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Welcome to the Karate UnderGround!

Karate was developed on the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was based on indigenous martial arts of the region, which in turn were influenced by Chinese martial arts. Although many style of karate contain takedowns and submissions, it is known primarily as a striking system.

Known originally at Te (hand) the term karate originally meant China hand, but rising nationalism in Japan led to a change of spelling (but not pronounciation) changing the meaning to empty hand. In the early 20th century the practice came from the Ryukyu Islands to mainland Japan, during a time of growing cultural exchange between the Chinese and the Japanese. In 1922 Gichin Funakoshi received a government level invitation to demonstrate karate. Two years later, the first college club was formed, and after a decade, it had spread widely through the main universities in Japan.

After World War II, military personnel in Okinawa and Japan learned karate, and took it back to the USA, beginning with Robert Trias, who in 1945 opened the first dojo in the United States, in Phoenix, Arizona. Karate spread slowly across the US and Europe in the 1950s and 60s, a distant second behind Judo. In the early 1970s, karate overtook Judo in popularity, and developed in such disparate directions that it is hard to group them under a single term.

Karate can be practiced as an art form, as self-defense, as an art form, or as some combination there of.

As a sport karate can be practiced with light contact; this was originally done with no protective gloves, but their use has become widespread. When Taekwondo pioneer invented safety gear after one of his blackbelts got a broken jaw, the semi contact karate became popular. Devotees who wanted a sterner test developed Full Contact karate, distinct from kickboxing both for the long pants, and for the lack of leg kicks.

In 1964 Mas Oyama founded Kyokushin karate, derided the traditional practice of karate as "mild calisthenics and etiquette," and established a punishing sport, that allowed full force punches to the body, and full force kicks to the legs, body, and head. That art in turn spawned a wide variety of new systems.

Individuals approaching karate as an art form are more concerned with tradition than winning titles or defending against attack.

Before MMA became popular, the term martial arts meant, to most people, long hours of practicing stances, forms, sparring, and idealized motions in a disciplined setting, working their way up the hierarchy from novice to black belt. Many martial arts schools were classified according to the style they taught there, and were proud of their loyalty to the traditions of that style. Traditions that not only included how to punch and kick, but honoring the founders and those that came before, respecting your teacher, and fidelity to your school.

Some modern combat sports athletes feel that loyalty to tradition is an outdated concept. Many are quick to dismiss the worth of traditional training methods, but a quick review of top MMA fighters’ past shows that many started their martial arts training in a traditional style and some still continue to train and compete in these styles. Examples include Stephen Thompson, Lyoto Machida, John Makdessi , Chuck Liddell, Bas Rutten and Georges St-Pierre.

Pointless degradation of styles or practitioners is not welcome here. Needless to say, trolls will be subject to Ikken Hissatsu!

Cheers :-)

Kirik