its dumb cause there is tae kwan do , tai chee, and likekung fu
oh yeah and how do you make the heart sign because i never wrote heart on the internet
2006-12-10 10:54:02 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Unless someone is familiar with (not nessarily know/practice, but have seen) multiple styles of Asian martial arts most people just call it "Karate" because it is the most common style known in the western world.
2006-12-10 11:09:37 · answer #1 · answered by Rukh 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Karate, simply means "empty hand" and originated in China.
Tai Chi is a spiritual exercise.
Tai kwan do is a Korean form of Karate.
Kung Fu is more spiritual and is mind over matter or "thinking ones self through a situation " or using deadly reinforcement!
There are literally hundreds of martial arts techniques all differ a bit from the other!
2006-12-10 19:25:15 · answer #2 · answered by CommanderJim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are referring to the generic term for self-defense without weapons. All those schools originated as empty-handed forms of self-defense. Oh, and by the way, when I was a teen, they called it Korean Karate before they invented the term Tae Kwan Do.
2006-12-10 19:02:14 · answer #3 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people only have to think of the name of one martial arts so they can be lazy. Also karate meaning open hand or something like that does accurately describe all forms of martial arts that don't involve weapons. As for the heart thing I guess just try copy and pasting it from somewhere else repeatedly. Mabey save it as a notepad or something so you can have a source to go back to.
2006-12-10 19:06:02 · answer #4 · answered by chainsaw20x6 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, all of those types and many others are martial arts, but they are different types, and therefore referenced by different names.
Here is a link to an incomplete list of martial arts and their descriptions. It should help you to clear up the differences.
(And a heart sign is made by a < (to the right of the m key (though you have to press shift to get it as it's above the comma)) and a 3. Result: <3 )
2006-12-10 19:07:05 · answer #5 · answered by Unspecified User 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people do say Tae Kwan Do
2006-12-10 18:59:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's just a generic term for martial arts.
2006-12-10 19:00:29 · answer #7 · answered by phoenix 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
u mean this- ⥠do the "and" sign (&) then right next to it write "hearts" and then right after that put a semi colon (;)
2006-12-10 20:59:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nowadays they say ninja skillz
and no i don't no how either
2006-12-10 19:02:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