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Japanese Karate Introduction There are four major types of karate- Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Okinawan. We will be focusing on the Japanese style of karate. General Information Karate is one of the most popular Oriental forms of unarmed combat called martial arts in which a person kicks or strikes with the hands, elbows, feet, or knees. Altough some styles also teach throwing techniques, arm and wrist locks, and use of weapons such as the staff(bo) or knuckle dusters(tekko). History Karate entered Japan at the beginning of this century. It became a meanset preserving and developing the samurai spirit when Funakoshi Gichin wrote a code of twenty precepts for it.
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