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Partially; Karate is a martial art native to Okinawa dating to the year (roughly) 300 A.D. according to oral tradition, its original name was Ti, the native Japanese translation being To Te Jitsu. The martial art was developed following a weapons ban that occurred after a catastrophic war between the two Ryukyuan kingdoms, a war so devastating it destroyed 90% of Okinawa's population. The population devastation was so thorough, legend says it took the living 20 years to bury the dead. The king banned weapons, and to enforce the law, weapon bans, and for his own personal safety, commissioned his royal guard to develop a method fighting without weapons.
A couple of centuries later, when they heard that a similar philosophy was being practiced in China, the Okinawan King sent envoys to China to study from Chinese masters. So, you see, Kung Fu and Karate had an ongoing relationship spanning over 1,000 years, that did not really end until the early 19th century. Okinawa's Ti experts took what techniques from various southern Kung Fu schools they felt where the simplest and most practical, as well as the training methods, and took said methods back to Okinawa. The so-called soft styles of Karate for example, are influenced by Tai Chi Chuan. The most advanced Kata in the Goju Ryu system, all resemble Tai Chi routines. Most Okinawan experts, even the very old red belts, do not like being called "masters;" having skimmed through a Martial Arts book somewhere, I THINK though I could be mistaken something called "Karate Masters," one of them said that word is too lightly thrown around these days. The real masters of martial arts in Okinawa, he said, all died in the 1960's.
The most influential style of Kung Fu on the development of Karate is the Fujian Crane style, the truth is, the Okinawans of old were greedy for knowledge and every single style of Kung Fu contributed some bit of knowledge to Karate. However by far the single most influential style, was the Fujian Crane style. If To Te Jitsu is the father of Karate, then the Fujian Crane style can be said to be its mother.
Karate came from Okinawa, but owes some of its techniques to the Chinese arts.
Karate is a combination of Okinawan wrestling and White Crane Kung Fu.
Indirectly. Karate is a combination of Okinawan martial arts with Chinese kung fu.
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Do ninjas do karate or kung fu?
Ninjas don't use karate or Kung fu. They use ninjutsu.
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.
Is Japan the home of Kung Fu or Karate?
Karate came from Okinawa, which is now a part of Japan. Kung Fu is from China.
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 a Chinese karate?
Kung Fu
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.
Is there anything that karate teaches that Kung Fu does not teach?
Not if you stay and study it long enough. Eventually all of the skills will be learned. Karate evolved out of kung fu.
What is the plot of The Karate Kid ?
Ok the plot is about a guy who moves to china and gets bullied so the janitor teachs him kung fu, not karate they then have to fight at a professional fight tornament for kung fu and he wins, with a broken leg and thats about it, also I know its kung fu because I do karate and my whole karate club went to see it in cinema's and it ended out to be kung fu and we were raging hope my answer was helpful
What is the plot of Karate Kid?
Ok the plot is about a guy who moves to china and gets bullied so the janitor teachs him kung fu, not karate they then have to fight at a professional fight tornament for kung fu and he wins, with a broken leg and thats about it, also I know its kung fu because I do karate and my whole karate club went to see it in cinema's and it ended out to be kung fu and we were raging hope my answer was helpful
What is the Chinese form of karate called?
Kung fu
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.
