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There Was An Attempt

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There Was An Attempt, and they failed.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

First because they are older sports. Maybe that is the problem though because karate and ballroom both have 2+ established, competing governing bodies.

Second because at least for sparring, karate is formulaic: put fist or foot here, score point.