Full contact karate

Full contact karate
Focus	Striking
Country of origin	Japan
Creator	Varies depending on subtype.
Famous practitioners	American Rules: Joe Lewis, Bill Wallace, Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, Don Wilson, Olivier Gruner, Branko Cikatić, Michael Kuhr, Troy Dorsey; Knockdown: Terutomo Yamazaki, Akira Masuda, Hajime Kazumi, Francisco Filho, Andy Hug;
Parenthood	Varies depending on subtype.
Olympic sport	No

Full contact karate is any format of karate where competitors spar (also called Kumite) full-contact and allow a knockout as winning criterion.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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