空手が競技化（スポーツ化）しきれない理由は，空手という武道が，本来，師匠から弟子へと形を継承し，その形を一人でひたすらに練り続ける，という身体活動だからである。本来，空手は，組手のように１対１で闘い，勝ち負けを競うものではない。形の見た目の優劣を競うものでもない。実践で生き抜く力は，組手の強弱では分からない。形の出来不出来は，見た目だけでは分からない。それを無理矢理に，組手試合や形試合というのをやって勝敗を決しようとしても，どだい不可能なのであって，したがって，統一のルールや判定基準による厳密な競技化（スポーツ化）が難しくなるのである。スポーツは，誰もが納得する厳密なルールや判定方法があってこそ，成立する。ルールや判定方法が曖昧であれば，大半を納得させることはできず，したがって，試合をやる側も見る側も，なんとなく腑に落ちない不満が残ることになる。
The reason why karate can not be highly sportized is that karate as budo is essentially a physical activity in which KATAs are passed down from teachers (masters) to students (disciples), and KARATEKAs practice and polish these KATAs by themselves entirely. Originally, karate is not a competition for win and loss by fights between two like kumite. Also, it is not a competition for good and bad on appearance of KATAs. We can not judge the ability to survive our practical life by the strength and weakness of kumite. We can not judge the substantial performance of KATAs only by the appearance of them. Then, it is utterly impossible to forcibly determine on superiority and inferiority in the kumite and kata competitions. From this reason, it is difficult to strictly sportize karate with unified rules and standards for judging. Any sport is not approved before it does not have strict rules and judgments satisfying everyone. If the rules and judgments were not clear, most of people could not be satisfied with the results of the games, and people who both play and watch the games would vaguely keep dissatisfaction.
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