WKU Tatami Combat Sports
WKU Tatami Combat Sports
WKU hosts a multitude of Tatami based Combat divisions. Note: Not all Tatami based combat divisions are offered at all WKU events.
Point Fighting
Point Fighting (PF) is modern take on the traditional karate kumite. It is a point based tatami combat sport, operating at high speads and with extrodinary pricision.
In Pointfighting, or Semicontact the fight gets interrupted after every successful hit and com
Karate Continuous - Light Contact
Karate Continuous - Light Contact or Lightcontact (LC), is a hybrid of Karate Continiuous - Full contact and Semicontact/Pointsfighting. In contrast to the score-and-break rhythm of the semicontact bouts the sparring is continuous without interference by the referee as
Kick Light Karate Continuous - Light Contact
Kick Light Karate Continuous - Light Contact or Kick Light (KL) is a variaion of the Karate Continious - Light Contact. It follows the same rule sets as Light Contact with the exeption of techniques under the belt. Kicks to the inner and outar thigh are permitted however they mus
Karate Kumite
Karate Kumite (KK) is the traditional karate kumite point sparring. It is a point based tatami combat sport, operating at high speads and with extrodinary pricision and control.
By Traditonal Karate Kumite the individual match in adults categories is decided by “Shobu
Kyokushin Knockdown Karate
Kyokushin Knockdown Karate or kaikan is a style of stand-up, full contact karate, founded in 1964 by Korean-Japanese karate master, Sosai Masutatsu Oyama.
Kyokushin is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline and hard training.It is the hardest Karate in the World.
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