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Definition 2024

kumite ‎(uncountable)

The aspect of karate in which a person trains against an adversary, using the techniques learned from the kihon and kata.
- 2009 August 20, Kevin McGran, “Players tell officials to take radical changes back to the drawing board”, in Toronto Star:
  Baghbani won gold in kumite – a karate discipline – at the Pan Am Games and the USA Karate Open in Las Vegas in July.