Fun fact: Karate was not invented by Okinawan farmers to combat the samurai nor was it originally a civilian martial arts system. According to Okinawan records it was practiced exclusively by the wealthy class of nobility and mainly by the peichin warrior class who had the time to study martial arts while the poor class were mainly busy staying alive by fishing and farming and had no time for extra activities. Another fun fact: every single karate master known from the 1700 to the early 1900s were ALL from the Okinawan Yakutchu(nobility) like uechi kanbun,gechin funikoshi,Kenya mabuni,mayagi Chojun,motobu choki,anko itosu etc etc etc

@iowa_lot_to_travel9471

5 жыл бұрын

Very intriguing. Curious to know where you found this

@mongolchiuud8931

5 жыл бұрын

It’s a known fact taught in Okinawa based on actual written records during the sho dynasty. The myth about karate being invented by farmers to combat samurais is a folk tradition Rather then history kind of like how taijiquan being invented by an immortal who watched a crane fight a snake is folk history rather then the actual history of being invented in the late 1600s in Chen village based on various long fist systems like cannon fist and Qi qiguangs 32 stance long boxing. Anyways it’s not coincidence that every karate grandmaster(literally) from the 1800s to 1945 were a apart of the Okinawan nobility while none were from the supposed peasent class unless you can name a few.

@iowa_lot_to_travel9471

5 жыл бұрын

I have no opposition stance to this although I wish I had one lol. Suppose I need to dig deeper on the grandmasters myself. Although having researched kanken toyama and gichin funakoshi your point is well taken. Miyagi is my favorite of that group. I dare say Toyama may have been the most humble. What with no style but just wanting karate to be united no matter the style. And the shudokan name not being used after his passing being his dying wish

@zebbanister2348

4 жыл бұрын

Gregory does your Grandmaster ever fart? Most Karate guys I know think that their Grandmasters are perfect

@livingroom1381

2 жыл бұрын

@@iowa_lot_to_travel9471 Because Ryukyu is an independent country. Karate is a Ryukyu martial art not Japanese. The Japanese colonized/invaded Ryukyu, and until today Okinawans and other islanders say they are Ryukyuans not Japanese. Karate came to Japan in the 20th century when Japan westernized and began slaughtering other Asians.

thanks for this video. I am a german guy and I had to make an english presentation about the history of karate, and it was really hard, but then I saw your video. Thank you, you really helped me out :)

@theMaguffin

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. Glad we could help. Hope you get a good grade.

@kubajaros4025

Жыл бұрын

same

Beautiful video. Love karate.

Karate is Ryukyu Kingdom Martial arts Judo is Japan Martial arts

@Berengier817

5 жыл бұрын

Japan annexed Okinawan before karate was officially "karate"

@mongolchiuud8931

5 жыл бұрын

Berengier817 karate was the name even before Okinawa was annexed. The only difference is the character Kara(China) was replaced by a homonym “Kara”(empty). Lol

@livingroom1381

2 жыл бұрын

@@Berengier817 INVADED, COLONIZED by the Japanese. Karate is Ryukyu, have some respect for what little is left of the Ryukyu culture

Awesome video !

Karate is all about the hands . Initially it was called 唐手, neko no te. 唐=唐人=Chinese 手=hand

@syjo8315

Ай бұрын

唐 in Japanese does not mean China when it is read Kara. It meant Korea.

@vidya014

Ай бұрын

如果不是，那就是唐老鸭。

@vidya014

Ай бұрын

日本 Karate 老祖师，已经回福建认祖了。

@syjo8315

Ай бұрын

There is no evidence it was from Fujian. There was no Shaolin Temple in the South China in 15C. The first Okinawan Karate practitioners were warrior aristocrats of Korean descent.

@ Blue-Light. Well done! In reading the comments, those who criticize you and the the video obviously have not learned the most important lesson in Karate and Japanese culture which is RESPECT! Thank you for sharing.

@theMaguffin

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Gerald.

@JustMe-vz3wd

Жыл бұрын

Japanese do not "respect" mistakes (nor anytthing out of line.)but in general will brutally critisize any mistake.

The services man who is best known for bring Karate from Japan 🇯🇵 to America 🇺🇸 is Robert Trais.

