ANGELO.B Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 i heard that karaTE WAS CREATED IN INDIA???TRUE/FALSE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer-monster Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 False. In okinawa However the earliest forms of martial arts were indian such as Kalirapayat and Mhurma-adi. And yoga originated in india which was the basis of the exercises taught to the Shoulin monks by Daruma (also called Bhodhidarma) and many martial arts including Karate can trace a line back to there. But karate itself. No. Mind, body and fist. Its all a man truly needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznkarateboi Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 India? Shaolin Kung Fu was brought to Okinawa, where they modified and improved it into Karate, a better system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotokan_Fighter Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 false, where did you hear this? "When I fight, I fight with my heart,and soul. My heart, and soul is Shotokan Karate."Shotokan_fighters creed"karate has to come natural in a fight, if you have to think about using karate in a fight, you will loose the fight"3rd kyu brown belt - shotokan karate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotokan_Fighter Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 iv never herd of that "When I fight, I fight with my heart,and soul. My heart, and soul is Shotokan Karate."Shotokan_fighters creed"karate has to come natural in a fight, if you have to think about using karate in a fight, you will loose the fight"3rd kyu brown belt - shotokan karate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteBelt Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 The Bubishi (sp) has a lot of information on this subject. In short: false, karate was indeed born in Okinawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G95champ Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 Bodidarmma (sp) brought the first MA out of India. Its still up for debate if he was influenced by the Greeks and West or if everything started in India. However from India to China then to Okinawa and Japan. (General George S. Patton Jr.) "It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gheinisch Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 (edited) edit Edited July 12, 2003 by gheinisch "If your hand goes forth withhold your temper""If your temper goes forth withold your hand"-Gichin Funakoshi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gheinisch Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 I agree with Champ, it is still up for debate but that tends to be the most heard of theory. Here's a link to a Shotokan site that has a good page on history, lots of others out there as well. I suggest going to some of these sites and researching some books and come to your own consenus. http://www.shotokankarate.dabsol.co.uk/shotokan/main/ "If your hand goes forth withhold your temper""If your temper goes forth withold your hand"-Gichin Funakoshi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goju1 Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Our Sensei's books teach as most of you have said - martial art in general probably started in India, moved with the trade routes to China, then Okinawa, but not until Okinawa was it refined into the forms we know today, but called by names of cities where it was formed, i.e. Naha-te, Shuri-te, etc. I don't believe it was actually called 'Karate' until its introduction into Japan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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