Karate

Karaté (pronounced karate, from Jap 空手道, [ka'ɽate]; karate-do: «the way of the empty hand») — a Japanese martial art. This spelling was coined in 1929 by Funakoshi Gitin, influenced by the ideas of Zen Buddhism.

It was previously written as 唐手, which roughly means «Chinese hand». The character 唐 denoted the Tang Dynasty in China, and became synonymous with China in Japan, which actively borrowed various cultural achievements of the Chinese, at that time. This is how Wushu from the Celestial Empire made its way to Okinawa, becoming known as «Tang hands».

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