‘空手‘ - The History of Karate and What it is Today

[@fblanco65]

There is a mistake at 10:00, when the narrator says these characters "空手" means both Chinese hand and empty hand. Originally the composed word kara-te was written using the characters "唐手" which literally mean "Chinese hand" (Tang-Te or To-te) Later on when karate was introduced to the main land Japan, around 1925, those characters were replaced with the ones we all know "空手" (empty hand), which have similar pronunciation "Kara-te", to avoid any resemblance with foreign cultures, like the Chinese, and to make the newest Okinawan martial art to sound more Japanese.

[@michaeljung4398]

You're correct. However, "Tang Su": Chinese hand doesn't make sense. Tang dynasty (618-907) was long gone before 1600's. Hard to believe Chinese at the time used "Tang" to represent their nation. Names of the Chinese nations are "Ming" and "Ching" in early 1600's. Tang, Ming, Ching are all ethnically different people with different backgrounds. "Tang su" simply could mean "Excellent Techniques".

[@kevinfreestone9822]

Yes, insisted on by the dai nippon butokukai. Became common place in mainland Japan in1934 and in okinawa in 1936. I believe. I wasn't actually there at the time.

[@joereidy5732]

who is the fat grey haired dude talking about Karate?

[@granadosvm]

@@joereidy5732 I think you refer to Patrick McCarthy, the most renown karate researcher, the first westerner to be authorized to teach Karate-do in Okinawa, and the curator/translator of the Bubishi to English. In the credits they refer to him as "Hanchi Patrick McCarthy"

[@joereidy5732]

@@granadosvm He might be the first westerner to be authorized to teach Karate in Okinawa....but he should respect his body and Karate by laying off the doughnuts.

[@Will-xl7xp]

Everyone is a fighter. They might not be good at it. But we are all predatorial creatures. "Better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war"

[@nattybynature1262]

A very meaningful quote!

[@geoffhatten5450]

Love this quote. Thank you.

[@joereidy5732]

And better to fart silently and dry than silently and wet

[@TheEternalSamurai]

What a fascinating martial art, and what I believe is something we all must learn at some point in our lives. Thank you so much for this amazing documentary video on Karate. Makes me want to get back into it.

[@diosdadoapias]

It seems that Karate in mainland Japan, and in other countries are big clubs. They have so many students from child to adults. But as Karate Nerd says, in Okinawa, the birthplace of Karate, there are only about ten people at the most in a Karate dojo. What I understand about this statement is, for every scheduled session of classes, each class are limited to only few students of about ten or less not more. This number of students allows more attention for each of the students from the instructor. And because karate as practice in Okinawa is for self defense they train with contrast as those karate in other places outside Okinawa. It seems that in Okinawa, they train hard and even harsh karate because they harden their bare fist through punching makiwara, they harden their shin by hitting it with wood or bamboo; and they also harden their "weaponized" fist- extended knuckles and finger strikes by hitting the makiwara, and these things they do not do in many karate clubs around the world.

[@Vinnay94]

Those Big Clubs would come to America and mostly become McDojos. Quite sad that Karate went so downhill. It could have been very well refined like Muay Thai, but the Japanese Government fucked things up.

[@boyar3033]

Good and informative documentary !

[@barbiebarbie1813]

Karate originated from the Chinese Fuhu Boxing and Crane Boxing. It has a history of more than 400 years. It was a martial art passed from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, and then to Japan via Ryukyu.

[@joereidy5732]

Wrong Karate started in Okinawa. Unrelated to Kung Fu, or Gung Fu as they called it back then

[@sooshimi1865]

@@joereidy5732 it is related to white crane and karate started because of Chinese

[@Vinnay94]

@@sooshimi1865 Hence the Crane Kick which looks very Kung Fu. Also according to Jesse Enkamp aka The Karate Nerd, Karate also uses some Kicks from Savate (French Kickboxing).

[@branmuffinyogurt9368]

This was very informative and I cannot tank you enough

[@edovandeest2137]

Branmuffinyogurt Be aware, it is not a representative thing of karate history

[@joereidy5732]

No, actually you could thank him enough. Jus say thank you and be done with it...that is enough

[@Tacoserver13]

Thanks this helped me for my school project

[@etuso4963]

動画の細かいところで間違いはあるけど、コメントでそれらを指摘してたりして、空手はそれだけ世界に広まったんだなと感じます。先人たちの情熱や苦労の賜物ですね。😊

[@evandroantonucci2653]

Awesome video!!!

[@countrysamurai]

Your timeline is off. Funakoshi had done demonstrations on mainland Japan as early as 1911 with a formal demo in 1921. There was slowly more openess about the art, as the Japanese liked the art and incorporated it into physical education in the schools with Kendo and Judo. My teacher was a direct pupil of Funakoshi, Ozawa Osamu.

[@karatedadvlogs]

Thank you for sharing very informative.

[@joumasepoes88]

McCarthy Sensei. A true gem to the art.

