In the kata discipline, competitors act out a carefully ... Though there is no opponent, his Sensie, Sean Kinsella, said: “This type of karate translates as ‘the way of peace and harmony ...

“It’s another type of karate,” explains Hong Kong’s karatedo athlete Grace Lau Mo-sheung, who is doing some basic stretches before teaching the juniors. “What I’m doing, the kata [an ...