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

• Kyokushin kaikan
• Shinkyokushinkai

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

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

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.