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Goju-Ryu Karate Kumite refers to partner sparring within Goju-Ryu, an Okinawan karate system associated with Chojun Miyagi. Kumite gives practitioners a setting to apply striking, blocking, movement, distance, and timing skills against a live partner, alongside separate kata and conditioning practic...
Shotokan karate kumite is the partner practice and sparring component of Shotokan karate. Kumite applies techniques from kihon, the practice of basic movements, and kata, the practice of formal sequences, in exercises that range from predetermined attacks to freer forms of combat. Training may be us...
Wadō-ryū Karate-dō is a Japanese martial-arts style formally founded by Hironori Ōtsuka in 1934. Ōtsuka combined Okinawan karate with principles from Shindō Yōshin-ryū jujutsu and incorporated ideas associated with Japanese budō; the name refers to the way of harmony. Training includes karate striki...
Chito-Ryu Karate is a Japanese karate style founded by Tsuyoshi Chitose in 1946. Its name is commonly translated from Japanese characters referring to a thousand-year-old style, and the system places strong emphasis on efficient body mechanics, natural movement, and the practical use of kata. Traini...
WKF Sport Karate is competition karate conducted under the rules of the World Karate Federation, the international organization that standardizes this format. Its fighting discipline is kumite, a point-based form of sparring in which judges award scores for controlled striking techniques delivered w...
