The International Federation of Hand-to-Hand Combat was founded in 2006. The Federation's headquarters are located in Moscow..
The goal of the Federation is to develop and popularize hand-to-hand combat as a sport throughout the world. The priority task of the Federation is to include hand-to-hand combat in the list of Olympic sports. The International Federation of Hand-to-Hand Combat holds championships, tournaments, referee and training seminars, demonstration performances in different countries of the world, cooperating with athletes from other types of martial arts.