What is Karate?

Answer 1

click to find out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate

Answer 2

Karate is a term meaning Un-armed combat- Its is made up of two Characters from the Chinese language, which is also used by the Japanese in writing form called Kanji. The first character "KARA", means "Empty", and the second character means "Hand", thus "Empty Hand" or a system of self Defense without the use of weapons. It is interesting to note that when "Karate' was first introduced to Okinawa, it used to mean "Chinese Hands', and It was only after its Introduction in Japan, was the first character changed to mean “empty" instead of "Chinese".

Answer 3

Karate is the Japanese name for the collective group of Martial Arts that were developed in Japan and Okinawa.

Kara means open or empty, and Te means hand or roughly translated into "unarmed combat"

Many of the techniques in Karate were derived from the Chinese Martial Arts, and were developed or "evoved" into the Japanese disciplines by their respective founders as they are today. often by taking these techniques and blending them with the traditional discipline of Budo.

Answer 4

Karate (空手, Karate?) (listen (help·info)) or karate-dō (空手道, karate-dō?) is a martial art that developed from a synthesis of indigenous Ryukyuan fighting methods and southern Chinese martial arts. "Karate" originally meant Tang hand, i.e. Chinese hand, which was later changed to a homonym meaning 'empty hand' in Japanese. It is known primarily as a striking art, featuring punching, kicking, knee/elbow strikes and open handed techniques. However, grappling, joint manipulations, locks, restraints/traps, throws and vital point striking also appear in karate.

Answer 5

It used to mean Empty hand Fighting, now it stands for Asain Boxing skills. It has more a reference to the other than Kung Fu boxing styles.

Answer 6

okinowan is a different language than Japanese or Chinese,it has both influences due to the fact it has been governed by both countries.it also has hundreds of different dialects and kanje.karate can mean way of empty hand or way of open hand depending on what part of okinowa the practitioner was from.

Answer 7

karate was innovated by the buddhist who used to live in jungles of china
it means

SELF DEFENCE WITHOUT ANY ARM

Answer 8

Karate means self diffence.
NOT FIGHT TO OTHERS...............................................