World Martial Sports

延長戦

Encho-sen

Reading: えんちょうせん

Extension bout

JapaneseKarateKendo

Meaning

Extra period fought when a match ends in a tie; still used by many karate federations and in kendo, whereas WKF kumite now decides ties by senshu and hantei.

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