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Karate At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Kata
The men's kata competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 6 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan. Competition format Competitors were divided into two pools of 5 or 6, and each took turns to perform two sets of kata in the elimination round. The top-three competitors by average score in each pool advanced to the ranking round, where they performed a third set of kata. The winner of pool A faced the winner of pool B in the gold medal bout. Two bronze medals were awarded in kata events. The runner-up of pool A faced the third-place finisher of pool B in a bronze medal bout, while the runner-up of pool B will face the third-place finisher of pool A in another bronze medal bout. Schedule All times are in local time (UTC+9 UTC+09:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +09:00. During the Japanese occupations of British Borneo, Burma, Hong Kong, Dutch East Indies, Malaya, Philippines, Singapore, and French Indochina, it was used as a common time with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Budokan
The , often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally built for the inaugural Olympic judo competition in the 1964 Summer Olympics. The Budokan was a popular venue for Japanese professional wrestling for a time, and it has hosted numerous other sporting events, such as the 1967 Women's Volleyball World Championship. Most recently, the arena hosted the Olympic debut of karate in the 2020 Summer Olympics, as well as the judo competition at both the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Paralympics. While its primary purpose is to host martial arts contests, the arena has gained additional fame as one of the world's most outstanding musical performance venues. A number of famous acts have played at the Budokan. The Beatles were the first rock group to play there, in a series of five concerts, each lasting 30 minutes, from June 30 to July 2, 1966. ABBA ended their last tour and held their final live performance there in March 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryo Kiyuna
Ryo Kiyuna (喜友名諒, ''Kiyuna Ryō'', born 12 July 1990) is an Okinawan karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a four-time gold medalist in the men's kata event at the World Karate Championships and a two-time gold medalist in the men's team kata event, alongside Arata Kinjo and Takuya Uemura. He has also won multiple gold medals in both the individual and team kata events at the Asian Karate Championships. Career At the 2012 World Karate Championships held in Paris, France, Kiyuna won one of the bronze medals in the men's individual kata event. The following year, he represented Japan at the 2013 World Games in Cali, Colombia and he won the bronze medal in the men's kata event. In 2014, at the World Karate Championships held in Bremen, Germany, Kiyuna won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event. At the 2016 World Karate Championships held in Linz, Austria, he won the gold medal i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damián Quintero
Damián Hugo Quintero Capdevila (born 4 July 1984) is a Spanish karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a four-time silver medalist in the individual kata event at the World Championships, a seven-time gold medalist in his event at the European Championships and a three-time gold medalist in this event at the European Games. Early life Born in Buenos Aires, he emigrated with his family to Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain a few years later. He began his karate training in 1991, at a Goju Ryu school run by Lorenzo Marin. In 1997, he won the Spanish national championship children's category. Career In 2017, Quintero won the silver medal in the individual kata event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland. In 2019, Quintero won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. In the same year, he won the gold medal in the men's kata event at the Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel Torres
Ariel Torres Gutierrez (born November 6, 1997) is an American karateka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, he won the silver medal in the men's kata event. He won gold at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile. He qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships The 2023 World Karate Championships was held from 24 to 29 October 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. Iranian team's visa problems The visas of 21 Iranian karateka were not issued for various reasons. These karatekas were present in the men's kata ... held in Budapest, Hungary. References External links * Ariel Torresat USA Karate * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Torres, Ariel 1997 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Sofuoğlu
Ali Sofuoğlu (born 3 June 1995) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kata. He is a member of Kağıthane Belediyesi S.K. In 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. Career Ali Sofuoğlu was already European champion at the cadet level in 2010 and 2011. In the juniors he was runner-up three times in a row from 2011 to 2013. At the U21 level, he finally managed to win the World Championship in 2015 and also became European champion two more times in 2014 and 2016. In the adult field, he was already part of the Turkish team that won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Adeje in 2012. His next podium finish came at the 2017 European Championships in İzmit when he finished second in the singles behind Damián Quintero. He repeated this success both in 2018 in Novi Sad and in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ), also , is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tī'' in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts. While modern karate is primarily a striking art that uses punches and kicks, traditional karate training also employs Throw (grappling), throwing and joint locking techniques. A karate practitioner is called a . Beginning in the 1300s, early Chinese martial arts, Chinese martial artists brought their techniques to Okinawa. Despite the Ryukyu Kingdom being turned into a puppet state by Japanese samurai in 1609, after the Invasion of Ryukyu, its cultural ties to China remained strong. Since Ryukyuans were banned from carrying swords under samurai rule, groups of young aristocrats created unarmed combat methods as a form of resistance, combining Chinese and local styles of martial arts. Training emph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo was selected as the List of Olympic Games host cities, host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 7 September 2013. