A meeting of the grand masters in 1936 brought up the discussion. At that time, Okinawa was trying to distance itself from China and align itself more with Japan.
The meeting is documented in Ancient Okinawan Martial Arts: Koryu Uchinadi, Vol. 2 by Patrick McCarthy.
It originated with the Chinese characters and was created in Okinawa. Kara - empty, Te - hand But the symbols for empty and foreign were very similar in Okinawan and as a kind of strange joke, even though karate from Okinawa, it incorporated aspects of White Crane kung fu from China so it was nicknamed foreign hand, karate. But now it just means empty, but not necessarily of weapons it means empty of wickedness and anger, Funikoshi (founder of modern Shotokan karate) described it as like a mirror reflects what lays before it...
It comes from Japanese, kara, meaning empty and te, meaning hand.Technically it should be karate-do, do means way so it becomes the way of the empty hand. By empty hand here they mean without weapons.
KarateKara is a character that can be translated as China or Empty.Te translates as Hand.Karate evolved as a combination of the local Okinawa art of Te, a form of combat combined with Chinese White Crane Kung Fu.In the early part of the century, the lead martial artists on Okinawa got together and agreed that they should use the term Empty, one reason be to avoid issues with the Japanese that were taking control of the area.Karate, also know as the way of the empty hand.
The word karate is a Japanese word for the particular Martial Arts style. The word karate means "empty hand" (kara empty, te hand) and was earlier known simply as "hand" or "Chinese hand" after it was developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom (Okinawa).
The Way of the Empty Hand
when you write the kanji (chinese characters) of "karate", it would be 空手 空=kara=empty 手=te=hand Therefore, if you want to know the "LITERAL" meaning, it would be empty-handed. If this is not the answer you're looking for, sorry! Hope this helps you.
Empty hand is Karate, a Japanese martial art.
The way of the empty hand
Hand Gloves
Karate literally means "empty hand" (kara=empty, te=hand)
The cast of Empty Hand - 1977 includes: Geoff Britton as himself
There is no one German word to mean both empty and hand.The German translation for hand is HandThe German translation for empty is leer