HISTORY OF KARATE, BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF KARATE

The history of Karate can be traced back to the late 17th century .

The exact evolution of karate history is lost due to the lack of information being written down which is unsurprising when taking into account the strict rules against subjects of the island learning martial arts.
This meant that all training by early masters such as empty handed techniques.

The earliest surviving written evidence of karate in Okinawa was a mention of the word Tode (the Okinawan name for the art) in the late 1700s. It was in reference to a visitor to the China from Ryu-Kyu kingdom may have introduced the art of chaines martial arts named kempo already being cultivated on the island which was known as Te, meaning ‘hand’.