SenseiMike Posted July 29, 2005 Posted July 29, 2005 All I got for you is hard dates:between 794-1185 many refugee samurai from Japan came to Okinawa, this constituted the first outside infulence on "te" which is believed to have been simple boxing before that.in 1393 the 36 families were relocated to Okinawa from China. This brought kung fu, along with a great love of Chinese culture that extended for centuries after that, re-bolstered by the Satsuma invasion in 1609.Karate was originally known as "te", then "to te" or "Tang Hand", to te also became known as kara te, both meaning chinese, but kara having an alternate meaning of empty. Funakoshi popularized the use of Kara when he went to Tokyo. You can become a great fighter without ever becoming a martial artist, but no sir, you can not become a great martial artist with out becoming a great fighter. To fight is most certainly not the aim of any true martial art, but they are fighting arts all the same. As martial artists, we must stand ready to fight, even if hoping that such conflict never comes.-My response to a fellow instructor, in a friendly debate
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