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Why not go with gear instead? I guess a bit harder to get a KO, but ruling a legit KO as DQ its just dumb.You'll get DQ'd if you KO your opponent since only semi-contact is allowed. That's why the other one won. It's dumb but that's how the olympic ruleset for Karate is. They should've just introduced full contact Karate as an olympic sport.
The ruleset is dumb but let's not pretend that every Karate guy on the olympics wouldn't KTFO you in under a minute. If you watched the Kumite it was quite bloody with a lot of busted noses and some KO's, even a snapped arm. It's semi-contact but still it's high level striking.