“The Olympics has changed that. Karate has become much more mainstream ... the two-person sparring of kumite has been curtailed by the mosaic of local restrictions on contact sports, with ...

TOKYO, Aug 7 -- The final bout of karate's historic debut at the Olympics ended in uproar on Saturday when ... and Japan's Ryutaro Araga took the bronze medals in the men's +75kg kumite category.

When Olympic organisers rejected karate's bids in the past ... than-century-old disciplines of wrestling and boxing. To the casual observer, karate's other category, "kumite", or sparring, could look ...

Karate, debuting in its country of origin, will reportedly feature two categories. From SI: "The Olympic competition will feature 60 athletes in six kumite and two kata demonstration categories.

Youngsters from Lanarkshire Karate Academy got the new year off to a flying start with a host of medal wins at the Meadowbank ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Karate - Men's -75kg Kumite - Medal Ceremony - Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - August 6, 2021. Gold medallist Luigi Busa of Italy, silver medallist Rafael Aghayev of ...