@jaykecraig6708

3 жыл бұрын

I love kyokushin karate thats what i do but personally as an Australian and outsider to American cousins I think America got more from tang soo do and the korean war which has created American Kempo rather then karate at first karate may have been the first for the Americans thats what made it popular so when the Korean war came about they took a liking to the Korean art which exploded both arts but i see more tang soo do than karate thats my overall impression correct me if im wrong OSU

@samuraispeltwrong

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaykecraig6708 the korean war is how taekwondo became the most popular fighting style in the world. I see people use taekwondo and bjj more than muay thai, mainly due to the technique of the roundhouse kick, taekwondo has the world most powerful roundhouse kick. Capoeira being second place and muay thai third strongest but second fastest. Karate just can't keep up because they are traditional and don't change, it's why European fencers almost always beat Japanese swordsmen.

Waoo, this video is cool.

karate best way too kick ass so far

Karate originated from the Chinese kungfu Fuhu Boxing(伏虎拳) and Crane Boxing(鶴拳). It has a history of more than 400 years. It was a martial art passed from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, and then to Japan via Ryukyu.

3:55 it looks like Goju Ryu because of the circular blocking, better known maybe as 'Wax on/Wax off' from Mr. Miyagi, who many consider to be the first one to each karate to westerners outside of Asia. It''s the one link to Chinese martial systems since Okinawan Kara-te is arched and linear rather than circular. Technically the system the Chinese taught the Okinawans wasn't really Kung Fu as the term implies to modern usage. While Kung Fu means 'hard work', a gardener can have good Kung Fu if he studied gardening all his life and worked hard to be the best, the system we apply it to wasn't the same the Chinese taught. The system taught was Chuan Fa (Fist Law) and was the originator or base for all hard style systems from Korea's Tang Soo Do (Way of the Chinese Hand and Chuck Norris' original system) to Japan's Kenpo/Kempo (and American Kenpo). The switch from 'Chinese' to 'Empty' was done in the 50's (if I remember right) by the Japanese. This was brought on because the Japanese didn't like the idea of the Chinese, who they greatly hated, being given any credit. Because the caricature known as 'Kara' (Okinawan 'Chinese') and the caricature 'Kara' in Japanese meant 'Empty' they voted to change the meaning while being able to keep the name. Chuan Fa was/is a direct fighting system without all the wide stances and sweeping motions with emphasis on external conditioning. Most Asian hard systems were derived from Chuan Fa especially Okinawan and Japanese.

@theMaguffin

3 жыл бұрын

As reported in a Japanese newspaper the next day, it was in a meeting of Okinawan To-Te masters on October 25, 1936 that the official name was changed to karate. Mr. Miyagi was one of them.

@theshadow3001

11 ай бұрын

Yeah you summed it up nice

Karate is a well respected martial art in my school, so basically if you have a higher ranking belt in Karate you will be the one that nobody will mess with, I had a green belt so im mediocre, an impact of learning Karate in my school is that people will be more respectful lol

@Turco949

2 жыл бұрын

Don't dwell on belt colors or equate it to skill or think you, as a practitioner, are "mediocre" due to your belt color. That should never be your focus. I have seen many black belts that would have never gotten it at my school from my master. Train hard and learn the moves and their purpose fully, regardless of your belt be the best you can be at that level and then some. "And then some" is when and how you make it to the next level. Good luck!

@wlgaming4990

2 жыл бұрын

@@Turco949 thank you, my just finished breaking like 3 boards my arms hurts I need to rest, but I'll make sure to keep training

I hope to see your channel grow Blue-Light

@theMaguffin

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, poot11111.

@jadekayak01

5 жыл бұрын

i hope to see it fail as he is a liar

@theMaguffin

5 жыл бұрын

@@jadekayak01- "Liar". That's a strong rebuke. Sincerely,-- please point out any misstatements in the video for my, and other viewer's edification. I assure you that any such misstatements were not made to deliberately mislead anyone.

@jadekayak01

5 жыл бұрын

@@theMaguffin LIAR. karate is NOT from japan. It is from a soverign nation called the ryu kyu kingdom,which was seperate from japan Kara-T'ang Te-hand/fist REAL meaning of karate is "china hand" as it had the biggest influence on te-a native ryu kyu fighting art that was invented pre 1400. As your video said "okinawa" didnt become part of japan untill the 1800's You even mention the "birthplace" of karate and the correct kanji. Thetefore your title is a load of bullshit. Also karate-do is nor a fighting ART. it is a WAY.this is signified by the DO. All the "do" you mentioned are WAYS and are what is refered to as gendai budo or "modern budo" that came about after the abolition of the samurai class. Fightingbarts(in japan) mostly have "jutsu" on the end.....ju jitsu,kyu jitsu,naginata jitsu,ken jitsu and many more.they are direct descendants of battlefield fighting arts and usually taught through ko ryu schools. Karate is not even japanese and is NEVER koryu(despite certian japanese scholars engaging in tatamae andvsayingbat least one karate is koryu) Rebuke that if you can but because you included part of that history in your vid you cant.

