Karate at the 2009 World Games
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The karate
competition at the World Games 2009
took place from July 25 to July 26, at the National Sun Yat-Sen University Gymnasium in Kaohsiung
, Taiwan
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Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
competition at the World Games 2009
World Games 2009
The World Games of 2009 took place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, from July 16, 2009 to July 26, 2009. The games featured sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games....
took place from July 25 to July 26, at the National Sun Yat-Sen University Gymnasium in Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
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Men's events
| Kata | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | |||
| Kumite −65 kg | |||
| Kumite −70 kg | |||
| Kumite −75 kg | |||
| Kumite −80 kg | |||
| Kumite +80 kg | |||
| Kumite open |
Women's events
| Kata | |||
| Kumite −53 kg | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | |||
| Kumite +60 kg | |||
| Kumite open |