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karate

vr.tr.karate · INF.KNW

Let an agent explain karate and its styles and practice, describe sport and traditional forms, support safe training and grading, and describe history and governance.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain karate and its styles and practice, describe sport and traditional forms, support safe training and grading, and describe history and governance.

A martial art originating in Okinawa and developed in Japan, using strikes, blocks, kicks and stances in forms called kata, sparring called kumite and application study called bunkai, practised in styles such as Shotokan, Goju-ryu, Shito-ryu and Wado-ryu, as sport karate under the World Karate Federation including at the 2020 Olympics, and as traditional and budo practice; karate is taught in clubs worldwide to men, women and children for self-defence, fitness and discipline.

What it is for: An Okinawan and Japanese striking martial art.

It can be explain styles and practice; describe sport and traditional forms; support safe training; describe history and governance.

Distinguishing features

Kata, kumite, bunkai

Style lineages

Belt grading

Sport and budo forms

What it looks like

Practitioners in white uniforms performing strikes, kata and sparring.

How it is recognised

Striking martial art with kata and kumite

Okinawan and Japanese origin

Judo is grappling; taekwondo is Korean with different emphasis

Related models

is a kind of - category

martial arts

is a kind of - category

Olympic sport

is related to - training benefits

physical fitness

is related to - another sport entry

rugby

In practice

Families and kinds

Shotokan

Goju-ryu

Shito-ryu and Wado-ryu

Okinawan styles

sport karate under the WKF

Standards and regulation

World Karate Federation competition rules

Style organisation grading standards

Safeguarding and coaching standards

Failure modes and hazards

Injuries in sparring

Unqualified instructors

Confusing styles and organisations

Also called

Sport karatemen's karatemen's martial artswomen's karateBunkaiBudokan karateKazumi DōjōShinkyokushinkaiHaitōHirakenGenseiryūKyokushin kaikanMotobu-ryuJukurenOkinawa Seidokankatafull contact karateKoshiki KarateShindō jinen-ryūteam katakumiteShōrei-ryū100-man kumite

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What karate is.

Definitions.

Practice

Practice and elements.

Practice

Practice.

  1. What are kata, kumite and bunkai, and how do they fit together in karate practice? definition
  2. Which entry fits a specific kata? action

Styles

Styles.

Styles

Styles.

  1. How do Shotokan, Goju-ryu, Shito-ryu, Wado-ryu and Okinawan styles differ? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific style? action
Train Training and grading.

Practice.

Start

Getting started.

Start

Starting.

  1. How can someone start karate, choose a club and progress through belt grades? provenance
  2. Is someone injured now, needing medical help? boundary

Safety

Safe training.

Safety

Safety.

  1. Which safety, safeguarding and coaching standards apply in karate clubs? provenance
  2. Which entry fits sports safeguarding? action
Sport Sport karate.

Competition.

Competition

Competition rules.

Competition

Competition.

  1. How are kata and kumite competitions judged under WKF rules, and what happened at the Olympics? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific championship? action

Governance

Governance.

Governance

Governance.

  1. How is karate governed by the WKF and style organisations, and which debates exist, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Learn History and culture.

Context.

History

History of karate.

History

History.

  1. How did karate develop in Okinawa and spread to Japan and the world, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Culture

Karate in culture.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How is karate represented in film and popular culture, and how does this differ from practice? provenance
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each style be a separate entry?
  • How should federations be linked?
  • How should safeguarding standards be linked?
Draft as JSON