Karatekas from Japan and Iran dominated the opening day of the Karate One Series A in Tbilisi. The two nations took two titles each as the new season of international karate kicked off to a roaring start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Female Kata \u2013 Hisami Nakaji Takes Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hisami Nakaji of Japan won the Female Kata final after a composed and sharp performance. She defeated fellow Japanese athlete Miko Fukuoka 5-0. Nakaji impressed the judges with strong timing and balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Female Kumite +68 kg \u2013 Salehi Lalehmarzi Hananeh Controls the Final<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Salehi Lalehmarzi Hananeh of Iran claimed the title in the Female Kumite +68 kg category. She beat Yuliia Rusu of Ukraine 5-2 in a physical and tactical bout. Salehi Lalehmarzi took an early lead on points and managed the distance well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Male Kata \u2013 Funada Aoi Shines in All-Japan Final<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Funada Aoi of Japan secured victory in the Male Kata final. He defeated Nendai Kairi, also from Japan 5-0. Funada delivered a powerful and clean performance that earned the top scores of the round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Male Kumite +84 kg \u2013 Ashouri Garmjani Mahdi Finishes Strong<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ashouri Garmjani Mahdi of Iran won the Male Kumite +84 kg final against Daniil Kasianov of Ukraine 3-0. The match was tight in the opening minutes. Ashouri Garmjani scored decisive points and stayed solid in defence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The first day in Tbilisi set the tone for the 2026 season. The level was high, and the margins were small. More action is expected as the event continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Karatekas from Japan and Iran dominated the opening day of the Karate One Series A in Tbilisi. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-7816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-karate"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Karate_compressed.jpg",1904,1073,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Karate_compressed-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Karate_compressed-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Karate_compressed-768x433.jpg",640,361,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Karate_compressed-1024x577.jpg",640,361,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Karate_compressed-1536x866.jpg",1536,866,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Karate_compressed.jpg",1904,1073,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Karate_compressed-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Karate_compressed-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Newsbeat<\/a>","tag_info":"Newsbeat","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Karate_compressed.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7816"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7819,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7816\/revisions\/7819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}