At the Tokyo Olympics, both the men and the women will compete in two karate events at Nippon Budokan: kata, a solo form discipline, and kumite, a sparring discipline. Unlike in traditional ...

TOKYO — The ancient martial art of Karate ... There are two types of karate at these Olympics: kata, and kumite. Kata is performed solo, with an imaginary rival. The hand and leg movements ...

Four new sports made their debut at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics ... s gold in Men’s Individual Kata. Becoming an Olympic sport was a major milestone for karate and skateboarding.

But Coleman grew up in a small Wisconsin village where he was transfixed by the Bruce Lee movies he saw on TV, and taught himself karate out of books as a kid. After the International Olympic ...

The path to gold: There will be eight total karate events at the Olympics ... Kokumai, kata. The 28-year-old Kokumai was the first American karateka to book her ticket to Tokyo, and she is ...

Karate is set to make its Olympic debut in Tokyo. The Olympic karate competition will begin ... Date Events How to Stream 8/4, 9 p.m. ET Women's Kata & Men's 67kg Kumite: Elimination Round NBCOlympics ...

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 set to make its Olympic debut in Tokyo. The Olympic karate competition ... Date Events How to Stream 8/4, 9 p.m. ET Women's Kata & Men's 67kg Kumite: Elimination Round NBCOlympics.com ...