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- Holly Rye: 5th Dan JSKA and Chairperson of JSKA Scotland. 2014 JSKA World Kata Champion, and 5 x gold medals at the JSKA 2016 World Championships.
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- Sandy Scordo: Kata specialist and medalist at World Games, World Karate Championships and European Championships in Karate.
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- Kiyou Shimizu: Gold medalist at Karate World Championships in 2014 and 2016. Image: Jason Reed/Reuters.
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- Betty Mochizuki: 7th Dan recognized by Karate Canada and the World Karate Federation. Recipient of the 2014 Ontario Sport Awards for her contribution to Karate in Ontario.
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- Norma Foster: The only woman in the JKF Wado Kai to have passed 7th Dan and the first woman in the world to become a WKF Referee and Kata Judge.
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- Sarah Assem Aly: The first Egyptian, Arabian, African woman to reach the finals in the kata category of the World Karate Championships
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- María Dimitrova: 5th Dan and 6 times Karate athlete of the year in the Dominican Republic – Image: Geraldo De Paula
This gallery celebrates inspirational women in karate all over the world.
Please note: those celebrated on this page do not necessarily have any links with our association beyond giving their consent to appear in this gallery. In addition, we are not promoting that they have trained within our organisation or that any such opportunity can be gained by joining our association.