Full contact karate vs Iaido

Full contact karate and Iaido side by side, from the facts recorded for each art.

	Full contact karate	Iaido
Country of origin	Japan	Japan
Type	karate	Kobudō and martial arts
Notable practitioners here	28	1
Top countries of practitioners	Japan, France and Korea under Japanese rule	France
Equipment and weapons	—	Iaitō and katana

Full contact karate

Full contact karate is any format of karate where competitors spar (also called "Kumite") full-contact and allow a knockout as winning criterion.

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Iaido

Iaidō (居合道), abbreviated iai (居合), is a Japanese martial art that emphasizes being aware and capable of quickly drawing the sword and responding to sudden attacks.

From the Wikipedia article Iaido (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0): Q3754231, Q214410. Practitioner counts are the people with a profile on this site. Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.