Speaking to insidethegames, the German official said that a lot of things have changed in sport since GAISF was established and that the AIMS Council "unanimously supports the dissolution".

Fox also quashed reports that AIMS "is under the dictatorship of the IOC [International Olympic Committee]" and insisted the proposed dissolution is an "important path for us".

"This is not the idea of Ivo Ferriani or IOC," Fox said.

"This started long before Ivo became President.

"We conducted an internal study with the five groups within the GAISF family to understand what it is still contributing to.

"People must understand that many things have changed since GAISF was established over 50 years ago.

"For example, there was no AIMS.

"Sport is a changing landscape.

"When people say that the non-Olympic sports will not have any voice if it happens, what do they know?

"I am the President."

Fox question: "Where are we going to suffer?  

"Who are these federations?

"Give me a name.

"The only thing that will change for us is, we are not going to pay CHF4,000 (£3,520/$4,190/€4,060) every year anymore for nothing.

"So we have to understand that the decision of AIMS had been done over the last 16 months.

"Not because Ivo became President.

"We did extensive research and have come to the decision that becoming a stakeholder in SportAccord is only beneficial for us.

"Today, we get no financial benefits of SportAccord.

"We are coming to the convention and buying booths and extra passes.

"We contribute to the profit of the convention and we don’t get any money.

"Some money goes to GAISF and some to ASOIF [Association of Summer Olympic International Federations] and so on.

"But we get nothing.

"Right now, AIMS is becoming an official stakeholder of SportAccord, meaning we get a share of the profit.

"That can only benefit our members financially and to develop sports.

"AIMS has no seat in the SportAccord Council. 

"Now we get a seat."  

Fox also explained why "GAISF was important in the past".

According to Fox, the organisation had a responsibility to help with inclusion, anti-doping, ethics and in other fields.

Yet "in the last 10 to 12 years", GAISF's importance in these areas has waned.

"But when ITA [International Testing Agency] got formed and the entire anti-doping unit of GAISF was moved, a big part of the organisation moved away," Fox said.  

The 59-year-old also said that the proposed dissolution will be a democratic process and "nothing will change" for AIMS or its members and that is why the organisation is supporting the move.

"The SportAccord Council is exactly the same as the GAISF Council.

"Nothing is going to change.

"So, the AIMS Council unanimously supports the dissolution.

"People say Fox is getting money from all this.

"I don’t get nothing. 

"AIMS is.

"We have to understand that this is a fully democratic process.

"AIMS is not making the decision. 

"It is aikido, ju-jitsu and all others who are making the decision.

"No one has said no so far.

"Now if they go back and they say no, it's up to them.

"We need a two-thirds majority for the dissolution, and I cannot tell them what to do.

"We told them about the benefits and the closer cooperation with IOC.

"I am not saying GAISF is not a great organisation.

"I am saying it has no purpose at the moment."

If personal gain was Fox’s intention, he claimed he would be fighting against dissolution as he could have run for GAISF Presidency next year.

"We should use this to make AIMS stronger," he said.

Fox also questioned why an IOC-recognised umbrella body like AIMS would be under the dictatorship of the IOC.

He went on to say that "working closely" with the IOC has always been a priority because all AIMS members dream to be recognised by the organisation one day and said that AIMS has to make use of the resources provided by the IOC.

"When people tell us that there is a friction with the IOC and we are fighting, people don’t realise what is going on and as the AIMS President, I want to state somethings," Fox said.

"We have seen reports that AIMS has no democracy or AIMS is under the dictatorship of the IOC and so on.

"AIMS is AIMS.

"People forget that AIMS is an IOC-recognised umbrella body.

"If you are not a member of AIMS, you cannot apply for IOC recognition.

"So logically, we have a close relationship with the IOC because our members have to prepare for the next step, which is manged by the IOC.

"I believe this is an important path for us.

"If there is another taekwondo federation or muaythai federation trying to join AIMS, it is impossible because we protect the autonomy of each and every sport.

"So, the IOC is not dictating us in any way.

"When people say IOC are doing so, who are we talking about?

"The President, the director general, the staff?

"First of all, we have many friendships with these people outside of the office.

"We socialise together.

"We enjoy our friendship and exchange matters on our families and so on.

"We are together. 

"We are working together."

"We need to make use of the resources provided by the IOC," Fox continued.

"Why do we have to duplicate something if it is ready in place?

"The IOC has so many things in place from ethics to anti-doping and many more.

"Why would we not use it to the benefit our members?"

Fox also pointed out that ASOIF, the Association of International Olympic Winter Federations (AIOWF) and Association of the International Olympic Committee Recognised International Sporting Federations (ARISF) will play a bigger role than AIMS in determining the future of GAISF.

"They have more members and I cannot say what is going on there," he said.

Recently, GAISF President Ferriani said he believed the dissolution of the organisation was the best option in a changing world.

GAISF, founded in 1967, has 95 full members made up of International Federations and 20 associate member organisations.

The future of GAISF will be decided at a General Assembly at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne in Switzerland on November 29.