Seiken-zuki (Straight Punch), karate kata. Japanese model. kumite videos stock videos & royalty-free footage 00:09 Close-up of an elementary school girl repeating a karate Seiken... Close-up of an ...

There are three components to Shotokan karate training: kihon, kata, and kumite. Each plays a crucial role to the development of karate skills. While particular teachers and particular training ...

The Japan men’s team’s gold medal winning performance in the ... anticipating the movement of the opponent and representing strikes, kicks and blocks. But as karate spread, kumite (sparring) was ...

The development of modern karate under Gichin Funakoshi Gichin Funakoshi (right) was born in Okinawa in 1868, the same year as Japan's Meiji Restoration. Introduced to karate as a boy, Funakoshi’s ...

TOKYO, Aug 7 -- The final bout of karate's historic debut at the Olympics ended in uproar on ... saying he was unhappy with the judge's decision but satisfied with how he fought. Turkey's Ugur Aktas ...