answersLogoWhite

0

Is Japan the home of Kung Fu or Karate?

Updated: 8/17/2019
User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

Best Answer

Karate came from Okinawa, which is now a part of Japan.

Kung Fu is from China.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Is Japan the home of Kung Fu or Karate?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What kind of karate is wushu?

Wushu is the Chinese martial art also known as kung fu and is not karate.Wushu is not Karate. It is more of a sports nature kung fu. Karate orginated in Japan (Okinawa) whereas Wushu is an Chinese martial art.


Do ninjas do karate or kung fu?

Ninjas don't use karate or Kung fu. They use ninjutsu.


Is china the birth place of karate?

No, Okinawa, Japan is the birth place of Karate. But somehow Karate is influenced by kung-fu ... so it depends


Is karate the same a kung fu?

No, they are not the same. Kung fu originated in China. Some aspects of kung fu have been incorporated into various styles of taekwondo through the Okinawa karate styles.


Karate is said to have been derived from?

The core of Karate is largely derived from the teachings of Kwang Shang Fu a practitioner of Shaolin northern White Crane Kung Fu.


Can you mix Kung fu and karate together?

It depends on what you mean by mix. Karate already incorporates aspects of kung fu.


What is the difference between karate and Kung Fu?

Karate originated in Okinawa (now part of Japan) and Kung-Fu is Chinese. Both are forms of martial arts but each has its distinctive methods and style. The roots of karate are a blending of local wrestling and Kung Fu.


What is a Chinese karate?

Kung Fu


What is a tough karate home training program?

Bruce Forsyths kung fu life


Is Karate from Japan?

Sort of. Karate was developed on Okinawa, which is now a part of Japan. It used to be a separate country and a tributary of China. Karate was a combination of the Okinawa wrestling and Chinese Kung Fu. In the 1930's karate was introduced to the main islands of Japan.


How do you say Kung Fu in japenesae?

Karate


Who brought karate to china?

Kung fu can to China from India. Bodhidharma a Buddhist monk traveled there. Kung fu was taken to the Ryukyu Islands and became Karate.