Easy to earn points! Adopting light lighting in Karate “Kumite” August 6 22:07
Regarding the new Tokyo Olympic Games, “Kate” in “Karate”, the All-Japan Karate Federation is trying to tell which player got the points in an easy-to-understand manner. We decided to work for the first time to light the lights in the same color.
Next year's Tokyo Olympics new competition, “Karate” “Kumite” will be played one-on-one, and will compete for points by hitting or kicking. ”Or“ red ”flag to indicate which point has been earned.
However, since the speed of the player's attack is very fast, it is difficult for the spectator to instantly grasp the player who earned the points.
Under these circumstances, the All-Japan Karatedo Federation installed an LED light at the venue of the international tournament “Premier League” in Tokyo next month in order to clearly convey the players who earned points to the venue. It was decided to light up.
Specifically, a light will be placed around the court where the game will be played, and the “blue” or “red” light will be lit whenever points are earned.
The Karatedo Federation was devised by, for example, visiting the NBA = American professional basketball game venue, which incorporates vivid lighting and music.
According to the Karatedo Federation, this is the first time.
What is Karate's Premier League?
The Karate International Tournament, the “Premier League”, was launched in 2011 by the World Karate Federation.
Every year, tournaments are held all over the world, and since last year, each of the “Shape” and “Kumite” ranks is a tournament where top 64 players out of the top 100 in the world ranking can gather It has become.
In addition, it is one of the tournaments where you can earn the points of the world ranking necessary for participating in the Tokyo Olympics.
This year, seven tournaments will be held, and next month's Tokyo tournament will be the fifth round.
The background of the light introduction
The reason behind the new initiatives in “Kate” in “Karate” is the sense of crisis of the All Japan Karate Federation, which has a low level of awareness and interest in competition, even after less than a year before the Tokyo Olympics.
“Karate”, which originated in Japan, has two types of events, “Shape” that competes for accuracy and strength of skill, and “Kumite” that competes for points by kicking and thrusting. The top of the ranking is expected to win medals at the Olympics.
On the other hand, there was a voice that it was difficult to understand the process of winning or losing because the interest and awareness were not as high as compared to Japanese judo and swimming, which are called “housecraft” in Japan.
Under these circumstances, the World Karate Federation changed the method of judging with the “flag” for “Shape”, which was pointed out that the judgment was difficult to understand. A new scoring system has been introduced, and the Tokyo Olympics have also been implemented using this system.
Furthermore, in order to convey “Kumite” in an easy-to-understand manner, the All-Japan Karatedo Federation decided to implement a new initiative to turn on the LED light when a player earns points.
The Karatedo Federation tours NBA = American professional basketball, Brooklyn Nets game venues that incorporate lighting and music production, and displays the players who have earned points in lighting colors I heard that I talked directly to the person in charge and devised this initiative.
The Karatedo Federation considers the last international tournament held in Japan before the Tokyo Olympics as a great opportunity to raise awareness and interest in the competition, and allows many people to see powerful games in an easy-to-understand manner. I am aiming for a renewal.
All-Japan Karatedo Federation “I want to spread the excitement throughout.”
“I feel that Karate has changed from traditional martial arts to sports, and that's why I want many people to see it and enjoy it.” I decided to do this, and I would like to expand it to the whole, not the excitement in the karate world. "