Musicians in the U.S. and Japan are collaborating in honor of the first Olympic karate competition: Composers tracked the brainwaves of people performing karate, and turned that data into music.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Spain’s Sandra Sanchez, known as the “queen of kata”, won karate’s maiden gold medal on Thursday, defeating perennial rival and hometown favourite Kiyou Shimizu in the ...

A karateka compete in Olympic kata must pick one of 102 eligible katas recognized by the World Karate Federation. These katas come from four possible styles of karate: Goju-Ryu, Shito-Ryu ...

The women's solo "kata" competition kicked off karate's first foray into the Olympics on Thursday with the 10 karateka performing routines in a hushed, spectator-less Nippon Budokan arena, the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Ryo Kiyuna took men’s kata karate gold on Friday, demonstrating his supremacy in the martial art form that originated in his native Okinawa a day after his compatriot ...

Karate is set to make its Olympic debut at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. Here is everything you need to know about the Kumite and kata competitions.

Karate Events at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. In Tokyo, Karate practitioners, ... In the Olympics, there will be one kata event -- and one gold medal -- each for men and women.

Karate's debut as an Olympic sport brought some terrific athleticism, solid contact, and -- yes -- a whole lot of yelling to our screens and the Nippon Budokan. There was the kata , which did not ...

Karate is making its Olympic debut in Tokyo but is not guaranteed of future ... to reach the final six at the Olympics — there are two bronze medal matches in kata — wasn’t shocking.

Karate is one of the new sports added to the Olympics for the first time at the Tokyo Games. The sport traces its roots to Japan where it was developed 700 years ago.

The Olympic competition will be held both in kumite and in kata. Kumite is competitive sparring ands kata is a demonstration of form. The story of karate’s journey to the Olympics would make a ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Spain's Sandra Sanchez, known as the "queen of kata", won karate's maiden gold medal on Thursday, defeating perennial rival and hometown favourite Kiyou Shimizu in the sport's ...