It has survived from many generations and back in the day it was compulsary that the oldest boy in any family in Japan had to learn karate or there family will be shamed.
Japan Karate Association's motto is 'Keepers of Karate's Highest Tradition'.
Japan Karate Association was created in 1949.
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.
Shotokan karate was brought to Japan from Okinawa.
China and Japan are not continents but countries. They are both located in the continent of Asia. However, karate comes from Japan.
Karate came from Okinawa, which is now a part of Japan. Kung Fu is from China.
Karate originated on Okinawa. It was taken to Japan in the 1930's.
Karate comes from an island called "Okinawa". Karate basically 'evolved' from Southern Chinese Kung Fu styles. It came to mainland Japan in the late nineteenth-century. Judo, too, was created in Japan in the late nineteenth-century . Judo is an offshoot of Japanese 'Jujutsu'. (Note: 'Jujutsu' did not evolve from Karate)
Karate
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All Japan Karate do Association. Founded by Kanken Toyama
It was a style of karate brought to Japan from Okinawa by Gichin Funakoshi. He modified Shorin Ryu karate to fit the what was needed in Japan. It was named after his pen name Shoto and the name for a place, Kan.