亞洲傳統體育協會는 亞洲地域內 類似團體 및 個人을 包含, 其他 Europe傳統Sports協會 等 全世界에 散在한 有關 機關들과의 共同 關心事를 媒介로 하여 國際的 協力體系를 構成하고자 結成되었다. 表現行事 및 國際硏討會를 開催하면서 亞洲 및 全世界 傳統體育 關聯 機關간의 實質的 交流를 圖謀한다. 특히 地域間 比較文化的 視覺에서 傳統體育이 지닌 有形無形의 遺産들을 體系的으로 比較調査, 整理, 記錄하면서 들어나게 될 高貴한 體育文化 資産들을 後續 世代를 위한 敎育的, 學術的, 時代應用的 未來價値로 浮刻시키고자 한다. 同時에 이러한 人類共同의 Sports文化遺産을 保存하려는 努力은 近代, 現代Sports의 歷史的 背景과 矛盾을 再檢討하는 機會가 되어 未來Sports의 指向點을 어느 定度 肯定的으로 提示하는 過程으로 이어지기를 希望한다. 亞洲의 地理的 範圍는 매우 廣範圍하다.

(1)中國, 韓國, 日本, 極東Russia를 包含한 東北亞 地域
(2)越南, 泰國, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar 等의 東南亞 地域
(3)印度, Pakistan, Sri Lanka 等의 西南亞 地域
(4)아프카니스탄, 카자흐스탄, 우즈베키스탄 등의 中央亞洲 地域
(5)이란, 사우디, 이라크 등의 中東地域 외에도,
(6)中小 섬나라를 包括하는 亞洲 全地域의 傳統體育과 關聯한 系統的 整理 를 주된 任務로 한다.

Asian Traditional Sports & Games Association(ATSGA) was established in order to make a network of working groups of traditional sports & games in the boundry of Asian region. Its aim is to encourage and support the development and the practices of traditional sports and games as well as the recognition of the values of the traditional sports and games in the Asian region. It is also to support meetings or conferences of various traditional sports-related individuals or associations. It is expected that this kind of co-effort in finding out the values of traditional sports & games and upgrading human sports heritage as higher status will bring about traditional sports' educational, academic, applied usages for the future generation. Traditional sports & games excavates historical background of modern sports, and furthermore they have mirror effect on deviant images of modern sports. In some way, they can play a positive role in anticipating the future direction of sports. The boundry of Asia is huge. Thus, Asia includes North-East Asia of China, Korea, Japan, far-eastern Russia, South-East Asia of Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, South West Asia of India, Pakistan, Sri-Lnka, Central Asia of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Mid-East Asia of Iran, Saudi-Arabia, Iraq, and small Islands of Asian region. Additionally, ATSGA's mission is to do systematic research & documentation work in relation with traditional sports & games all over Asian region.