BTF has participated in this IWKA Championship and have won 5 World Championship Titles in Kata, Kobudo and Kumite Categories. Only 3 Indians - two students of BTF and Chief Instructor /Founder of BTF Sensei Ayyappan participated in the world tournament from India which attracted about 1,000 karate experts from different countries of the world.

Aryan Bhattacharjee, 7, and his mother, Gitanjali J B, 36 both - students of Born To Fight Isshinryu Karate Academy won the World Championship Titles in the Kata and Kobudo (Weapon) competitions in Isshinryu World Karate Championships held in Pittsburgh, USA on the 18th, 19th and the 20th of June 2009.