Karate

On Thursday, 24-year-old Steven Da Costa won the first gold medal in Olympic men’s karate. It was a major vindication for the 2018 world champion — but also bittersweet, given the conditions of karate’s short-lived…

Karate made its debut as an official Olympic sport at the Tokyo Games on Thursday as 120 men and women from around the world vied for medals.The Japanese organizers successfully lobbied for karate to be included as a medal sport, an upgrade…

TOKYO — Every city that hosts the Olympics pushes for events popular in its country to be included in the program, and Tokyo is no different. The Japanese organizers successfully lobbied for baseball to return after an absence of a dozen…

The history of karate’s journey to the Olympics would make a pretty good backstory for a martial arts movie.Generations of determined athletes have collectively spent half a century training, studying and working toward their goal,…

Issued on: 04/08/2021 - 06:29 From Cobra Kai to Chuck Norris, karate is known around the world—but practitioners of the Japanese martial art are hoping the Tokyo Olympics can bring…

A surfer from Brazil during the men's surfing competition at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Japan (AP photo) This year’s Tokyo Olympics is not just going through unprecedented circumstances and social impediments, but tough weather…

The Olympic Games become a grander affair every four years with the introduction new sports into the program and with 339 medal events in the line up, the Tokyo Games will be the biggest-ever.The Covid-hit Tokyo Games will witness five…

Aucklander Andrea Anacan is set to become the first New Zealander to ever compete in karate at the Olympic Games. Andrea Anacan Photo: PHOTOSPORT The 30-year-old has officially been added to the New Zealand Team for Tokyo 2020.…

By IANS MATHURA: At 23, he had won 60 medals in junior and senior categories at karate tournaments. At 28, Hari Om Shukla is selling tea at a stall in a lane in Mathura district. Life has taken a turn for the worse…

Natural Light partners with Karate Combat, the fight sport of the future “Our unique format and groundbreaking production standards come from us being…