[@doubleb222able]

Not hard to see that this was an infomercial for this school (no other schools were interviewed). What has karate become? A shadow of its former self that's what.

[@edovandeest2137]

I really wanted to stop when Boddhidarma was put in as a origin for the karate

[@bobafatt2155]

Edo van Deest , Why ?

[@edovandeest2137]

D d Just because this history it’s given is far from good! It is starting with Boddhidarma (500 bc) and than jumped to 1349!!!!! From that point they only give a general history. How did the Boddidharma martial arts developed? Nothing about this! Was it a linear spreading of the same art till it reached Okinawa? NO! In 1329 the first Chinese families settled in Naha. There art where combined with the existing Te. The weapon ban had nothing to do with karate. The weapon ban was for the normal people and not for the Peichin and Aji (the bodyguards and protectors of the trade) they where allowed to carry weapons. And the martial arts from the Peichin and Aji where the ancestors of karate and Kobujutsu The secret thing was not just at once because it was Chinese. It always wasn’t a big group thing. The name karate became because of the former name Toudi what means Chinese hand. This name was not good in the eyes of Japan, so they changed it in Karate

[@bobafatt2155]

Edo van Deest , thanks

[@barbiebarbie1813]

The Indians believe that they created the universe and that all cultures originated in India... But in fact. Indian culture is influenced by the culture of many countries, Indian palaces are of Persian style, and ancient paintings are influenced by Chinese fine paintings (by Persia was introduced to India), was colonized many times in history, and the upper class was also mixed race.

[@aashu2157]

@@barbiebarbie1813 bro what💀

[@mrkarate4126]

Fantastic club 🥋👍👊

[@pjsretrogamesmusicandwrass5795]

Insightful

[@Stoic-_-]

Good job, ya did good

[@sprout2033]

A Chinese Historian told me that Budaluma was not from India but Persia

[@RedIndra]

I guess the words are Classical Chinese or Hong Kong Chinese as I'm learning Mandarin and the exact words (like "hand" etc) sound different..

[@jonaspete]

Hong Kong is Cantonese Chinese

[@takamasaando3796]

6:09 空手translates empty hand - chinese hand would be 唐手(to-dee in okinawan)

[@LuisGonzalez-jw8op]

missing the influence of savate and western martial arts , the japanisation of karate

[@johnb508]

Sorry but I disagree with Shotokan being the epitome of karate worldwide! There are many aspects of Okinawan karate that were not included in Shotokan. Namely the Okinawan grappling and the more severe techniques in their bunkai. The Okinawan’s are very secretive and did not want their best techniques taught to who they looked at, at the time as an enemy. The Japanese treated Okinawans very poorly back in the day so Funikoshi did not pass on the real Okinawan bunkai techniques. Unfortunately to this day they are taught less and less as most systems tend towards sport karate instead of traditional karate.

[@BiniePictures]

Hi John, thanks for your comment. I agree that the shotokan style is not the only epitome of karate worldwide, I only used shotokan as an example of what karate is today and it is the club that I am a part of and which I had to make this video for in my shodan ho black belt grading back in 2019. If i had the chance and time to look into different styles of karate to further enhance this video and the development of karate over the years, I absolutely would. Since then, I have tried different styles such as Goju, and it has been an eye opener.

[@kevinfreestone9822]

Lots of mistakes and inaccuracies here. To di,.or kara te become . Know by the government when habshiro chomo and yabu kentsu went to join the armed forces. The karateka were forced.to teach to di in okinawan schools. Before this,.it was secretive. Weapons were often used in okinawa, the sai, the.bo , nunchaka, etc.

[@peterflute2817]

Karate never ends OSU

[@thanhphongluu2034]

Today the people have nothing not moneys actually fights everybody self

[@St-lan]

in the UK , today ,karate drag on and on ,milking the student with the practice of basic afer basic until they drop without learning anything in terms of self defence .it takes many years for anyone to achieve a dan grade in their lifetime if any , talking from experience , most karate techniques are useless in real fighting .some senseis hasten you to a black belt even giving it to children ,but many dojo and associations keep you paying for years before achieving a dan grade ,yet many senseis are themselves inadequate and lazy ,teaching a karate that is not eficient or useful , just to you paying fees with no goal in sight .be honest with yourself .

[@QuangNguyen-pq5up]

Hoa kiều 😊😅😅😅😅😮

[@s2pongypong]

So many mistakes in the video. Get your facts right before publishing.

[@BiniePictures]

I had my facts checked by a Hanshi who had trained in Okinawa for many years, but I would love some feedback on the facts and mistakes that you found.

[@mikhailvasiliev6275]

The values and character stuff didn't happen until it was introduced to Japanese culture. Real karate is about beating the shit out of people. End of discussion.

[@jeegupopli1871]

11:48 everything that is wrong with karate all that useless philosophy and no actual attention to details of fighting is what is turning it into bullshido

[@spikefunakoshi5667]

This 'history' is awful. Bodhidharma had nothing to do with the martial arts. Do some serious research!