kumite

English

Etymology

Japanese 組手

Noun

kumite (countable and uncountable, plural kumites)

  1. 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.

Spanish

Noun

kumite m (uncountable)

  1. kumite
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