adidas Karate Mitts With Thumb (661.23)

Sources

• Other source — UK retailer Budo Online's product page and product feed (re-read 2026-10-22), the source of: the title "adidas Karate Mitts WKF Competition Gloves With Thumb", SKU 661.23-<colour><size> (feed), "With thumb", "Injection moulded foam padding", "Finger loops and wrap around elastic closing", a diagonal elastic strap, "WKF Approved" and "CE Approved" (the retailer's wording), red and blue, S-XL and a size chart published as an image. Budo Online is not on the UK dealer list WKF's adidas entry gives, so its descriptions are the retailer's.
• Manufacturer — adidas's own US combat-sports store (sold under the adidas Combat Sports licence; prices in USD, not a UK destination), re-read 2026-10-22: "adidas WKF Karate Mitt 2.0 (WKF APPROVED)" - PU3G outer, "I-Protech high-pressure foam (IMF)", "Two finger loops and a Velcro palm strap", red and blue, XXS-XL, "WKF Approved" (adidas's claim). The page and its product data print no article number or thumb design and its image files carry no code, so it is not tied to article 661.23.
• Technical documentation — WKF approved list (wkf.net/approved; no version printed): "ADIDAS - KARATE MITTS": adidas is listed for karate mitts; no model is printed, and the gallery images are file-named 661.23_* and 661.232.0_* (a file name is not a listed model). Checked 22 October 2026.
• Technical documentation — WKF Sport Items Homologation Process 2025-2028 (approval term 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2028): approved mitts and shin-pad and foot protectors come in red (RED 032 C) and blue (PROCESS BLUE C), mitts with or without thumb protection and open on the inner side; the approved body protector is "of inner use (under the karategi)", protecting the front and lateral thoracic area and the abdomen, to EN 13277-3:2013; the female chest protector is a PU inner part with a washable white lining (EN 13277-6); approved items show the WKF logo in a clearly visible place; the WKF website publishes approved trademarks and a list of dealers by country. Checked 22 October 2026.
• Technical documentation — WKF approved list (wkf.net/approved; no version printed): WKF's adidas brand page names Double-D as adidas's worldwide martial-arts licensee and lists adidas's dealers by country; for the United Kingdom it lists "BLITZSPORT" (London) and "CIMAC" (Solihull). Cimac, the UK purchase route for the adidas kit here, is one of them. Checked 22 October 2026.
• Technical documentation — Governing body rulebook: WKF Kumite Competition Rules (Rules Version 2026.01, valid from 1 January 2026; note of 13 April 2026), Art. 2.2.7 and 2.2.10: compulsory kumite protection - WKF Approved mitts, red or blue (a); gum shield (b); WKF Approved body protector for males, and for females a chest and body protector or an integrated chest/body protector (c); WKF Approved shin pads (d) and foot protection (e), red or blue; WKF Approved groin guards for males (f); under-14s a WKF Approved helmet and external body protector (g). "All protective equipment must be WKF Approved" (2.2.10). Checked 22 October 2026.
• Authorised retailer — Cimac, adidas's UK martial-arts distributor (its own "Official UK Distributor" wording; the only UK entry on the adidas licensee's dealer map; an adidas UK dealer on WKF's list) - the UK purchase route for article 661.23, checked 2026-10-22. Its product page lists "With thumb" and the article number 661.23, with "WKF Approved" and "CE Approved" in its own wording (re-checked 2026-10-25).