kumite
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right|thumb|Motobu's twelve kumite (1926) thumb|Two karatekas sparring 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.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Types
- Delivering strikes
- Competition
- WKF kumite ruleset
- See also
- References
right|thumb|Motobu's twelve kumite (1926) thumb|Two karatekas sparring 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 technique or a skill (e.g. effectively judging and adjusting one's distance from one's opponent) or it can be done in competition.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “kumite” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.