The NBC television broadcast said he had unleashed an unchecked attack, following through on his strike as a mixed martial artist would, which is considered too dangerous by Olympic karate standards.

It’s only right that karate, a centuries-old Japanese style of martial arts, will make its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games. Believed to have originated on the Japanese island prefecture of ...

Judo is a martial art that originated from 19th ... Karate made its first appearance as an Olympic competition in Tokyo in 2021, which made a fitting venue, as karate originated in ancient Japan.