Karate's debut as an Olympic sport brought some terrific athleticism, solid contact, and -- yes -- a whole lot of yelling to our screens and the Nippon Budokan. There was the kata, which did not ...

TOKYO - Spain's Sandra Sanchez, known as the "queen of kata", won karate's maiden gold medal on Thursday, defeating perennial rival and hometown favourite Kiyou Shimizu in the sport's historic debut ...

The women's solo "kata" competition kicked off karate's first foray into the Olympics on Thursday, with veteran Sandra Sanchez of Spain taking the maiden gold and leaving her perennial rival and ...

6 achievement in karate’s “kata” event in Tokyo also had special ... Karate is debuting as an Olympic sport in Tokyo. From its roots in Okinawa when it was still known as the Ryukyu Kingdom ...

Karate, debuting in its country of origin, will reportedly feature two categories. From SI: "The Olympic competition will feature 60 athletes in six kumite and two kata demonstration categories.

Scott was joined at the Tokyo Olympics by fellow Team USA karate athletes Ariel Torres ... Eagan who has coached several world medalist in Kata (forms). Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald ...

Onaga taught the group kata, or forms of movements ... As the Tokyo 2020 Olympics approaches, there's no question that an increasing number of karate enthusiasts will continue to head to Okinawa.

A 17-year-old karate practitioner has been ranked seventh in the world. Carla Rudkin-Guillen achieved the impressive ranking at the Karate World Championships in Italy. The Brockenhurst College ...

Hong Kong’s athletes have rocked the Tokyo Olympics this week, winning a bronze in table tennis and another bronze in karate ... in women’s individual kata. Soo’s father, Soo Chun-wah ...