of the organization to Panamerican Karate Federation P.K.F.