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There are two symbols that make up the word karate. Te is translated as hand. The character Kara can be translated in two ways, either empty or China. In the 1930's the Okinawa masters gathered and agreed that they would use the word empty for the art.

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i think karate is a Japanese word it means empty handed.

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a belt or a karate belt in Japanese is called obi

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Karate dojo.

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空手

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