Karate is ready to make its debut at the Olympic Games in Japan, its original home, and we’ve rounded up everything you need to know. <\/p>
Karate becomes an Olympic sport for the first time in 2021 and what a fitting location to introduce the martial arts event to the world on such a stage.<\/p>
The event will feature both a combat competition (kumite) and a subjectively judged demonstration of technique (kata) with a number of elite superstars in pursuit of the first gold medals in karate.<\/p>
RadioTimes.com<\/a> brings you up to speed with everything you need to know about karate at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in the summer of 2021.<\/p> Karate runs between Thursday 5th August<\/strong> until Friday 7th August<\/strong>.<\/p> It\u2019s one of the last events to begin at the Games, but karate\u2019s Olympic debut \u2013 in its homeland \u2013 should be a sight to behold.<\/p> Check out our guide on how to watch Olympics 2020<\/a> or see Olympics on TV today<\/a> for more details, timings, and exclusive expert analysis from some of the biggest names in world sport over the coming weeks.<\/p> Sir Chris Hoy, Beth Tweddle, Rebecca Adlington, Matthew Pinsent and Dame Jess Ennis-Hill are among the stars we have to being their esteemed opinions, so don\u2019t miss what they have to say.<\/p> Men and women have three weight categories each: -67kg, -75kg and +75kg for the men, and -55kg, -61kg and +61kg for the women. Participants are known as karateka, and will face each other on an 8 x 8 matt.\u00a0<\/p> Competitors are awarded one, two or three points per successful strike on the target areas of their opponents body.<\/p> The winner of the match is decided either by a karateka taking an 8-point lead over their opponent, or by having the highest score at the end of the three minute match.<\/p> In the event of a draw, the match is awarded to the karateka who scored the first point. In the event of a scoreless draw, the panel of five judges will decide the winner.<\/p> In kata, competitors are allowed to choose one of the 102 approved sequences of movements used by karateka to practice. These sequences are\u00a0known as kata and give this competition its name.<\/p> Judges will assess the competitors based on their technical skill, with factors including their stance, transitions between moves, breathing and accuracy. They will also be assessed on their athletic attributes: strength, speed and balance.<\/p> The two highest and lowest scores of the judges are discarded, \u00a0and the remaining three scorecards are added up to give a score, with a particular weighting put on the technical aspects of the performance. In the event of a draw, competitors will pick another kata and perform again.<\/p> Unfortunately, Team GB just missed out on a place in Tokyo after a COVID-embattled qualification period. Carla Burkitt<\/strong> was our closest competitor, finishing fifth in the qualifying event in Paris.<\/p> In the kata competition the hot favourites in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s categories are both Spanish, Sandar S\u00e1nchez<\/strong> and Dami\u00e1n Quintero<\/strong>, who are both ranked No.1 in the world. Their most likely rivals will be the Japanese pair Kiyou Shimizu <\/strong>and Ryo Kiyuna<\/strong>.<\/p> In the more broadly contested kumite category, France\u2019s world champion Steve DaCosta<\/strong> and Brazil\u2019s Vinicius Figueira<\/strong> are ones to look out fo in the -67kg class.<\/p> Also competing will be Ukranian karateka\u00a0Anzhelika Terliuga<\/strong>, a three-time world champion and current world No.1. Also in her category will be Serbian karateka\u00a0Jovana Prekovic<\/strong>, who won gold at the 2018 world championships.<\/p> Radio Times Olympics Special issue<\/a> is on sale now.<\/strong><\/p> If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0Sport<\/a>\u00a0hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n Karate is ready to make its debut at the Olympic Games in Japan, its original home, and we’ve rounded up everything you need to know. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":2669,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/karate-at-the-olympics-gb-team-and-rules.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/karate-at-the-olympics-gb-team-and-rules-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/karate-at-the-olympics-gb-team-and-rules-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/karate-at-the-olympics-gb-team-and-rules.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/karate-at-the-olympics-gb-team-and-rules.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/karate-at-the-olympics-gb-team-and-rules.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/karate-at-the-olympics-gb-team-and-rules.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Karate is ready to make its debut at the Olympic Games in Japan, its original home, and we've rounded up everything you need to know.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/2668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}When is karate at the Olympics?<\/strong><\/h2>
Olympic karate rules<\/h2>
Which Team GB athletes will compete in Olympic karate?<\/h2>
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