Karate is a Japanese sport or way of fighting in which people fight using their hands, elbows, feet, and legs. a Japanese fighting sport, in which you use your feet and hands to hit and kick judo. Martial art in which an attacker is disabled by crippling kicks and punches. Emphasis is on concentration of as much of the body's power as possible at the point and instant of impact. Striking surfaces include the hand (particularly the knuckles and the hand's outer edge), ball of the foot, heel, forearm, knee, and elbow. In sporting matches (usually lasting about three minutes) and in sparring, blows and kicks are stopped short of contact. Performances are scored by a panel of judges. Karate evolved in East Asia over a period of centuries, becoming systematized in Okinawa in the 17th century, probably by people forbidden to carry weapons. It was imported into Japan in the 1920s and spread from there to other countries. See also tae kwon do
(Japanese): "Empty Hand" Martial art which originated on Okinawa Brought to China in the 6th century
Empty hand System of combat developed on Okinawa emphasizing striking (Japanese)
is a sport based on a method developed in Japan of defending oneself without the use of weapons by striking sensitive areas on the attacker's body with hands, elbows, knees, or feet
(Literally empty handed) a system of fighting without weapons, striking with the hand, feet, elbows, etc