Governing Body: | World Karate Federation (WKF) |
Karate is a form of full contact martial art that dates back to the 17th Century. It was developed in the Okinawa Prefecture of Japan.
The sport is evolved from the native martial arts of the Ryukyu Islands under the leadership of Chinese martial arts, especially Fujian White Crane. In its initial stages, karate was an original form of closed-fist fighting; Kara means ‘empty,' and te means ’hand’. Karate not only grooms the body but the mind of the practitioner as well where people as young as four years of age can learn and participate in karate competitions in different age, weight, and experience categories.
The sport is widely practiced by people of all ages all around the world. The global governing body of the sport is World Karate Federation that organizes various World Championships and will also be a recognized Summer Olympics Sport from 2020 onwards.
Karate, the Japanese word for "bare hands," was conceived in the Okinawan Islands as a type of fighting style purposed for self-protection, when weapons were restricted by invading Japanese forces. It started as te (hand), a battling technique utilised by the locals of the Ryukyu Islands, and was later impacted by Chinese kenpō, introduced through the Chinese families that settled on Okinawa after exchange and trades among China and the islands were built up.
From three Okinawan urban areas, Shuri, Naha, and Tomari, three separate styles rose:
Aggregately, these styles were called Okinawa-te or tode (Chinese hand), and after some time, the styles combined somewhat to turn out to be only two: Shōrin-ryū, developed close to Shuri and Tomari, and Shōrei-ryū, near Naha.
Because of expanding Japanese impact, the name of te was in the long run stretched to karate-jutsu (Chinese hand art). It at that point changed to karate-do after an Okinawan master adjusted the significance of the word kara (likewise articulated tode) to signify "empty" as opposed to "Chinese hand." karate-do converts into "the method of the empty hand."
Next to no is known about the definite roots of karate before it showed up in Okinawa. However, one famous hypothesis expresses that it originated from India over a thousand years back, conveyed to China by a Buddhist priest called Bodhidharma ("Daruma" in Japanese). As legend depicts it, Bodhidharma came in Shaolinsi and started encouraging Zen Buddhism too, a style of temple boxing dependent on activities intended to reinforce the brain and body. The chronicled exactness of this legend is as yet a hot issue of discussion today.
Karate is incorporated into Okinawa's physical training programs at the intermediate level.
Funakoshi performs the first open show of karate-do.
Funakoshi is welcomed by Dr Jano Kano to do an open show at the Kodokan Dojo, conveying karate-do to Japan.
The first college karate club is built up in Japan, at Keio University.
Karate advances toward Canada.
Okinawan masters meet to talk about karate in Okinawa, a gathering supported by the paper Ryukyu Shimpo.
Japan opens Shoto-Kan, its first formal training school.
The first dojo is opened in the United States.
The Japan Karate Association is founded.
Karate arrives in the United Kingdom.
Karate advances toward the Soviet Union and is restricted and unbanned a few times throughout the following three decades.
France Shotokan Karate is made in France.
Karate is authorised and legalised once again the Soviet Union.
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