The Karate sport in the Republic of Macedonia is in place since September 1967, when Professor Dr. Atanas Kajchevski and Sejdo Teofilovski held their first training in the gym "Partizan 3" in Skopje. 127 karate students attended the first class. Their first students were: Vencislav Nedev, Alexander Karagozov, Dragan Savic-Jole, Dimche Kichevski, Dimche Yanovsky, Georgi Pop Nikolov, Dragan Stojanovski, Vladimir Boshkovic, Ismet Mehmeti, Stefco Krstevski and many others.

Soon after karate clubs and sections began to open in Skopje and throughout the country.

The first official Karate Club in Macedonia “Rabotnicki” was registered in 1969. The first National Championship was held in 1969, and the same year the Macedonian karate competitors took part in the first official Federal State Championship of Yugoslavia in Belgrade, wherefrom Vencislav Nedev and Vladimir Boshkovic came back with the first won medals for Macedonia (two bronze medals in the heavy and semi-heavy category in kumite).
Vencislav Nedev was elected the first state representative of Macedonia as a member of the National Karate Team of Yugoslavia and he participated in the three-party match (Yugoslavia, Austria and Italy) in 1976 in Velenie – Slovenia. The first gold medal for Macedonia in senior competition at the State Championship of SFRY was won by Dimche Kichevski, and the first gold medal in junior competition in kumite was won by Ibrahim Kurtish, member of the Karate Club “Rabotnichki” – Skopje at the State Championship in Novi Sad 1975.
The beginnings of the karate sport in Macedonia were under the mentorship of the Yugoslav karate legends, the brothers Vladimir and Ilia Iorga, who were the first to introduce Karate in Macedonia and are most deserving for the beginnings and the development of the Karate Club Rabotnichki and Macedonian Traditional Karate Federation, as well as the overall karate sport in Macedonia.
To date the Iorga brothers are still active karate instructors in Europe and around the world. Currently, Dr. Vladimir Iorga is President of the European Traditional Karate Federation (ETKF), as well as President of the Technical Directorate of the International Traditional Karate Federation (ITKF) while Dr. Ilia Iorga is the creator of Fudokan Karate style in the world and President of the World Fudokan Karate Federation.
Since the beginning of the karate sport in Macedonia Vencislav Nedev is an active trainer, coach and instructor and an International Referee who currently performs the following functions: selector and coach of the Macedonian National Team in traditional karate, President of the Macedonian Traditional Karate Federation (MTKF) and President of the Karate Club “Rabotnichki”.  On an International level, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the European Traditional Karate Federation (ETKF) and President of the Balkan Traditional Karate Federation (BTKF).
Further development of the Macedonian Traditional Karate Federation (MTKF) and Karate Club Rabotnichki, as well as the overall karate sport in Macedonia has also been supported by the presence of the brothers Ilia and Vladimir Iorga who have been organizing seminars all around the country for many years nor, as well as the presence of the world’s best – Japanese instructors who have been holding seminars in Macedonia for a long time - Sensei Taiji Kase 10 dan, Sensei Hidetaka Hishiama 10 dan, and Sensei Hiroshimi Shirai 10 dan.  
The Karate Union of Macedonia initially functioned as a subcommittee of the Judo Union of Macedonia, and as of 1974 the Karate Union of Macedonia operates as independent sports associations in Macedonia, a member of the Karate Union of Yugoslavia. First President of the Karate Union of Macedonia was Cvetan Cvetanoski, followed by: Bogdan Muratovich, Krsto Pavlovski, Alexander Nacevski, Mile Cvetanoski, Elena Lazarevska and Vencislav Nedev - current President of Macedonian Traditional Karate Federation.
Today, more than 200 clubs are registered in Macedonia wherein over 30,000 young people train karate. It is estimated that over 150.000 karate students were trained to date in Macedonia.
The first gold medal in the team fights for Macedonia at the EAKF European Championships held in Belgrade in 1978 was won by Mirche Opeloski, member of the Karate Club Rabotnichki. The first silver medal in kata for Macedonia at the EAKF European Championships for juniors (men and women) held in Sion, Switzerland was won by Luiza Gasheva, member of the Karate Club Rabotnichki. The Macedonian Traditional Karate Federation unites all karate clubs that train traditional karate, and is a member of the European Traditional Karate Federation (since 1992 Lodz - Poland) and the World International Traditional Karate Federation (since 1992 Montreal - Canada).
