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- From: rterry@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com (Ray Terry)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: The Meaning Behind Style Names
- Message-ID: <50040238@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 05:56:38 GMT
- References: <1993Jan12.200224.11260@bnr.ca>
- Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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- >"Kara" as currently written by most (but not all) karate systems means
- >"empty". "Te" means "hand". "Karate-do" means "Empty hand way".
- >The current method of writing "karate" was first introduced by
- >Chomo Hanagi in 1904 and popularized by Gichin Funakoshi (the father
- >of Japanese karate) beginning in the 1920s.
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- According to Funakoshi (as I recall from this autobio), he changed the Kara
- in Kara-Te from China to Empty. Before Funakoshi, Kara-Te meant China Hand.
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- Ray
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