Who created Karate?

Question

Since I work with the Yahoo, whoever answers this question gets a 50 point bonus. I know this was made in the 1700's but by who?

Answer 1

mr. miyagi of miyagi dojo! :) seriously i think it originated in okinawa. google it.

Answer 2

Birthplace Of Karate

Answer 3

Karate started in Okinawa in the late 1600's or early 1700's. It was a mixture of the local martial art, often called te, and chinese kung fu, learned from sailors. There are also some stories of Okinawans who went to China and brought back its fighting arts, as well as Shaolin monks that went to Okinawa to teach zen buddihsm, and also taught some martial arts. The Okinawan meaning for karate is China hand, it was later changed to open / empty hand by the Japanese, around the earlier 1900's - 1930's.

Answer 4

Since karate has a very long root in history, question on who actually invented it is unknown. But the main theory suggests it originates in Okinawa by some japanese merchants who went to trade with the chinese for tea leaves in the Southern part of China.

While trading, they came across and observed some chinese practising kungfu, which is believed to be Wuzu kungfu ( Gor Chor in Hokkien dialect ), or the 'Five Ancestors System' in translation. Wuzu kungfu was formed by 5 senior shaolin monks, combining their own uniques styles into the art. Which is later known as the 'five ancestors system' for their attributes.

It is believed that the chinese where practising 'Sam Sing', or the 'three harmonies' which is one the forms practised in Wuzu kungfu when the japanese merchants were observing them. They then learn it from the chinese, and went back to their homeland spreadin the art, which later evolved with time.

This can be seen from the 'Sanchin' kata in karate nowadays, an advance form which shares the same similarities with 'Sam Sing' in Wuzu kungfu. Also, the deep stance, training and various hand attack manuevers which is a trademark of Southern Kungfu can be traced in the Okinawan arts as well as other styles of karate.

In simple words, it has its roots from Chinese martial art. The original founder? Some Okinawan folks long ago... slowly developed then branching out with different styles, such as Shotokan, Gorju-ryu, Kyokushin and many more. Each with its own founders and legacies...

Answer 5

As others have said there is no reason a shodan (1st degree) should ever open or even run a school on their own,especially with only 5 years of training. The problem is that most schools today promote people quickly to black belt, convince them that they can teach, convince them to open a school...simply so the main school can have more cash flow. These types of schools just do not care about the quality of training and especially of the instruction. The ATA is notorious for doing this very thing and worse...once the school hits a certain amount of students (income) they promote the instructor quickly up to 3rd dan so he doesn't look like a fool when compared to other higher ranks teaching at their competition's schools. One of the first questions anyone should ever ask is how long an instructor has been studying and then how long they have been teaching. They should also be able to verify any claims made by certificates and asking for references....but even then you have to be careful because some schools, like the ATA, will give you a list of people to call for verification and references and many times the person you call barely even knows the person you are inquirying about. This same thing happened in a town about 30 miles from me two years ago. The school built up quickly and then one of my black belts who is a registered 4th dan opened up a school since it was his hometown. My black belt has trained for 18 years straight. This other school went out of business in eight months because that was our aim. It is a shame that things like this occur but what is even worse of a shame is that people actually believe the black belt 1st dan means you are good...that is the first real step in training in any serious / authentic martial art. Edit - about 10 years ago a guy who had a business degree from some college opened a school 45 miles from here. The sad part was that he had no real training and had been video trained through some Kenpo program. He bought a black belt, got some pictures and bought some trophies to put in the window. He ran a pretty good sized school for five years raking in the dough...and he kept self promoting himself. It wasn't until he got stupid and actually believed his lies that he was proven to be a major joke when a friend of mine fought him at a tournament. He lost 5 to nothing in 20 seconds. Liers will always get found out one way or another.

Answer 6

karate traces its roots to the islands of Okinawa, which now form part of Japan. An indigenous fighting system know as Okinawa-te (Okinawa hand) would eventually become karate (Chinese hand) and, finally, karate-do (the way of the empty hand).

Historically, Okinawa was an independent kingdom, but it was strongly influenced by Chinese culture. Okinawa established a tributary relationship with China, which allowed Okinawan martial artists to study in China (and to train with Chinese martial artists visiting Okinawa).