@theMaguffin

5 жыл бұрын

@@jadekayak01--- I do not dispute anything you say here. But, nothing you say proves anything stated in the video to be a deliberately misleading falsehood (a lie). In fact, much of what you say supports the video. The video is obviously about karate-do, 0:34 not Te, or Ti or To-Te Jitsu or any other 19th century derivative. Your problem seems to be with the opening statement, “Karate is from Japan”. That does not state that karate was created and/or originated on mainland Japan. 60% of the video deals with karate’s creation and development in Okinawa. The photos are of Okinawa. Only 10% deals with anything on mainland Japan. The rest is about the spread of karate throughout the world (Yes JKA folks, I know you're the most popular. But, you must remember that karate does not come from Japan, no matter what your name says.). I suppose a better opening statement may have been, “Karate is from the Ancient Ryuku Kingdom which is now known as Okinawa and is a part of Japan.” I hope that that will suffice - at least until some puritan lets me know that karate is really quanfa, White Crane Kung Fu and is from China - which is why it was called “Chinese Hand” in the first place and why many Okinawans called, and still call, it Kenpo.

i m a big fan of karate....it has many techniques to break bones in a seconds that is powerful invincible..comparison of all martial arts

@samuraispeltwrong

2 жыл бұрын

False, karate is infamous for being outmatched by martial arts such as muay thai and bjj. Look at all out fights or mma before mma was a thing and you'll see karate getting it's ass kicked by muay thai, think of it like this. Karate is the national guard, they train their ass off for a little difference. Muay thai is like the marines because most of them are brain dead and just take blows all over the body cause they can't be damaged anymore. Taekwondo is like the navy, you barley have to work at all and yet you have better technique than a karate fighter. Bjj.... Well let's just say it's like the army, without others to help you you are useless.

@JustMe-vz3wd

Жыл бұрын

yes its a nice martial art for thugs who dream of breaking bones....

@JustMe-vz3wd

Жыл бұрын

@@samuraispeltwrong bjj is like two gay guys hugging eachother in a love hug on the ground. no thanks i skipp bjj class today...

I really hate the robot voice

@theMaguffin

5 жыл бұрын

Duly noted. Thank you for your feedback. I will consider not using it in any future videos.

@albertomontaperto6604

5 жыл бұрын

Kata kyudokan seisan

i made a video on martial arts. 10 martial arts and their origin, their style their philosophy. you can watch that.

Hello Blue-Light. It is a very cool video. At the moment I create a new Website about karate-do. One part is the history of karate-do. I give a little overview. Is it allowed that I embedded the video in my site? (Sorry for my bad english). Best wishes Felix

@theMaguffin

3 жыл бұрын

where can I see your work?

Totaly Wrong this Video.....

Karate was originated from kali, (filipino martial art) and was divided and evolved mixed in okinawa along with chinese martial arts.

@bothunter5133

3 жыл бұрын

You're not wrong

Il karate ha origine da stili che esistevano ad okinawa già prima che lo stile cinese del quan fa sì inserisce nel contesto degli stili dell isola esempio uno stile antico originario dell isola e il tegumi che si pratica ancora sull isola quindi si può dire che il karate è uno stile ibrido che unisce metodi originari dell isola allo stile cinese quindi alla fine deriva in origine da stili di okinawa e quindi parla giapponese

3:56 Uechi ryu

Kara.was changed from China to empty at the insistence of the dai nippon butokukai. They would not have China mentioned. Just has funakoshi had to rename all of the shotokan Kata. Kara te, empty.ha d was ratified by the DNB in 1934 and wasn't recognised in okinawa until 1936.

it is a non-profit site. Only for information!

"Empty Hand" fighting predated Chinese "Chuan Fa" by centuries. The Chinese did not invent it, they merely developed it. We can see evidence of unarmed fighting methods dating back to the great empires such as Persia, Rome, Egypt and civilizations such as the Incan and Aztec. All developed methods for situations where the spear or sword would be knocked from the hand. It irks me to no end that people think the Chinese invented these methods. They did not!

KarTe is NOT from japan , its from the Old Ryukyu kingdom.

