Weapons for Karate
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
Though Karate means “open hand”, the Japanese martial art which originated on the island of Okinawa actually traditionally used several weapons. The practice of using these weapons eventually died out as Karate became more popular outside of Okinawa (particularly due to Gichin Funakoshi).
In contemporary society, traditional weapons use in Karate ha branched out and has [...]