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Tokyo Games were postponed until 2021 on 24 March 2020 as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the first such instance in the history of the Olympic Games (some previous editions had been cancelled but not rescheduled). However, the Tokyo 2020 branding was retained for marketing purposes.Multiple sources: * * * The events were largely held Behind closed doors (sport), behind closed doors with no public spectators permitted due to the declaration of a state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area in response ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Karate Federation
The World Karate Federation (WKF) is an international governing body of sport karate with 198 member countries. It is the only karate organization recognised by the International Olympic Committee and has more than a hundred million members. The WKF organizes their Junior and Senior Karate World Championships, which are each held every other year. The President of the WKF is Antonio Espinós, and the headquarters are located in Madrid, Spain. History Karate was introduced to Europe around the 1950s by Japanese masters, mainly from the Japan Karate Association (JKA). In 1961, Jacques Delcourt was appointed President of French Karate Federation, which was at that stage an associated member of the French Judo Federation. In 1963 he invited the six other known European federations (Italy, Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Spain) to come to France for the first-ever international karate event, and Great Britain and Belgium accepted the invitation. In December of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Hee-jun (karateka)
Park Hee-jun (born March 29, 1994) is a South Korean senior male karateka. The 24-year-old became the first South Korean to win an Asian Games medal in kata, a non-sparring event in which practitioners demonstrate the Japanese martial art’s patterns and movements. Since karate became an Asiad medal sport, South Korea has won eight bronze medals over the last six Asian Games, all in kumite Kumite (, literally "grappling hands") is one of the three main sections of karate training, along with kata and kihon. Kumite is the part of karate in which a person trains against an adversary. Kumite can be used to develop a particular tec ..., a sparring discipline. He placed third in the Karate1 Premier League's 2014 Jakarta tournament. References External links * * * 1994 births Living people South Korean male karateka Asian Games medalists in karate Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Karateka at the 2018 Asian Games Karateka at the 2022 Asian Games Med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilja Smorguner
Ilja Smorguner (born 24 June 1984) is a German karateka. He is a two-time medalist in the men's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships. Smorguner represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's kata event. Career In 2017, Smorguner competed in the men's kata event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland. He lost his matches in the elimination round and he did not advance to compete in the semi-finals. In 2018, he lost his bronze medal match in the men's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain. In 2019, he lost his bronze medal match in the men's individual kata event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. In that year, he also competed in the men's individual kata event at the 2019 World Beach Games held in Doha, Qatar. In 2021, Smorguner competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Al-Mosawi
Sayed Mohammed Al-Mosawi (, born 12 May 1995) is a Kuwaiti karateka. He represented Kuwait at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's kata event. He finished in 5th place in his pool in the elimination round and he did not advance to the next round. Career He Won several medals in Asian Championships, Islamic Solidarity Games, Gulf Championship and Arab Championship and Bronze medal in the World Championship in Team Kata Event. He also won several medals, including gold, Silver and bronze medals in the WKF Karate1 Premier League and Series A Championship. He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2021 Asian Karate Championships The 2021 Asian Karate Championships were the 17th edition of the Senior Asian Karate Championship and were held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 20 to 22, December 2021. The event was held at the Baluan Sholak Sports Palace. Medalists Men Women ... held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Achievements He competed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Díaz (karateka)
Antonio José Díaz Fernández (born June 12, 1980) is a Venezuelan karateka. He is best known for winning gold medals in kata at the World Championships in Serbia (2010) and France (2012), winning of the World Games in Cali, Colombia (2013), and Duisburg, Germany (2015), and a silver medal in the World Championships in Japan 2008. He won bronze medals at the WKF World Championships in karate in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2014, and 2016 in the men's individual kata. He has also won 23 Pan American Karate Federation Senior Championships Medals 23 times to date. He represented Venezuela at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He lost his bronze medal match in the men's kata event. Díaz obtained an Olympic diploma. Antonio Díaz holds the Guinness world record for the most medals won at World Karate Championships. Karate Díaz practices the style of Shito-ryu. Early years Diaz's first achievement was reaching gold at the 5th Young Pan American Karate Do Championship back in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
