Karate: what it is and benefits of the new sport of the Olympics

: the Japanese martial art is present in the Tokyo 2021 Olympic program in what will be a debut in 124 years of 5-circle history. The appearance will be fleeting, however, as the IOC, the International Olympic Committee, has already communicated that this sport will not be included among the disciplines of the Paris 2024 edition, when Sport Dance will appear for the first time.

In Japan, his homeland, Karate will keep company with Climbing, Surfing and Skate, in turn at their Olympic debut.

The 8 medals up for grabs in Tokyo 2021 will be awarded between 5 and 7 August in the historic Nippon Budokan.

For further information: All about the Tokyo 2021 Paralympics after the banning of arms by the authorities to avoid riots. This martial art developed mainly inside temples located in remote islands of the Pacific Ocean, not by chance geographically close to China.

In fact, the birth of Karate as a martial art and, nowadays, as a sport is attributed to the island of Okinawa, a land almost 2000km south of Tokyo.

The birth of the international federation, which took place in 1970, has considerably contributed to the spread of the "empty hand", this is the literal translation of "karate" in Italian, among the female sex which traditionally did not provide for the presence of women in fights.

At the Olympic level, Karate will assign titles in Kumite and Kata, that is, in its most martial and most artistic component.

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Matteo Moscati

Master's Degree with honors in Sciences and Techniques of Preventive and Adapted Motor Activities, he is a Athletics Coach and deals with everything related to Summer and Winter Olympic Sports