空手 /ka ra te/ is a Japanese word, for a Japanese Martial Arts. It means 'empty hand'.
Karate is a Japanese word.
No. It is Japanese.
Karate literally means empty hand in Japanese.
Karate is a Japanese world, so it would be said the same way. The Japanese word for child is kodomo.
There are two symbols that make up the word karate. Te is translated as hand. The character Kara can be translated in two ways, either empty or China. In the 1930's the Okinawa masters gathered and agreed that they would use the word empty for the art.
Karate means 'Empty Hand'
The word 空手 (karate) literally means 'empty hand' in Japanese. This word is commonly used in both English and Japanese to refer to the Japanese martial art. 空 (kara) - empty 手 (te) - hand
open hand is the English translation of the Japanese word karate
Karate is an Okinawa/Japanese word that is used as is to name the art in other countries. The Germans call it karate, as to almost all other countries.
karate is Japanese
karate is a Japanese word which means open-hand and is mainly used as self defense. it was created around Asia no it wasnt, it was from china.
Sport karate is geared towards competition rather than as a martial art. Budō is simply a Japanese word for martial arts, with gendai budō referring to styles that came about after the Meiji restoration - karate, aikido, judo, kendo etc. As such ALL karate is "budo karate".