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KARATE 空手 

history 由来

© to Mr. N. Nukina - July 2008

Karate is a Japanese traditional martial art that proceeded from Okinawa. It is a combination with Okinawan martial art named “Ti” and Kempo (a martial art brought by Chinese merchants). Karate became very spread once after prohibited to use weapons and fighting against Satsuma region. (cf; Kagoshima-ken) in 1609.



In 20th century, sensei FUNAKOSHI Gichin and some other sensei from Okinawa had introduced Karate all over the Japan. At the same time sensei OTSUKA Hironori founded Wado-ryu Karate-do combined with Jyu-Jutsu elements and traditional Karate style.

’Kara’ in Japanese means empty, nothing inside, but in the Buddhist way of thinking things that couldn’t see are most important and with full of contents like the air we breathe, which looks doesn’t exist but without this the life couldn’t exist. ’Te’ means hand (Kanji character also shows with hand with fingers) but at the same time also means to protect things you carefully hold in your palm.

Considering all mentioned above, Karate is the art to protect ourselves without any weapons only with strength which is developed by continuous efforts, physically and spiritually. Essentially Karate means a way of life to improve our character continuously and to fight against our weakness starting with zero = “empty hands” on the right way.

空手は日本の沖縄で生まれた代表的な伝統武道であり、
その起源は沖縄古来の武術「手（ティー）」に、
当時貿易が盛んに行われていた中国から伝来した
「拳法」が融合･発展したものである。その空手が沖縄
で大きく発達するきっかけとなったのは、当時の「禁武
政策」と、薩摩の琉球侵攻(1609)であると言うのが定説
として今日に伝わっている。1900年代に入ると、
「冨名腰義珍(松濤館流開祖1871～1954)」
等によって日本全国にも紹介されるようになり、
それに伴い日本本土出身の「大塚博紀（1892～1982）」
によって日本古来の武術である神道揚心流柔術と沖縄
空手を融合させて和道流が出来あがった。なお空手の
「空」は中になにもないことを意味するのと同時に、
仏教的には意識（色相）をこえて全て存在するものは
実体のないものとみなす仏教の悟りの境地をも意味する。
「手」は文字通りの五本の指のある手首を描いた象形
文字であるが、シュという音は「守」と同系で外回り
を囲んで中に物を持つという意味もある。以上を考慮す
ると空手とは何の武器を持たずに自分を鍛える事により
自分を守るという意味であり、人間的に何もない状態か
ら日々の努力によって人格をも完成させるという空手道
の本質をも意味している。


WADO RYU KARATEDO
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