Karate

By Hiroaki

Karate means "empty hand". When people practice, they kick, punch and thrust. Karate came from China and Okinawa. They found the idea from fist fighting called kung-fu. There had been several kinds of fighting . They use karate for thousands of years. 1,500 years ago Badhidharma took a different path. Badhidharma used his bare hands to fight . It's bad to carry weapons.When he finished crossing the Himalayas he came to Sung Mountain. Who ever practiced karate got strong and fierce. Gichin Funakoshi was the master of karate . He was a teacher. Karate is fun.

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