karateka

noun

ka·​ra·​te·​ka ˌkä-rä-ˈtā-kä 

kə-ˈrä-tē-ˌkä

plural karatekas

: a practitioner of karate

… one of the few remaining karateka to have trained with the younger Funakoshi.

—Dragon Times, 8 July 1998

Word History

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

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