Judo, created by Jigoro Kano in 1882, became an Olympic sport in 1964 and is currently considered one of the most popular martial arts in the world. Its origin comes from the former Japanese Jiujitsu , which consisted primarily of combat techniques to be used in battles or individual conflicts [1,2]. The number of practitioners has grown in the last ten years worldwide, both in the male and female categories, especially after the great Brazilian Olympic achievements by athletes such as Aurélio Miguel, Rogério Sampaio,

Introduction: Karate is one of the most practiced fighting modalities in the world, but few works have been done in this area, especially in the Brazilian karate. In the international literature, this modality presents mild lesions, but severe lesions also occur frequently. In the Brazilian literature there is no specific epidemiological survey of the lesions in karate, making it difficult to analyze the risks of this sport. Objective: to perform a retrospective epidemiological survey of acute traumatic injuries in karate modality. Materials and Methods: Analysis of the athletes ' data through the recording of injuries collected by the first aid team that acted in the events. Results: The five events counted with 3116 athletes and a total of 470 lesions were recorded. Conclusion: We can affirm that karate is a sport that presents low incidence of injuries and, when they occur, are mostly mild lesions.