American Rules: Joe Lewis, Bill Wallace, Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, Don Wilson, Olivier Gruner, Branko Cikatić, Michael Kuhr, Troy Dorsey
Knockdown: Terutomo Yamazaki, Akira Masuda, Hajime Kazumi, Francisco Filho, Andy Hug
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Full contact karate is any format of karate where competitors spar (also called Kumite) full-contact and allow a knockout as winning criterion.[1][2][3]
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