Olympic Karate

[Charlie]

I appreciate the informative posts in response to my questions. I believe I understand the background and issues behind Karate in the Olympics much better than I did before.

I couldn't find on the IOC webpage if it posted the vote by member country on including Karate. I suspect that countries who thought they might do well in Olympic Karate competition voted for it while countries who perceive themselves as not having a strong representation in Karate voted against it. Of course, to me that doesn't "jive" with reality since perusing almost any big Karate organization's list of member dojo shows member dojo in countries throughout the world.