Karate Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

[AmericanHero40 216]

I wasn't familiar with karate, so i looked it up on youtube, so umm, is Kata like synchronized dancing? why is it in the olympics?

 

If thats in maybe they should've added pro wrestling, it's japan after all, Omega vs Okada for the gold

Edited March 21, 2018 by AmericanHero40

[JoshMartini007 2,559]

Yeah they should have dropped kata and made the kumite events have 16 athletes each.

[thepharoah 2,405]

  On 3/21/2018 at 9:50 PM, JoshMartini007 said:

Yeah they should have dropped kata and made the kumite events have 16 athletes each.

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Btw I find team kata much more interesting than individuals , but considering the fact that Japan put Karate in the 5 suggested sports to dominate it , it's not a big surprise that they add Kata 

[JoshMartini007 2,559]

  On 3/21/2018 at 10:06 PM, thepharoah said:

Btw I find team kata much more interesting than individuals , but considering the fact that Japan put Karate in the 5 suggested sports to dominate it , it's not a big surprise that they add Kata 

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I'm not against kata being in the Olympics, but if you are going to give the sport so few athlete quotas things need to be cut. Baseball/Softball is the same thing, they should have either made it an 8 team tournament or don't bother hosting it.

[NearPup 3,163]

  On 3/22/2018 at 5:26 AM, JoshMartini007 said:

 

I'm not against kata being in the Olympics, but if you are going to give the sport so few athlete quotas things need to be cut. Baseball/Softball is the same thing, they should have either made it an 8 team tournament or don't bother hosting it.

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I actually think Kata is a more interesting addition than Kumite because it’s much more unique at the Olympics. Kumite just looks very samey. I would be quite happy to give up Kumite for a team Kata event.

[phelps 7,797]

Kata is the most boring activity ever...

it should have never been included in the Olympic program...

Edited March 22, 2018 by phelps

[AlFHg 330]

Just noticed that in the OQ document the qualification period is from July 2nd 2018 to June 31st 2020 

[dcro 10,210]

  On 6/10/2018 at 6:08 PM, AlFHg said:

Just noticed that in the OQ document the qualification period is from July 2nd 2018 to June 31st 2020 

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What is wrong with that?

Edited June 10, 2018 by dcro

[phelps 7,797]

  On 6/10/2018 at 6:33 PM, dcro said:

 

What is wrong with that?

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June has only 30 days...

[dcro 10,210]

  On 6/10/2018 at 6:52 PM, phelps said:

 

June has only 30 days...

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