it's crunch time in cooma tokyo where the last major japanese tournament before the olympics is taking place . among the contenders here she muses japan's reigning queen of cotton she became interested in kind of tea at the age of 9 and just 3 years later had already earned a black belt now 26 she's a 3 time world champion and has topped the japanese league in 7 successive the. plague. competitive karate there are 2 categories and take both have their own appeal and i'd love to see more people getting the chance to experience the 2 disciplines life. is the carrot equivalent of shadow boxing against an imaginary opponent the objective is to follow a pre-arranged choreography as perfectly as possible. for the 2020 games of the scoring system for kata 1st had to be adapted at the request of the international olympic committee instead of a straight vote by 5 judges now a panel of referees would points for technique lettuces a competitive event can choose which one of $102.00 permitted katas they want to perform. but if the fascinating thing about kata is that despite the fixed form i still