Will someone outline the different types of karate??

[phi-long]

im just wondering about the different types of karate, and what the basis of each is and how they differ from eachother. so if anyone would be so kind as to differentiate that would be great!!!!

[bushido_man96]

Well, that is the yeowman's task! Here is some information from Wikipedia:

Karate

Okinawan Martial Arts

Japanese Martial Arts

I hope these can get you started. This will be very general information for the most part, and I am sure some of the individual stylists on the Forums here will be able to offer you more specific information.

[Shotokan-kez]

Well this is a hard one! There are far too many different kinds...follow what Brian said lol

[phi-long]

thanks, that wiki link helped alot.

[nago]

http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/023/eng/index.html Check this out for a little information on Okinawan Karate.

[Dobbersky]

I suppose you can also name them like this

Classical Karate - the Okinawan styles - Goju Ryu Shuri-te etc

Traditional Karate - the Japanese Styles - Wado Ryu, Shotokan and Kyokushin etc

Freestyle (Olympic) Karate - those created in the last say 30 years not attached to any of the above in Syllabus or ethos

Modern Karate - A hybrid of Classical and Traditional mixed with other styles - examples are Ashihara and Enshin

Osu

[swadoryu2000]

(If I am wrong on any of this, please correct me. Because I may very well be wrong.) Well, to the best of my knowledge, there are two types of karate: Okinawan and Japanese. The Okinawan styles tend to be hard, and this includes Goju-Ryu, Shorin-Ryu, Uechi-Ryu, and Isshin-Ryu. The Japanese styles are softer than the above mentioned styles, with less harsh (right way to put it?) body conditioning, such as Shotokan, Wado-Ryu, and Shito-Ryu. Hope this helps.

[bushido_man96]

The styles that you have mentioned there is probably a good starting point as to identifying the major Karate branches.

[swadoryu2000]

The styles that you have mentioned there is probably a good starting point as to identifying the major Karate branches.

Yeah, there might be sub-branches from these major ones, but I'm not too sure. Those are the major styles I can come up with.

[quinteros1963]

(If I am wrong on any of this, please correct me. Because I may very well be wrong.) Well, to the best of my knowledge, there are two types of karate: Okinawan and Japanese. The Okinawan styles tend to be hard, and this includes Goju-Ryu, Shorin-Ryu, Uechi-Ryu, and Isshin-Ryu. The Japanese styles are softer than the above mentioned styles, with less harsh (right way to put it?) body conditioning, such as Shotokan, Wado-Ryu, and Shito-Ryu. Hope this helps.

Go means hard, Ju means soft. Thus goju means hard and soft, combining the two styles in one. It grew from Naha-te.