Abstract. Karate is divided by two classes of kata and kumite. Whole body reaction time test and anticipation reaction time is the need of the reaction karate athlete. The purpose of this study was to compare the ability of whole-body reaction and anticipation reaction time on kata and kumite athletes. The method used is descriptive comparative. Sample was 10 athletes kata and 10 athletes kumite with used total sampling technique. The result shows that the data whole body reaction time value f = 4.508 and sig. 0.059> 0.05 that concluded there was no difference in the speed of whole-body reaction time with the athlete kata and kumite, while data on anticipation reaction time value f = 1.787 and sig. 0.198> 0.05 that concluded there was difference in the speed of anticipation reaction time test with the athlete kata and kumite in karate.