Very good explanation

@edovandeest2137

5 жыл бұрын

Ajay Sharma it is not a good explanation. Totally not full, and not correct. For example: The name changed into karate to hide the connection with China.

@theMaguffin

5 жыл бұрын

The title indicates that this is meant to be a 4 minute "BASIC" history of karate. It is not intended to be an in depth dissertation on the subject. 3:35 talks about the change from "China" Hand to "Empty" Hand.

The crap that passes for karate these days is amazing......

@malcolmseager9057

2 жыл бұрын

FACT!!!!

Wing Chun is sticky hands. Wing Chun is beautiful spring

Karate came from RYUKYU an independent country with its own language, customs, traditions etc and is a close ally of the Chinese Empire. The Japanese INVADED Ryukyu and learned Karate from the Ryukyu. Until today Ryukyu is still occupied and the Japanese have committed cultural genocide on them. Saying Karate is Japanese is like saying the powow is American.

@JustMe-vz3wd

Жыл бұрын

Karate was called diferent it had a name refering to its Chinese roots. When some karate masters moved to Tokyo, they changed the name into a "real" Japanese name, bc at that Nationalistic time there was great prejudice against all things Chinese.

Karate is a buddhist inheritance

hi people from my school

tai kong te ya hai ih xüe zen xa zen hai

@alekx58

4 жыл бұрын

ang wang she fu nan gu kong dan ang bai ghji ya ah kuang te hai she ang

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼

Karate doesn't mean The Art of fighting with empyt hands.

@compilationvideos8852

4 жыл бұрын

Isaac Shamir why not

@Isaac_Shamir

4 жыл бұрын

@@compilationvideos8852 I recommend you the biografic book of G. Funakoshi, there He explains well. But I'll be nice and resume for you. Karate means "Hands From Empyt" which is so different. Means that the strike comes without any possibility of being predicted and without any emotional content. Empyt Hands is such a stupid translation, cause it just says "No weapon" but actually Karate was born in connection with Kobudo and they had 12 different weapon. But Hands From Empty has a philosophical content and guides the spirit of Karate's teqniques.

@theMaguffin

3 жыл бұрын

@@Isaac_Shamir “The rhetoric is good, but the question itself is academic. How does one go about teaching fighting techniques and instilling morality at the same time? How does one accomplish the juxtaposition of fighting and morality at the same time?” Richard KIM (1972) “Since the natives of Okinawa had their weapons taken away, it was of benefit since this caused individuals to think and consider using their fists as weapons. Karate mainly uses the fist and the bone, distinctly, as weapons.” Gichin FUNAKOSHI (1922) “Karate defends or prevents an opponent’s attacks, then strikes at an opponent’s unpreparedness; thus, as a contest involving two persons, techniques can often change according to situation. In this case, karate is purely an art of combat.” Shimazu KANOMORI (1997) ...Okinawan karate developed from Chinese martial arts and was originally referred to as to-te or “Chinese hand.” The first character designates the Tang Dynasty of China. In 1609, Japan conquered the Ryukyu Islands and incorporated them into its own empire. In the 1930s, the Japanese government, through the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, officially recognized the Okinawan fighting system as a Japanese martial art. However, because the character can also be pronounced kara in Japanese, the government changed the name to kara-te and changed the spelling from (“Chinese hand”) to (“empty hand”). Practitioners of the art willingly adopted the neologism because Japanese nationalism made it difficult for one to identify as a practitioner of a Chinese martial art in imperial Japan. The only problem with this neologism is that Ryukyu totejutsu (“the Ryukyu to-te style”) to which kara-te refers actually includes the use of many weapons and wasn’t predominantly an empty-handed art. Medium.com (2021)

@Isaac_Shamir

3 жыл бұрын

@@theMaguffin Yo, hope you're good. So, Funakoshi sensei himself describes very well the changing from "Chinese hands" to "empyt hands" and In short, that wasn't just to make it more acceptable to the japaneses of main land Japan. Actually, from the changing in the Kanji came up a completely new perspective for the meaning of "KaraTe", at least to His school, the "Shotokan". And from the new envolriment in the main land, Funakoshi connected more with the Samurai perspective of fighting and spirit: "Shin, Gi, Tai" ("Mind, technique, body" in every single strike). By definition, the strike should come "From nothing/empytness", surprise the opponent and break his fighting spirit (just like the sword of the samurai). It's good to remember that back them, there was no competition yet, no sport or athletic mindset like nowadays. Back then, Karate should be martial and yet instrument of self-improvement (Do), a paradox as you said, anyway, a duality that we should learn from, like many others in life.

