| Knockout Full Contact Karate is a very broad definition | | | | organizations but with different promoters. Some |
| that defines a knockout as a win and light contact | | | | organizations remain loyal to a specific set of rules. |
| sparring where a knockout is considered a foul. It is | | | | Some go back and forth between several different |
| also used to define different styles and schools of | | | | rule formats. |
| Karate that utilize the full contact methodology in their | | | | There have even been cases where the Tournament |
| teachings. There are several different formats for this | | | | Rules would arbitrarily switch right in the middle of a |
| sport. Each format has a different history and was | | | | competition, and right between rounds within the same |
| developed in different places as well as at different | | | | fight. Full Contact Point Karate is one popular style that |
| times. | | | | is used a lot. With this style if you knock your opponent |
| Some of these styles were independently developed, | | | | out you still win the match and you will not be |
| however, others were developed from full contact | | | | disqualified. Points are aggregated for clean hits to |
| systems, light contact system or a hybrid of both. | | | | certain parts of the opponents body. If there is no |
| There is no one governing organization that organizes | | | | knockdown or knockout, the bout is purely judged by |
| and controls all the different formats used. The rules | | | | points accumulated during the match. |
| can change substantially between not only independent | | | | |