Types of classification of athletes with locomotorium disorders in adaptive sports in general have been characterized and classes of sportsmen with disabilities in karate WKF and JKS have been analyzed. The analysis of program and normative documents related to karate, scientific-methodical and special literature on classification of athletes of the International Paralympic Committee and international sports federations of persons with disabilities was conducted. Objective. Identification of the characteristics of the classification of athletes with locomotor disorders involved in karate and participating in competitions in various versions, namely the World Karate Federation (WKF) and the Japan Karate Shoto Federation (JKS). Methods. Analysis and generalization of scientific-methodical and special literature. Results. Today, in adaptive sport, the classification of athletes with disabilities is carried out in accordance with the principle of equality, providing all the equal opportunities necessary to achieve the highest sports result. It involves the distribution of athletes by type of disease and functionality. There are three types of classification: medical, functional and handicap. In the analysis of the karate competition program, it was determined that the classification of athletes according to WKF rules is carried out in three categories for athletes who compete in kata. Namely, athletes using a wheel, athletes with visual impairments, and athletes with intellectual disabilities. According to the JKS rules, the classification of athletes is represented by the following groups: athletes with amputations (three groups), athletes with the consequences of cerebral palsy, athletes with mental disabilities, and athletes moving on wheels. In karate, as in other sports events, functional classifications are used that are based on the generally accepted medical. Today, there are two fundamentally different functional classifications of athletes in karate who take part in individual competitions. The WKF classification system is more voluminous at the expense of increasing the number of classes and is significantly different from the JKS classification system.