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Focus Striking Country of origin Japan Japan United States USA
(for American Full Contact Karate) Creator Varies depending on
subtype. Famous practitioners   Terutomo Yamazaki, Akira Masuda,
Hajime Kazumi, Andy Hug, Glaube Feitosa, Francisco Filho,
Ewerton Teixeira, Musashi, Semmy Schilt, Masaaki Satake, Howard
Collins, Nicholas Pettas, Jōkō Ninomiya, Benny Urquidez
Parenthood Varies depending on subtype. Olympic sport No  Full
contact karate is a broad term used to differentiate competition
formats of karate where competitors spar (also called Kumite)
full-contact and allow a knockout as winning criterion, and
those competitions which use light contact/semi contact point
sparring where a knockout is regarded as a foul.12  The term is
also used by extension to differentiate between schools/styles
of karate dedicated to such full