a snub that shocked the World Karate Federation given karate's popularity in France, where the Olympics will have surfing, climbing and skateboarding carried over from the Tokyo Games. If youth is ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Karate - Men's Individual Kata - Gold medal match - Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - August 6, 2021. Ryo Kiyuna of Japan competes. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse The World Karate ...

Karate in the Olympics will consist of kata (forms) and kumite (sparring). A Karate practitioner is called a karateka. The Tokyo 2020 Games will see 80 athletes competing in the two styles.

As the Tokyo 2020 Olympics approaches, there's no question that an increasing number of karate enthusiasts will continue to head to Okinawa. Shindo Yukihiko NHK World ...

Jessie Da Costa of France has also impressed so far today. Da Costa is the twin brother of Steven, who was crowned the first ...

Roars echoed through Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan arena as karate made its Olympic debut. Just as Wimbledon enjoys iconic status as a venue for tennis, the Budokan is at the heart of martial arts ...

A memorable Olympics as they are held in Asia for the first time with plenty of success for British athletes TOKYO had spent over £2 billion on new facilities and infrastructure for these Olympic ...

For 2020 in Tokyo, skateboarding, surfing, sport climbing, karate and baseball & softball were added as new Olympic sports. Sports also often add new disciplines, such as when BMX freestyle made ...

Scott was joined at the Tokyo Olympics by fellow Team USA karate athletes Ariel Torres (Florida) and Sakura Kokomai (California). Kokumai was a featured instructor at the USA Elite Training Camp ...