Japanese Karate

Japanese Karate
Introduction
There are four major types of karate- Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Okinawan.
We will be focusing on the Japanese style of karate.
General Information
Karate is one of the most popular Oriental forms of unarmed combat called
martial arts in which a person kicks or strikes with the hands, elbows, feet, or knees.
Altough some styles also teach throwing techniques, arm and wrist locks, and use of
weapons such as the staff(bo) or knuckle dusters(tekko).
History
Karate entered Japan at the beginning of this century. It became a meanset
preserving and developing the samurai spirit when Funakoshi Gichin wrote a code of
twenty precepts for it. As early as 400’s B.C., Buddhist mon...