The West Australian Kendo Renmei (Inc), (WAKR), serves as the West Australian branch of the Australian Kendo Renmei, which in turn serves as the Australian branch of the Federation of International Kendo (FIK).
This structure is enforced by the FIK to maintain control on the growth and development of Kendo world wide. In particular the FIK tries to maintain a fixed “style” which is very rare among the martial arts.