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kumites

kumites is the plural of kumite.

Meaning of kumite

Noun

kumite (countable and uncountable, plural kumites)

  1. The aspect of karate in which a person trains against an adversary, using the techniques learned from the kihon and kata.
    • Baghbani won gold in kumite – a karate discipline – at the Pan Am Games and the USA Karate Open in Las Vegas in July.2009 August 20, Kevin McGran, “Players tell officials to take radical changes back to the drawing board”, in Toronto Star

Questions about kumites

What is kumites the plural of?
Kumites is the plural of kumite.

Words near kumites in the dictionary

  1. kumises
  2. Kumishi
  3. kumiss
  4. kumisz
  5. kumite
  6. kumites
  7. Kumiyama
  8. Kumjoinus
  9. kumkum
  10. kumkuma
  11. kumkumas

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