Karate Online Magazine


Application from an early Shito-Ryu karate book by the founder, Kenwa Mabuni.
Image: masters of karate in Tokyo (c. 1930s), from left to right, Kanken Toyama, Hironori Otsuka, Takeshi Shimoda, Gichin Funakoshi, Motobu Chōki, Kenwa Mabuni, Genwa Nakasone, and Shinken Taira.

Rentan Goshin Toudi Jutsu (1926) by G. Funakoshi

Karate (空手) is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed partially from the indigenous martial arts of Ryukyu Islands.