Do you know what karate is

@swolecat (1277)
United States
August 21, 2006 7:47pm CST
I think it's a form of art
12 responses
• United States
12 Dec 08
It is a Martial Art with in my opinion limited practical use. It was used in rural Japan as a form of fighting but is now for self dicipline and other practical means. My 2 cents.
• India
11 Oct 06
Yeah it is a art
@van123 (1287)
• India
25 Sep 06
slef defence art
@Laikan (123)
• Japan
3 Sep 06
Karate. It is originated from Okinawa in Japan. Some reasearch says that Karate actually developed from Ryukyuan fighting methods and southern Chinese martial arts. In our era, Karate has been divided into 3 parts of training, Kihon (basic), Kata (forms), Kumite(sparring). (I am not going into details about it. ^.^) So now, lets break down into parts. Karate can be divided into Kara and Te. Since it is said that Karate was derived from China, Kara is a Tang Dynasty (Simply put.."China"). And Te means hands. The meaning of "Chinese hand" or "Tang hand," “Chinese fist” or "Chinese techniques," reflected the documented Chinese influence on Karate. But in early 1933, Japan's invasion of eastern China Gichin Funakoshi (known as the father of modern karate) began using a homonym of the kanji character "kara" by replacing the character meaning "Tang Dynasty"(?) with the character meaning "empty". So now you can say that Karate means "Empty Hand", "Empty Fist" or any other relevants. ps: hope it helped. ^.^
@istanto (8548)
• Indonesia
11 Oct 06
karate is martial arts from japan
• Canada
11 Oct 06
Karate (lit. "empty hand") is a martial art of Okinawan origin. Recent research indicates that it developed from a synthesis of indigenous Ryukyuan fighting methods and southern Chinese martial arts.[citation needed] Kara (?:??) means (among other things) empty, and te (?:?) means hand. Karate is known primarily as a striking art, featuring punching, kicking, knee/elbow strikes and open handed techniques. However, grappling, joint manipulations, locks, restraints, throws and vital point striking are inherent to the art. Alternately, some modern schools of karate refer to their art as karatedo (???:?????), or literally "way of empty hand."
@dellion (6698)
• Malaysia
24 Aug 06
Its kind of martial art originate from japan which gai their populars in many countries around the world.
22 Aug 06
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@Snooze (610)
• United States
22 Aug 06
It's a deodorant, isn't it?
@pisshole (493)
• New Zealand
22 Aug 06
It's Japanese for "taking money off gullible westerners". H2H.
• United States
24 Aug 06
I think karate is actually called "wu shu".
• Greece
3 Sep 06
It is a martial art originating from Okinawa. It developed from a synthesis of indigenous Ryukyuan (Okinawan) fighting methods and southern Chinese martial arts. Kara-te means empty hand literally (was known originally as To-de which means Chinese hand before 1930s) Karate is known primarily as a striking art, featuring punching, kicking, knee/elbow strikes and open handed techniques. However, grappling, joint manipulations, locks, restrains, throws and vital point striking are inherent to the art.