AKF SENIOR KARATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. The 2025 AKF Senior Karate | male kumite The 2025 Asian Karate Championships, specifically the 21st AKF Senior Karate Championships and the 4th AKF Asian Para-Karate Championships, were held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from May 23rd to 25th. The event took place at the Yunusobod Sports Complex. The championships brought together top karate athletes from across Asia, showcasing both kata and kumite divisions Female Winners Female Kata: Lau Mo Sheung Grace (Hong Kong, China) Female Kumite -50kg: Alimardanova Gulshan (Uzbekistan) Female Kumite -55kg: Hoang Thi My Tam (Vietnam) Female Kumite -61kg: Gong Li (China) Female Kumite +68kg: Nguyen Thi Ngoan (Vietnam) Female Team Kata: Japan Female Team Kumite: Vietnam Male Winners Male Kata: Kakeru Nishiyama (Japan) Male Kumite -55kg: Zholaman Bigabyl (Kazakhstan) Male Kumite -60kg: Hashimoto Hiromu (Japan) Male Kumite -67kg: Almasatfa Abdel Rahman (Jordan) Male Kumite +84kg: Saleh Abazari (Iran) Male Team Kata: Kuwait Male Team Kumite: Japan #karate #malekumite #indiavsjapan