swap_horiz Karate Kumite Alternatives

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Boxing

Boxing is an Olympic combat sport involving striking opponents using gloved hands within a defined ring. Established rul...

Olympic Ring Striking Punching

9.3 Excellent

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Amateur Boxing

Amateur boxing is an Olympic sport governed by the IBA where competitors wear protective headgear and fight fewer, short...

Olympic Punch Striking Amateur

8.7 Great

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Kyokushin Karate

Founded by Mas Oyama in 1964, Kyokushin is a full-contact style of Japanese karate famous for its intense bare-knuckle c...

Japanese Striking Karate Fullcontact

8.6 Great

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Ashihara Karate

Founded by Hideyuki Ashihara in 1984, this Japanese karate style is notable for its sabaki method, which emphasizes tact...

Japanese Striking Karate Fullcontact

7.9 Good

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Olympic Taekwondo

Olympic Taekwondo is a South Korean martial art governed by World Taekwondo, distinguished by its inclusion in the Summe...

Korean Olympic Striking Kicks

7.8 Good

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Enshin Karate

Founded by Joko Ninomiya in 1988, Enshin Karate is a Japanese full-contact style recognized for its circular movements a...

Japanese Striking Karate Fullcontact

7.7 Good

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Goju-ryu Karate

Goju-ryu is a major Okinawan karate style founded by Chojun Miyagi in 1930, distinguished by its combination of hard str...

Traditional Sport Striking Karate

7.7 Good

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WT Taekwondo

WT Taekwondo is the Olympic ruleset governed by World Taekwondo, the Seoul-based federation founded in 1973; it became a...

Korean Electronic Olympic Striking

7.6 Good

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Uechi-ryu Karate

Uechi-ryu is a traditional Okinawan karate style founded by Kanbun Uechi in the early 20th century, notable for its emph...

Traditional Striking Karate Okinawan

7.5 Good

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Shito-ryu Karate

Shito-ryu is an Okinawan karate style founded by Kenwa Mabuni in 1928, recognized for its extensive kata curriculum that...

Traditional Japanese Sport Striking

7.5 Good

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Wado-ryu Karate

Wado-ryu is a Japanese karate style founded by Hironori Otsuka in 1934, notable for being one of the first pure styles t...

Traditional Japanese Sport Striking

7.4 Good

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Full Contact Kickboxing

Full Contact Kickboxing is an American 1970s ruleset combining boxing and karate, with punches and kicks generally limit...

Striking Kicks Punches Tatami

7.3 Good

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Full Contact Karate

Full Contact Karate is a hard-contact karate competition style popularized in the 1970s, notably by the PKA's 1974 world...

Modern Ring Striking Karate

7.3 Good

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Ancient Greek Boxing

Ancient Greek boxing, or pygmachia, was a gloved fist sport, notable as an Olympic event added in 688 BC with no rounds...

Historic Olympic Boxing Ancient

7.2 Good

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Seidokaikan Karate

Seidokaikan Karate is a Japanese full-contact style created by Kazuyoshi Ishii in 1981, later serving as the karate base...

Japanese Striking Karate Fullcontact

7.1 Good

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WKF Sport Karate

WKF Sport Karate is the standardized, point-based amateur fighting format governed by the World Karate Federation, featu...

Olympic Striking Karate Kumite

6.8 Fair

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Point Fighting

Point fighting is a stop-start karate and kickboxing format, notable in WAKO rules for controlled strikes, speed, timing...

Striking Points Karate Kickboxing

6.4 Fair

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Tang Soo Do Sparring

Tang Soo Do sparring is the contest format of Korean karate-based Tang Soo Do, notable for roots in post-1945 kwans such...

Korean Tournament Striking Points

6.3 Fair

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Soo Bahk Do Sparring

Soo Bahk Do sparring is the competitive side of Hwang Kee's Moo Duk Kwan art, notable after the organization adopted the...

Korean Tournament Striking Points

6.2 Fair

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American Kenpo Sparring

American Kenpo sparring is competition in Ed Parker's U.S. kenpo system, notable from the Pasadena school and IKKA he es...

American Tournament Striking Points

5.9 Mediocre