karateka

noun

karateka

noun

Etymology From Japanese 空手家 (karateka).

1

A practitioner of karate.

Another 60 karatekas will go head to head in kumite, three-minute sparring bouts in which athletes attempt to land a series of precise blows on their opponent’s body.2021 July 19, Megan McCluskey, “New Sports”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 78:

Related terms: budoka, judoka, kendoka

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