The video says "In the 1920s Funikoshi went to Japan and began teaching in several Universities" - WRONG ! ! ! When Funikoshi went to Japan he FIRST taught what was then called Okanawate at the Kodokan Judo Institute and, as both Judo and Karate are amalgamation arts absorbing the best of what they come in contact with, they somewhat blended with Judo adopting the punching and kicking techniques of Funikoshi as Atami Waza (Striking techniques) while some of the takedown techniques of Judo found their way into what became Shotokan Karate. (Shoto was the nom de plume of Gichen Funikoshi so Shotokan more or less translates as "Place for learning the way of Shoto (Funikoshi)". So if you hear anyone commenting on Judo vs Karate, remember that Kodokan Judo and Shotokan Karate are brothers with blended techniques binding them together.

@theMaguffin

5 жыл бұрын

To-Te Jitsu by Gichin Funakoshi was published in {1922}. In it he states, “An invitation was written to me, and I first demonstrated karate in Tokyo in the presence of the Ministry of Judicature, the Japan headquarters of the Kodokan, the Toyama Military School, ... The First Tokyo Prefectural High School ... and since October of last year, a karate club was formed in Keio University and I teach and instruct there four times a week...”

@timallbritton7329

4 жыл бұрын

We can split hairs, but it’s not really Okinawan either, since they probably got it from China, who probably got it from India, who probably got it from Greece back in BC times. At any rate, Master Funakoshi was Japanese (he was sent to Okinawa at a young age to train karate too improve his poor health), and it was he who first modernized it and started developing it from a more scientific perspective.

@donoberloh

4 жыл бұрын

Me thinks someone needs to keep studying the archives more critically. Kodokan Judo and the te that Tominakoshi (Funakoshi in Nihongo) were more dissimilar than alike.

Why the fake robot voice? why not the voice of a scholar? Silliness for such a serious topic.

@theMaguffin

5 жыл бұрын

This is not a scholarly endeavor, and in the general scheme of life I do not consider this little video to be so very "serious". I am sincerely sorry that you do.

@joesalemi2414

5 жыл бұрын

Blue-Light we are not talking about seriousness in the general scheme of life. This video and its tone is serious as is everything about karate. The robot voice remains silly despite you passive thinly veiled attack on me personally. There is no context for that or the robot voice.

@theMaguffin

5 жыл бұрын

@@joesalemi2414 -- Sorry that I offended you. I was doing taxes and must have been a little cranky that day.

@kbanghart

5 жыл бұрын

@@joesalemi2414 some people use that particular voice. It happens.

karate is not from japan, karate is from okinawa. two different places

@theMaguffin

5 жыл бұрын

We have dealt with this pointless observation with others before you (see Harry Fishnuts comments below). Notice: the video description above states “...classic Okinawan fighting art” -- The video states "...the birthplace of karate is Okinawa...". And, here, the Japanese travel bureau considers Okinawa and Japan to be the same place. (Read the first sentence.): www.japan-guide.com/list/e1247.html. This video clearly deals with Karate-DO (empty hand way); not Karate-JUTSU (Chinese hand techniques) or To-De or any other previous form. Karate-DO did not come into being until after the Ryukyu Kingdom became part of Japan.

@pepega8319

4 жыл бұрын

@@theMaguffin then you are not stating the full history of karate, you are starting at one point and going on from there

@theMaguffin

4 жыл бұрын

@@pepega8319 I am doing exactly what is stated in the description; presenting "A BRIEF OVERVIEW..." -- not an in depth study.

Budo is very best I'm fans forever competition

American Servicemen means American Soldiers?

@theMaguffin

4 жыл бұрын

"Servicemen" = Persons who serve in the armed forces of a country; members of a military force.

There some problems with this video...

What a poor history of karate, OMG

I watched exactly 21 seconds of this video, the computer voice is horrible; no telling how many views you could have had .

amogus

柔道とレスリングと違うよ、まして空手とボクシングとまったく違うし、同じであるかのような説明はよくないし残してはだめ

A "budo" is not a "war art". a bujutsu is a "war art". A "do" is a "way" while "jutsu" means "art". Karate is neither a budo nor a bujutsu, its a fighting sport, like mma, judo, etc.

Okinawa is the birthplace of karate and not Japan.

@theMaguffin

Ай бұрын

And that is what the video says at 1:00. ...?

First mistake of all videos , karate was founded in india

Crap

Respectfully, the robot voice is awful. I will not be watching this.