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Radwa Sayed
Radwa Sayed is an Egyptian karateka. She is a bronze medalist at the World Karate Championships and a two-time medalist at the African Games. In 2021, she represented Egypt in the women's 55 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. Career In 2016, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Linz, Austria. She won the silver medal in her event at the 2019 African Karate Championships held in Gaborone, Botswana. She represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event. She also won one of the bronze medals in this event at the 2015 African Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. In 2021, she competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts, particularly Fujian White Crane. Karate is now predominantly a striking art using Punch (combat), punching, kicking, knee (strike), knee strikes, elbow strikes and open-hand techniques such as Knifehand strike, knife-hands, spear-hands and palm-heel strikes. Historically, and in some modern styles, grappling, throws, joint locks, restraints and kyusho-jitsu, vital-point strikes are also taught. A karate practitioner is called a . The Empire of Japan annexed the Ryukyu Kingdom in 1879. Karate came to mainland Japan in the early 20th century during a time of migration as Ryukyuans, especially from Okinawa, looked for work in the main islands of Japan. It was systematically taught in Japan after the Taishō ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karate At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification
This article details the qualifying phase for karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics . 80 quota places for the Games are entitled to the karatekas coming from their respective NOCs, based on the results at designated tournaments supervised by World Karate Federation. Each NOC could enter a maximum of eight karatekas (one in each division). Host nation Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Japan has reserved a spot in each of all 8 events, while four are made available to NOCs through a Tripartite Commission Invitation. Qualifying standards The 10 competitors in each event qualify as follows: * 1 from the host nation, Japan * 4 from the Olympic Standing ranking of 5 April 2021 * 3 from the Olympics Karate 2020 Qualification Tournament * 2 from continental representation or Tripartite Commission invitation Because the World Karate Federation rankings are based on five weight classes instead of the three weight classes featured in the 2020 Olympics, some of the Olympic events are based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
