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How this was in the Olympics and karate isnt is hard to understand.
This person undeservingly getting a spot on stage is not representative of the sport. But surely you wouldn't be commenting on the validity of a sport after seeing only one person do it because then you would be susceptible to being wildly misinformed
I wouldn't. Like many other sports, bboying (which I use because it a dumb AF moniker) is totally subjective for scoring, and as someone who has done a LOT of karate, gymnastics, and ballroom dance, it seems like all of those should have been included first.
Why?
First because they are older sports. Maybe that is the problem though because karate and ballroom both have 2+ established, competing governing bodies.
Second because at least for sparring, karate is formulaic: put fist or foot here, score point.