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Is Karate from Japan

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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.

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