Full contact karate
Competition formats of karate where competitors spar full-contact and which allow a knockout as winning criterion
全接觸空手道 · フルコンタクト空手
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Type
- karate, combat sport, sports discipline, type of sport
- Sport
- karate, kickboxing
Full contact karate is any format of karate where competitors spar (also called "Kumite") full-contact and allow a knockout as winning criterion.
Styles and branches of Full contact karate
Notable Full contact karate athletes and practitioners
- Mas Oyama Korea under Japanese rule
- Benny Urquidez United States
- Hideyuki Ashihara Japan
- Francisco Filho Brazil
- Shokei Matsui Japan
- Glaube Feitosa Brazil
- Kenji Midori Japan
- Kazuyoshi Ishii Japan
- Takashi Azuma Japan
- Bill Wallace United States
- Hajime Kazumi Japan
- Hatsuo Royama Japan
- Masaaki Satake Japan
- Shigeru Ōyama Japan
- Jōkō Ninomiya Japan
- Kenji Yamaki Japan
- Antoine Villedieu France
- Kazuhiko Ogasawara Japan
- Kenji Kurosaki Japan
- Seiji Isobe Japan
- Hideo Nakamura Korea under Japanese rule
- Tatsuya Iwasaki Japan
- Tsuyoshi Hiroshige Japan
- Kazuyuki Hasegawa Japan
- François Petitdemange France
- Noboru Ōsawa Japan
- Noriyasu Hamai Japan
- Takuma Kōketsu Japan
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q3754231 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.