Karate at the African Games

Karate competitions

Karate at the African Games
Karate
First event	1991 Cairo
Occur every	four years
Last event	2023 Accra

Karate was an African Games event at its inaugural edition in 1991 and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions.

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	Events		Best nation
Games	Year	Host city	Men	Women	Best nation
V	1991	Cairo		—	Egypt
VI	1995	Harare
VII	1999	Johannesburg
VIII	2003	Abuja	5	7	Egypt
IX	2007	Algiers	8	8	Algeria
X	2011	Maputo	8	8	Egypt
XI	2015	Brazzaville	8	8	Algeria
XII	2019	Rabat	8	8	Morocco
XIII	2023	Accra	8	8	Egypt

Medal table

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External links

v t e International karate competitions
World	World Championships Cadet, Junior and U21 World Championships
Continental	African Championships Asian Championships European Championships Oceania Championships
Multi-sport	African Games Asian Games European Games Pan American Games Summer Olympics World Games Summer Youth Olympics World University Championships

v t e Sports at the African Games
Summer sports	Archery Arm wrestling Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball 3x3 basketball Boxing Canoeing Chess Cricket Cue Sports Diving Equestrian Fencing Football Gymnastics Handball Hockey Judo Karate Kickboxing Netball Petanque Rowing Rugby sevens Sailing Shooting Softball Squash Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Beach volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Demonstration sports	Esports Mixed martial arts Nzango Pharaoh Boxing Pickleball Scrabble Speed-ball Sambo Teqball

Sports at the African Games

Summer sports

Demonstration sports

v t e Karate
Comparison of styles List of terms
Origins	Japanese martial arts Okinawan martial arts Chinese martial arts
Styles	Ashihara Budokan Byakuren Chitō-ryū Enshin Gensei-ryū Gōjū-ryū Gosoku-ryu Isshin-ryū Kyokushin Motobu-ryū Ryūei-ryū Seidokaikan Shidōkan Shindo Jinen Ryu Shitō-ryū Shōrin-ryū Shōrei-ryū Shōrinjiryū Kenkōkan Shotokan Shūdōkan Shūkōkai Shuri-ryū Tōon-ryū Uechi-ryū Wadō-ryū Yoseikan Yoshukai
Techniques	Blocks Joint lock Kicks Punches Stances Strikes Throw
Training methods	Kihon Kata Bunkai Kumite Kobudō Makiwara Full contact
Culture	Dōjō Dōjō kun Karate gi Kyū Obi
Competition	Karate Combat Karate at the World Games Karate World Championships World University Karate Championships Asian Karate Championships Karate at the Asian Games European Karate Championships Karate at the Summer Olympics Karate World Championships Junior
Kata	Anaku Ananku Annan Chinte Chintō/Gankaku Enpi Fukyugata Gojūshiho Jion Hangetsu Kūsankū/Kanku-dai Naihanchi/Tekki Nijūshiho/Niseishi Passai/Bassai Pinan/Heian Rōhai/Meikyo Sanchin Seisan/Hangetsu Seiunchin Shisochin Sōchin Taikyoku Tensho Unsū Wankan Wanshū
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