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Karate athletes competing in the men's over 84 kilogram kumite event at the 2018 Asian Games

Karate at the Asian Games

Karate at the Asian Games comprises edition-specific kata and kumite medal events within the Olympic Council of Asia’s continental programme.

Three-frame demonstration of oi-zuki by a Karate practitioner

Oi-zuki

Oi-zuki is a Karate thrust coordinated with an advancing step, using the arm on the same side as the stepping or forward leg.

Judoka Saeid Mollaei competes in the men’s 81 kilogram event at the 2018 Asian Games

Judo at the Asian Games

Judo entered the Asian Games in Seoul in 1986 and now features men’s and women’s weight-category events plus a mixed-team competition.

Mounted yabusame archer drawing a long Japanese bow at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu

Yabusame

Yabusame is Japanese ceremonial mounted archery in which riders shoot at three targets along a straight course, combining horsemanship, archery, formal dress, and shrine dedication.

Historical vertical sumo banzuke sheet filled with dense black Japanese calligraphy

Banzuke

A banzuke is professional sumo’s official ranking sheet, arranging wrestlers by division, rank, number, and East–West position while also recording other participants in Grand Sumo.

One judoka throws another during a Judo demonstration on tatami mats

Judo Technique Directory

Browse and search the 100 officially named Kodokan Judo techniques by classification, kata, Gokyo group, and documented promotion references.

One judoka lifting another during a throw on a competition mat

Keito-waza

Keito-waza is an editorial learning index that connects related Judo names and variations without changing the official Kodokan classification.

Exterior of the Okinawa Karate Kaikan in Tomigusuku

Okinawa Karate Kaikan

The Okinawa Karate Kaikan is a prefectural training, exhibition and research facility in Tomigusuku dedicated to preserving and communicating Okinawan Karate.

Exterior of the Japan Karatedo Kaikan in Tokyo

Japan Karatedo Federation

The Japan Karatedo Federation is Japan’s national Karate federation, coordinating regional, school, workplace and style organisations, competition, qualifications and national teams.

Black-and-white photograph of Masutatsu Ōyama training in 1954

Masutatsu Ōyama

Masutatsu Ōyama founded Kyokushin Karate and built an international full-contact organisation whose history later became closely intertwined with popular legend.