Karate Combat, a global, professional sports league promoting the Japanese martial art of karate, has signed The Philippines Abs-Cbn as its first broadcaster in Asia.
The company’s Abs-Cbn Sports + Action channel has begun showing the initial three fight events that Karate Combat has produced. The first of its multi-part broadcasts, “Karate Combat: Genesis,” began on Aug 24. Subsequent segments and “Karate Combat: Inception” will air on Fridays in an early evening slot, with replays on Saturday at 6:30pm local time.
Karate is understood to have been developed in Okinawa and with some Chinese influences, before reaching the Japanese mainland in the early 20th Century. It has also become popular in the West as one of the most powerful forms of unarmed combat. Karate has been popularized in film by stars including Sonny Chiba, Dolph Lundgren, Michael Jai White and Jean-Claude van Damme. It is set to be...
The company’s Abs-Cbn Sports + Action channel has begun showing the initial three fight events that Karate Combat has produced. The first of its multi-part broadcasts, “Karate Combat: Genesis,” began on Aug 24. Subsequent segments and “Karate Combat: Inception” will air on Fridays in an early evening slot, with replays on Saturday at 6:30pm local time.
Karate is understood to have been developed in Okinawa and with some Chinese influences, before reaching the Japanese mainland in the early 20th Century. It has also become popular in the West as one of the most powerful forms of unarmed combat. Karate has been popularized in film by stars including Sonny Chiba, Dolph Lundgren, Michael Jai White and Jean-Claude van Damme. It is set to be...
- 8/31/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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