There were originally three styles of Okinawa-te, named for the towns where they were located: Shuri-te, Naha-te and Tomari-te. Shotokan karate is a modern Japanese style, descended from these traditional Okinawan style

Unfortunately, the history of karate is somewhat incomplete and speculative. Until recently, karate was taught in secret and few records were maintained. During the period of secrecy, there would be no open discussion karate training, even within a family,

Karate is from Japan but the Shaolin Monastry had masive influence on the development of karate. If you are looking for a name you wont get one as it takes many years and master to allow a syalabus to be produced. If you look at karate forms their are many chinese words which are forms from other shaolin styles i.e Sarn gin, meaning 3 arrow which is in Pak Hok and also Tong Long

Answer 7

Karate has its early origins in Okinawa and developed primarily out of two fighting systems. You have to remember Okinawa was a conquered island by the Japanese feudal Samurai so weapons were not allowed to be possessed or used by Okinawans. You had two types of people in Okinawa, fishermen and farmers. These two types of non-weapon fighting systems developed from those coastal people (fisherman) and the non-coastal (farmers) and they also started to develop the use of farm implements and tools and other things to use as weapons along with the development of these fighting systems. They were very successful and were able to eventually defeat the Japanese at one point. After this Japan brought these fighting systems to Japan and developed their own which is why some people view Japan as the birthplace of Karate.
If you talk to Okinawan stylists they will disagree with that and you also have to remember that those two fighting systems in Okinawa continued to develop and evolve on their own before and while that newer system in Japan evolved, mutated, and splintered several times. The man I believe you are referring to Gichin Funakoshi of the Shotokahn-ryu style that brought karate to Japan in the early 1920s-not the 1700s.

Answer 8

Karate is an adaptation of Chinese martial arts. It has been shared with me that many hundreds of years ago Japanese traveling through or conquering forces observed Chinese martial artists at work doing what they would refer to as their basic warm ups, which can appear very jerky and snappy.

Note: Karate as a system is very linear in fashion and is said to be jerky and straight forward.

Chinese on the contrary is fluid and circular. Diane Davila form About agrees with this statement as well in her article shared below:

Diana Davila,
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Origins: Okinawa. Considered a Japanese style in general, Karate actually has its roots in China. The original Japanese meaning of Karate was "Chinese Hand" or more literally "Tang Hand", referring to the dynasty of the time.
Characteristics: Karate styles can vary widely from one another, but for the most part, Karate utilizes linear footwork and stances and emphasizes power in technique. Training includes many "katas" or stylized, formal training sets. Common weapons used in Karate training include the staff, kamas or sickles, sais (basically a small trident) and nunchaku.
Sub Styles:

* Shorin Ryu
* Shotokan
* Wado Ryu
* Kyokushin
* Seido
* Ishin Ryu

Answer 9

It wasn't made by a specific who. It was developed mostly by peasants, so they could defend themselves better in case of rambunctious samurai. I believe a branch, if not all of, karate was developed in Okinawa. This little island did not get huge traffic back in the day and was mostly filled with peasants and fisher men.

It was often necessary for such isolated groups to develop methods of self defense against pirates and other would-be conquerors, and that is how karate was born.

Answer 10

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There is no way that anyone with a first degree black belt is qualified to teach, much less open a dojo. Traditionally in Japan or Okinawa it would require a Sensei title at the least. The Sensei title is reserved for 3rd degree black belt minimum. Ranks and titles are separate issues. No one becomes a Sensei due to their rank. The governing organization decides who will receive the title and who won't. Assuming that someone was to receive the Sensei title they would have trained and average of 3-5 years to reach first degree black belt. NOTE: many times the time is more like 5-7 years, or longer. Once reaching black belt it would take at least 2 or more years to reach 2nd degree black belt. Then after reaching 2nd degree, there would be at least another 3 years to become a Sandan(3rd dan). At that point the person may or may not be issued the Sensei title. Only after having a Sensie title and having the permission of the organization is one even remotely qualified to open a dojo.

Answer 11

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 Chinese kempo [1]. "Karate" originally meant Te, or 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. A practitioner of karate is called a karateka

Karate or karate-do (空手道) is a martial art of Okinawan origin. Rather than being the product of any one person, culture or era, karate is a synthesis of various Okinawan fighting methods, enhanced intermittently with various forms of Chinese kung fu. In modernity, it is categorized by some as budo, introduced to the Japanese main islands from Okinawa in 1921 by various Okinawan practitioners who migrated to Japan during the early 20th century.