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.

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For the first time ever, karate will be a part of the Summer Olympic Games, debuting at the 2021 Olympics. Here is what you need to know about the rules of both formats of the sport.

There will be eight total karate events at the Olympics, each with 10 competitors. Kumite competition will feature three weight classes per gender, and there will also be men’s and women’s kata.

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 ...

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, ... 2021 2:52AM EDT.

Spain's Karate kata athlete Sandra Sanchez, current World and European Champion, strikes a pose during her training session at High Performance Center (CAR) while preparing for the upcoming Tokyo ...

Musicians in the U.S. and Japan are collaborating in honor of the first Olympic karate competition: ... 2021 12:02 PM ET. ... "If you're a beginning karate student, you learn kata," Coleman explains.

An athlete performs kata moves during a karate test event at Nippon Budokan, a venue for judo and karate at the Tokyo Olympics on Sept. 9, 2019. By Associated Press UPDATED: July 20, 2021 at 11:00 ...

The Olympic karate competition will begin on Wednesday, August 4 and conclude on Saturday, August 7 with all rounds of women's 61+kg and men's 75+kg kumite. Four Americans will be representing the U.S ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - 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 ...