A minimum viable product (MVP) is a product with just enough features to satisfy early customers and to provide feedback for future product development. Our product includes hardware sensors that are worn by the karateka. It also includes software application that lets those karateka and their senseis (masters, caoches) to process the results. So, our…
Karate is included in Olympic Games 2020! But, not in 2024 Olympics. There is a serious problem with quality of judging of Karate Kumite (Sparring) tournaments: Unclear Rules of competition. Rules can be found here https://www.wkf.net/pdf/rules/wkf-competition-rules-2019_en-pdf-en-764.pdf . Despite pages and pages of instruction, there is fair amount of subjectivity. The phrases like, “Zanshin is that…
Major video review failure happened at the Karate 1 Premiere League Paris Open 2016. As the final match of Kumite (sparring) female -55 kg category between Spain’s Cristina Ferrer Garcia and Ukraine’s Anzhelika Terluyga finished 2:3 in Anzhelika’s favor, the Spanish coach requested the video review for the action in the last 2 seconds, as…