Karate is an American 'indie / jazz' band, formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1993 by Geoff Farina, Eamonn Vitt and Gavin McCarthy. In 1995, Jeff Goddard joined the band as bass player, and Vitt moved to second guitar. Vitt departed Karate to pursue a medical career in 1997. Farina developed hearing problems due to twelve years of performance with Karate and was forced to disband the group in July 2005. The band reunited in 2022.