Taekwondo is considered a form of karate and is the national sport of South Korea.
No, there are no more issue than with karate then any other sport.
The most common sports in Japan include association football and other ball sports. Some of the martial arts and Karate are also practiced by many people. There is no legally official sport of Japan, but the Japan Sumo Association describes sumo as the national sport of Japan, with baseball as the most popular spectator sport of the country.
The University of Oklahoma did not win any national championships in 2010. The last time a sport at the university won a national championship was the 2008 gymnastics team.
Rugby is not the national sport of any country in law, but it is considered to be the national sport, 'de facto', of Wales and New Zealand.
they don't have any
It would be hard to specify one single national interest. Like any country, Ireland has many things of national interest. Music, culture, sport (namely our national sports of Gaelic Football and Hurling), news and current affairs, weather, agriculture, history and so on. It would be much the same as any country.
The procedure to participate in the Commonwealth Games as an athlete in any sport was to follow the procedure for being named to your national team in that sport, presuming you are a citizen of a country that is a member of the Comonwealth.
Learning karate, or participating in any other sport, will not stunt someone's growth. Like all sports and physical activity of all types, there are risks associated with them.
While it was created in Japan, I would believe that there are more people practicing karate in the United States than any other country.
i say any sport in the Olympics since Greece stared the Olympics and they are an old country
Track and Cross Country
It could be included because there is a type of karate called "Freestyle Kata, is a type of karate Kata mixed up with gymnastics, check in youtube for some freestyle Katas. No! In order to be in the Olympics there have to be very specific rules. That goes against the basic premise of karate, defense without any rules. The minute that rules, any rules, are applied it moves from a martial art to a sport.