A Four Minute Basic History Of Karate

A brief overview of the history of the classic Okinawan fighting art that is today practiced worldwide.

[christoph]

thanks for this video. I am a german guy and I had to make an english presentation about the history of karate, and it was really hard, but then I saw your video. Thank you, you really helped me out :)

[mongolchiuud]

Fun fact: Karate was not invented by Okinawan farmers to combat the samurai nor was it originally a civilian martial arts system.
According to Okinawan records it was practiced exclusively by the wealthy class of nobility and mainly by the peichin warrior class who had the time to study martial arts while the poor class were mainly busy staying alive by fishing and farming and had no time for extra activities.
Another fun fact: every single karate master known from the 1700 to the early 1900s were ALL from the Okinawan Yakutchu(nobility) like uechi kanbun, gechin funikoshi, Kenya mabuni, mayagi Chojun, motobu choki, anko itosu etc etc etc

[vidya]

Karate is all about the hands .
Initially it was called 唐手, neko no te.
唐=唐人=Chinese
手=hand

[Derrick-sivu]

It's amazing the way how you learn the history of karate and many other martial arts around the world its stories backgrounds truly is incredible the way how you use it in more effective it can be in a real life fight and so much more 🥋🇯🇵🙏😌🙏🇯🇵🥋

[fanhsueh]

Karate is Ryukyu Kingdom Martial arts
Judo is Japan Martial arts

[livingroom]

Karate came from RYUKYU an independent country with its own language, customs, traditions etc and is a close ally of the Chinese Empire. The Japanese INVADED Ryukyu and learned Karate from the Ryukyu. Until today Ryukyu is still occupied and the Japanese have committed cultural genocide on them. Saying Karate is Japanese is like saying the powow is American.

[janetdiaz]

The services man who is best known for bring Karate from Japan 🇯🇵 to America 🇺🇸 is Robert Trais.

[wlgaming]

Karate is a well respected martial art in my school, so basically if you have a higher ranking belt in Karate you will be the one that nobody will mess with, I had a green belt so im mediocre, an impact of learning Karate in my school is that people will be more respectful lol

[Fisherman]

@ Blue-Light. Well done! In reading the comments, those who criticize you and the the video obviously have not learned the most important lesson in Karate and Japanese culture which is RESPECT! Thank you for sharing.

[awickedtribe]

3:55 it looks like Goju Ryu because of the circular blocking, better known maybe as 'Wax on/Wax off' from Mr. Miyagi, who many consider to be the first one to each karate to westerners outside of Asia. It''s the one link to Chinese martial systems since Okinawan Kara-te is arched and linear rather than circular. Technically the system the Chinese taught the Okinawans wasn't really Kung Fu as the term implies to modern usage. While Kung Fu means 'hard work', a gardener can have good Kung Fu if he studied gardening all his life and worked hard to be the best, the system we apply it to wasn't the same the Chinese taught. The system taught was Chuan Fa (Fist Law) and was the originator or base for all hard style systems from Korea's Tang Soo Do (Way of the Chinese Hand and Chuck Norris' original system) to Japan's Kenpo/Kempo (and American Kenpo).

The switch from 'Chinese' to 'Empty' was done in the 50's (if I remember right) by the Japanese. This was brought on because the Japanese didn't like the idea of the Chinese, who they greatly hated, being given any credit. Because the caricature known as 'Kara' (Okinawan 'Chinese') and the caricature 'Kara' in Japanese meant 'Empty' they voted to change the meaning while being able to keep the name.

Chuan Fa was/is a direct fighting system without all the wide stances and sweeping motions with emphasis on external conditioning. Most Asian hard systems were derived from Chuan Fa especially Okinawan and Japanese.

[barbiebarbie]

Karate originated from the Chinese kungfu Fuhu Boxing(伏虎拳) and Crane Boxing(鶴拳). 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.

[kapilbari]

i m a big fan of karate....it has many techniques to break bones in a seconds that is powerful invincible..comparison of all martial arts

[Aridzonia]

KarTe is NOT from japan, its from the Old Ryukyu kingdom.

[felixsirch]

Hello Blue-Light. It is a very cool video. At the moment I create a new Website about karate-do. One part is the history of karate-do. I give a little overview. Is it allowed that I embedded the video in my site? (Sorry for my bad english). Best wishes Felix

[poot]

I hope to see your channel grow Blue-Light

[hackmodeller]

"Empty Hand" fighting predated Chinese "Chuan Fa" by centuries. The Chinese did not invent it, they merely developed it. We can see evidence of unarmed fighting methods dating back to the great empires such as Persia, Rome, Egypt and civilizations such as the Incan and Aztec. All developed methods for situations where the spear or sword would be knocked from the hand. It irks me to no end that people think the Chinese invented these methods. They did not!

Karate is from Africa. Japan came to Africa to learn it and then went back to teach what he learned. He himself told this to everybody back then but the Japanese and Chinese didn't want to credit the Africans for giving them such a great thing so they asianwashed it. Look it up people

[francescodauria]

Il karate ha origine da stili che esistevano ad okinawa già prima che lo stile cinese del quan fa sì inserisce nel contesto degli stili dell isola esempio uno stile antico originario dell isola e il tegumi che si pratica ancora sull isola quindi si può dire che il karate è uno stile ibrido che unisce metodi originari dell isola allo stile cinese quindi alla fine deriva in origine da stili di okinawa e quindi parla giapponese

[fistornus]

Karate was originated from kali, (filipino martial art) and was divided and evolved mixed in okinawa along with chinese martial arts.

[joesalemi]

Why the fake robot voice? why not the voice of a scholar? Silliness for such a serious topic.