In the period preceding the independence of the Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian clubs successfully competed in the first Karate League of Yugoslavia. The greatest merit and initiative for the formation of the Yugoslav First League goes to the Karate Club Rabotnichki and Vencislav Nedev, as well as the President of Karate Union of Macedonia - Bogdan Muratovich.
In the first league major results were achieved by the Karate Club "Rabotnichki" - Skopje led by coach Prof. Vencislav Nedev and his best students at the time: Mirche Opeloski, Iorgo Ognenovski, Nazim Kurtovich, Luiza Gasheva, Bratislav Alievik, Madgar Igor, Goce Jankovsky, Kiril Ivanovski, Kurtish Ibraim, Safet Nikochevic, Filip Filipovski and others, who were members of the Yugoslav National Team and winners of many medals at European championships, cups and tournaments.
At that time, the Karate Union of Yugoslavia and Macedonia since their formation in 1974 until 1986 were members of the World Federation - International Amateur Karate Federation (IAKF), today ITKF - International Traditional Karate Federation headed by the President Sensei Hidetaka Nishiama practicing traditional Karate.
In 1986, the Karate Union of Yugoslavia with all the allied republic unions, among which the Karate Union of Macedonia, left the World Federation IAKF-ITKF (traditional karate) and joined the global organization VUKO (modern karate) whose President was Jacques Delkur.
Macedonian Traditional Karate Federation remained committed to its roots and tradition and continued to practice traditional karate in Macedonia.
Upon declaration of independence of Macedonia, the first international competition in which the Macedonian National Team in traditional karate took part was the European Championship (European Traditional Karate Federation) held in Lodz Poland in 1992 where our internationals for the first time performed under the constitutional name and flag of the Republic of Macedonia. The delegation counted 3 members: Vencislav Nedev, trainer, coach and referee, Mile Cvetanoski – President, Elena Lazarevska, competitor.
The Macedonian team first participated in (International Traditional Karate Federation) World Championships in Montreal, Canada in 1992, and as to date the Macedonian karate representatives participate in all official Balkan, European and World Championships. The following took part at the World Cup in Montreal, Canada: Vencislav Nedev – Coach, Mile Cvetanoski – President, Goce Krstevski, Ivchev Nikica, Blagojche Andreevski, Ljupcho Ivanov  and Aljosha Nedev.
The first medal for Macedonia was won in the senior competition in team fights at the European Championship for seniors held in Torino, Italy in 1993 under the guidance of Coach Vencislav Nedev, and the team consisted of: Jovica Ivchev, Ljupcho Ivanov, Zoran Stojkovski and Bore Videski.
The biggest results as of the independence of Macedonia to this day in senior individual competition were achieved by Dejan Nedev who won the first European champion in kumite at the European Championship held in Jerusalem, Israel in 2011 and second place in the Fukui-ITKF world championships held in Saskatoon, Canada in 2006.
As for team competition, the greatest result in the history of the Macedonian karate was achieved by: Dejan Nedev, Aljosha Nedev, Blagojche Andreevski and Ivica Gadzovski who won second place in team fights and became the world runner-ups at the International Traditional Karate Federation World Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia in 2002.
The first bronze medal in Fuku-go in senior competition was won by Dejan Nedev in Men's competition and by Mersiha Begovic in Women’s competition at the International Traditional Karate Federation World Championship held in Warsaw, Poland in 1998, and Jadranka Nedeva won the first bronze medal in Fuku-go for women in senior competition at the European Traditional Karate Federation European Championships that took place in Moscow, Russia in 2002.
Apart from the many karate seminars, tournaments and state championships, the Karate Club Rabotnichki and the Macedonian Traditional Karate Federation organized many international championships, including:
•    1977 First International Karate Cup „13th November“ in Skopje;
•    1978 Second International Karate Cup „13th November“ in Skopje;
•    1979 Third International Karate Cup „13th November“ in Skopje;
•    1980 ЕАКФ European Championship for juniors and cadets in Skopje;
•    1995 European Traditional Karate Federation European Championship for juniors and cadets in Skopje;
•    1998 European Traditional Karate Federation European Championship for juniors and cadets in Skopje;
•    1999 Balkan Traditional Karate Federation Balkan Championship for juniors and cadets in Skopje;
•    2004 European Traditional Karate Federation European Championship for seniors, juniors and cadets in Skopje;

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